2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2006 Big Ten Tournament winner ; As of March 14, 2006; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Tournament Champions; Hawkeye Challenge Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 15
2005–06 record	25–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones; Greg Lansing;
MVP	Greg Brunner; Erek Hansen; Jeff Horner
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)

The 2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. 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.

Roster

2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	1	Adam Haluska	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr	Carroll, Iowa
G	2	Jeff Horner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Mason City, Iowa
F	5	Alex Thompson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	So	Ames, Iowa
G	11	Tony Freeman	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr	Maywood, Illinois
F	13	Justin Wieck	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr	North Liberty, Iowa
G	14	Brett Wessels	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Bettendorf, Iowa
F	20	Ryan Kennedy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Des Moines, Iowa
F	23	Doug Thomas	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So	Inglewood, California
G	25	Carlton Reed	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Waterloo, Iowa
C	34	Erek Hansen	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Sr	Bedford, Texas
G	35	Mike Henderson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr	Waterloo, Iowa
F	44	Greg Brunner	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	Charles City, Iowa
C	53	Seth Gorney	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	So	Vandalia, Ohio

Head coach

Steve Alford (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/14/2005* 7:35 pm	No. 20	Maryland-Eastern Shore Guardians Classic	W 86-41	1-0	16 – 2 tied	10 – Thomas	7 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,553) Iowa City, Iowa
11/15/2005* 7:35 pm	No. 20	Colgate Guardians Classic	W 73-51	2-0	16 – Brunner	8 – 2 tied	8 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,526) Iowa City, Iowa
11/21/2005* 8:05 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	vs. No. 7 Kentucky Guardians Classic	W 67-63	3-0	17 – Brunner	12 – Brunner	8 – Horner	Municipal Auditorium (6,091) Kansas City, Missouri
11/22/2005* 9:05 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	vs. No. 2 Texas Guardians Classic	L 59-68	3-1	23 – Haluska	8 – 2 tied	7 – Horner	Municipal Auditorium (6,357) Kansas City, Missouri
11/26/2005* 12:05 pm	No. 18	Texas-San Antonio	W 79-46	4-1	15 – Haluska	8 – Thomas	4 – 2 tied	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,683) Iowa City, Iowa
11/30/2005* 8:35 pm	No. 14	No. 24 NC State ACC – Big Ten Challenge	W 45-42	5-1	18 – Haluska	8 – Hansen	6 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,043) Iowa City, Iowa
12/2/2005* 8:10 pm	No. 14	Fairfield Hawkeye Challenge	W 75-59	6-1	23 – Brunner	11 – Brunner	10 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,002) Iowa City, Iowa
12/3/2005* 8:10 pm	No. 14	Valparaiso Hawkeye Challenge	W 72-59	7-1	19 – Horner	13 – Brunner	6 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,804) Iowa City, Iowa
12/6/2005* 7:05 pm	No. 12	at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	L 63-67 ^OT	7-2	26 – Brunner	10 – Brunner	3 – Haluska	UNI-Dome (13,288) Cedar Falls, Iowa
12/9/2005* 7:05 pm	No. 12	at Iowa State Rivalry	L 60-72	7-3	16 – Haluska	12 – Brunner	5 – 2 tied	Hilton Coliseum (14,092) Ames, Iowa
12/17/2005* 7:05 pm	No. 22	Arizona State	W 62-43	8-3	17 – Haluska	15 – Brunner	7 – Freeman	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,902) Iowa City, Iowa
12/20/2005* 7:05 pm	No. 25	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 65-60	9-3	17 – Brunner	12 – Brunner	6 – Haluska	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,732) Iowa City, Iowa
12/22/2005* 7:05 pm	No. 25	Robert Morris	W 73-51	10-3	18 – Haluska	10 – Brunner	6 – Henderson	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,985) Iowa City, Iowa
12/30/2005* 7:05 pm		Saint Louis	W 60-50	11-3	17 – 2 tied	8 – Brunner	6 – Horner	Scottrade Center (10,489) St. Louis, Missouri
1/5/2006 7:05 pm		at Wisconsin	L 52-66	11-4 (0-1)	11 – 2 tied	10 – Brunner	3 – 2 tied	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, Wisconsin
1/7/2006 1:05 pm		No. 6 Illinois	W 63-48[2][3]	12-4 (1-1)	16 – Horner	12 – Brunner	6 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
1/14/2006 11:15 am		at Penn State	W 80-76	13-4 (2-1)	29 – Haluska	7 – Thomas	9 – Horner	Bryce Jordan Center (8,293) University Park, PA
1/18/2006 7:05 pm	No. 23	Minnesota	W 76-72 ^3OT	14-4 (3-1)	20 – Hansen	23 – Brunner	10 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,535) Iowa City, Iowa
1/21/2006 11:05 am	No. 23	at No. 11 Michigan State	L 55-85	14-5 (3-2)	19 – Haluska	11 – Brunner	5 – Horner	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, Michigan
1/24/2006 8:05 pm		No. 13 Indiana	W 73-60[4]	15-5 (4-2)	20 – Haluska	10 – Haluska	8 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (11,825) Iowa City, Iowa
1/28/2006 7:05 pm		No. 16 Ohio State	W 67-62[5]	16-5 (5-2)	18 – Haluska	9 – Brunner	5 – 2 tied	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
2/1/2006 7:05 pm	No. 23	at Purdue	W 77-68[6]	17-5 (6-2)	32 – Horner	7 – Brunner	4 – 2 tied	Mackey Arena (10,514) West Lafayette, Indiana
2/4/2006 4:10 pm	No. 23	No. 21 Michigan	W 94-66[7]	18-5 (7-2)	18 – Haluska	9 – Brunner	6 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
2/8/2006 7:05 pm	No. 18	at Northwestern	L 48-51	18-6 (7-3)	13 – Brunner	11 – Brunner	5 – Horner	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,764) Evanston, Illinois
2/11/2006 11:05 am	No. 18	at No. 24 Indiana	W 70-67[8]	19-6 (8-3)	19 – Brunner	8 – Brunner	3 – 2 tied	Assembly Hall (17,278) Bloomington, Indiana
2/14/2006	No. 18	No. 16 Michigan State	W 66-54[9]	20-6 (9-3)	15 – 2 tied	10 – Brunner	6 – Horner	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
2/18/2006	No. 18	at Minnesota	L 61-74	20-7 (9-4)	17 – Brunner	7 – Brunner	5 – Horner	Williams Arena (14,308) Minneapolis, MN
2/25/2006	No. 20	at No. 8 Illinois	L 59-71	20-8 (9-5)	27 – Brunner	8 – Horner	4 – Horner	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois
3/1/2006	No. 23	Penn State	W 65-38	21-8 (10-5)	6 – Henderson	10 – Brunner	5 – Henderson	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,012) Iowa City, Iowa
3/4/2006	No. 23	Wisconsin	W 59-44	22-8 (11-5)	22 – Horner	9 – Thomas	6 – Henderson	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten Tournament
3/10/2006*	No. 20	vs. Minnesota Quarterfinals	W 67-57[10]	23-8	26 – Horner	8 – Hansen	6 – Horner	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
3/11/2006*	No. 20	vs. Michigan State Semifinals	W 53-48[11]	24-8	14 – Horner	8 – 2 Tied	2 – 3 Tied	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis
3/12/2006* CBS	No. 20	vs. No. 7 Ohio State Championship Game	W 67-60[12]	25-8	18 – Horner	8 – 2 Tied	10 – Horner	Conseco Fieldhouse (17,591) Indianapolis
NCAA Tournament
3/17/2006* 11:25 am, CBS	No. 11 (3)	vs. No. (14) Northwestern State First Round	L 63-64[13]	25-9	20 – Haluska	10 – Brunner	4 – Horner	The Palace of Auburn Hills (18,456) Auburn Hills, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	20	20	18	14	12	22	25	RV	NR	NR	23	NR	23	18	18	20	23	20	15	Not released
Coaches	20		17	15	13	23	RV	RV	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	19	20	22	24	20	15	23

