1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season
Junior college transfer Ken Norman highlighted the 1985-86 season as he set the school record for single-season field-goal percentage (.641).

Schedule
Source

!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season

!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"| NCAA Tournament



Awards and honors

 * Bruce Douglas
 * Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
 * Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
 * Ken Norman
 * Team Most Valuable Player
 * Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)