2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball

NCAA, #5, East Region, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2005–06 record	26–7 (13–5^[1] Pac-10)
Head coach	Lorenzo Romar
Assistant coach	Cameron Dollar
Assistant coach	Jim Shaw
Assistant coach	Paul Fortier
Home arena	Bank of America Arena

	Conf				Overall
2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 UCLA†	14	–	4	.778	32	–	7	.821
#12 Washington	13	–	5	.722	26	–	7	.788
California	12	–	6	.667	20	–	11	.645
Arizona ¹	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Stanford	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
USC	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
Oregon	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Oregon State ¹	5	–	13	.278	13	–	18	.419
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	17	.393
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	17	.393

† 2006 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2006; Rankings from Coaches Poll ^[2] ¹ Holds tie-breaker

The 2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 4th season at the University of Washington. The Huskies men's basketball team played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 13–5 in Pac-10 play and finished second in the Pac–10 regular season's final standings behind UCLA. They earned a 5 seed in the East Regional of the NCAA where they defeated 12th seeded Utah State in the 1st round, 4th seeded Illinois in the second round and eventually falling 98-92 in overtime to the region's 1 seed, UCONN, in the sweet sixteen.^[3] This was the 3rd straight season that the Huskies had appeared in the NCAA Tournament and 2nd straight year that they made it to the Sweet 16.^[4]

Roster

Source^[5]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Joel Smith	6'4"	205	G	So.	Wolfeboro, NH, U.S.	Brewster Academy
1	Harvey Perry	6'5"	195	G	Fr.	Henderson, NV, U.S.	Foothill High School
3	Brandon Roy	6'6"	215	G	Sr.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Garfield High School
5	Justin Dentmon	6'0"	180	G	Fr.	Carbondale, IL, U.S.	Carbondale Community High School
11	Brandon Burmeister	6'4"	190	G	Jr.	Mercer Island, WA, U.S.	Mercer Island HS
13	Zane Potter	6'6"	185	F	Sr.	Gresham, OR, U.S.	Sam Barlow High School
15	Bobby Jones	6'6"	210	F	Sr.	Long Beach, CA, U.S.	Polytechnic High School
20	Ryan Appleby	6'3"	165	PG	So.*	Stanwood, WA, U.S.	Stanwood High School
21	Artem Wallace	6'8"	230	C	Fr.	Toledo, WA, U.S.	Toledo High School
22	Hans Gasser	6'9"	250	F	Jr.	Issaquah, WA, U.S.	Issaquah High School
24	Jamaal Williams	6'5"	225	F	Sr.*	Corona, CA, U.S.	Centennial High School
32	Joe Wolfinger	7'0"	225	C	Fr.	Beaverton, OR, U.S.	Aloha High School
34	Zach Johnson	6'8"	275	C	Fr.*	Sacramento, CA, U.S.	Natomas High School
40	Jon Brockman	6'7"	245	F	Fr.	Snohomish, WA, U.S.	Snohomish Senior High School
42	Mike Jensen	6'8"	240	PF	Sr.*	Kent, WA, U.S.	Kentwood High School (Washington)

Denotes the use of a redshirt season

Coaching staff

Source^[6]

Name	Position	Year at Washington	Alma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo Romar	Head Coach	4th	Washington (1980)
Cameron Dollar	Assistant Coach	4th	UCLA (1997)
Jim Shaw	Assistant Coach	2nd	Western Oregon State (1985)
Paul Fortier	Assistant Coach	1st	Washington (2003)
Lance LaVetter	Director of Basketball Operations	4th	Northern Arizona (1992)

Schedule

Source^[7]

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/13/2015*		Morgan St.	W 118-51		Alaska Airlines Arena
Regular Season
11/14/2005*	#18	Wisconsin Green Bay	W 118–64	1–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,914)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

Washington Huskies men's basketball

Venues	Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1927–present)

Rivalries	Washington State

Culture & lore	History Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington"

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics