2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Big Ten Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#23
AP	#15
2005–06 record	25–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (7th year)
Assistant coach	Brian Jones
Assistant coach	Greg Lansing
MVP	Jeff Horner
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)

2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Ohio State	12	–	4	.750	26	–	6	.813
#15 Iowa †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
#13 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	26	–	7	.788
Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	19	–	12	.613
Indiana	9	–	7	.563	19	–	12	.613
Michigan State	8	–	8	.500	22	–	12	.647
Michigan	8	–	8	.500	22	–	11	.667
Penn State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	16	–	15	.516
Purdue	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321

† 2006 Big Ten Tournament winner As of March 14, 2006; Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 25-9 overall and 11–5 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as #3 seed in the Atlanta Regional. The season ended in disappointment with an opening round loss at the buzzer to #14 seed Northwestern State, 64-63.

Schedule/results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
11/14/2005*	#20	Maryland-Eastern Shore Guardians Classic	W 86-41	1-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/15/2005*	#20	Colgate Guardians Classic	W 73-51	2-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/21/2005* , ESPN2	#18	vs. #7 Kentucky Guardians Classic	W 67-63	3-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
11/22/2005* , ESPN2	#18	vs. #2 Texas Guardians Classic	L 59-68	3-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
11/26/2005*	#18	Texas-San Antonio	W 79-46	4-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa, IA
11/30/2005*	#14	#24 NC State	W 45-42	5-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa, IA
1/7/2006		#6 Illinois	W 63-48^[2]	12-4 (1-1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa, IA
1/28/2006		#16 Ohio State	W 67-62	16-5 (5-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa, IA
2/25/2006	#20	at #8 Illinois	L 59-71	20-8 (9-5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
3/1/2006	#23	Penn State	W 65-38	21-8 (10-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa, IA
3/4/2006	#23	Wisconsin	W 59-44	22-8 (11-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa, IA
Big Ten Tournament
3/10/2006*	#20	vs. Minnesota Quarterfinals	W 67-57	23-8 (11-5)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
3/11/2006*	#20	vs. Michigan State Semifinals	W 53-48	24-8 (11-5)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
3/12/2006*	#20	vs. #7 Ohio State Championship Game	W 67-60	25-8 (11-5)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/17/2006*	#15 (3)	vs. #(14) Northwestern State First Round	L 63-64^[3]	25-9 (11-5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

↑ "2006 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 14, 2006.
↑ "Horner, Hawkeyes Snap Illinois' 15-Game Win Streak". keloland.com. January 7, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
↑ "Wallace, NW St. stun Iowa on last-second 3". ESPN. March 17, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Individual honors

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 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 appearances in italics

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