The 1985–86 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference during the 1985–86 season.

The team played their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Led by 8th-year head coach Gale Catlett, the Mountaineers finished tied for second in the conference regular season standings, and received an at-large bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament as No.

9 seed in the East region.

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