1985–86 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

1985–86 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record19–12 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1985–86 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arizona 14 4   .778 23 9   .719
Washington 13 5   .722 19 12   .613
California 11 7   .611 19 10   .655
UCLA 9 9   .500 15 14   .517
Arizona State 8 10   .444 14 14   .500
Washington State 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Stanford 8 10   .444 14 16   .467
Oregon State 8 10   .444 12 15   .444
Oregon 6 12   .333 11 17   .393
USC 5 13   .278 11 17   .393
As of March 25, 1986
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Andy Russo, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 19–11 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, runner-up in the standings, a game behind champion Arizona. There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted the following year.

Washington went to the 64-team NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year. Seeded twelfth in the Midwest regional, they lost to Michigan State in the first round in Dayton, Ohio.

Following Marv Harshman's retirement in March 1985, Russo was hired a few weeks later; he was formerly the head coach at Louisiana Tech.