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

gollark: That one wasn't me.

gollark: Okay, unless I made a mistake somewhere, the concrete crafter only does a single peripheral call per second unless it is actually crafting.

gollark: Actually, I programmed the concrete crafter... I'm relatively sure every second it only calls list on an adjacent chest, though.

gollark: Also by suspiciously sandless rivers.

gollark: Keansian visitors will be awed by roads slightly faster than switch city ones as far as the eye can see.

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.
"COL BKB: Iowa 63, Illinois 48". UPI. January 7, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"Iowa holds Indiana to 37 percent shooting in rout". ESPN. January 25, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"Iowa handles No. 16 Ohio State, forcing jogjam atop Big Ten". CBS Sports. January 28, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"No. 23 Iowa Surges Past Purdue, 77-68". CBS Sports. February 1, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"Iowa thrashes No. 20 Michigan, remains atop Big Ten". ESPN. February 4, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"Iowa ends Hoosiers' Big Ten home streak". ESPN. February 11, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"Hawkeyes increase Big Ten lead; Spartans take a hit". CBS Sports. February 14, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
"Horner's 26 powers Iowa to 67-57 win over Minnesota". Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
"Horner helps Hawkeyes into Big Ten final". ESPN. March 11, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
"Iowa tops Buckeyes for Big Ten title". ESPN. March 12, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
"Wallace, NW St. stun Iowa on last-second 3". ESPN. March 17, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "2006 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 14, 2006.

[2] "Horner, Hawkeyes Snap Illinois' 15-Game Win Streak". keloland.com. January 7, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

[3] "COL BKB: Iowa 63, Illinois 48". UPI. January 7, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[4] "Iowa holds Indiana to 37 percent shooting in rout". ESPN. January 25, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[5] "Iowa handles No. 16 Ohio State, forcing jogjam atop Big Ten". CBS Sports. January 28, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[6] "No. 23 Iowa Surges Past Purdue, 77-68". CBS Sports. February 1, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[7] "Iowa thrashes No. 20 Michigan, remains atop Big Ten". ESPN. February 4, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[8] "Iowa ends Hoosiers' Big Ten home streak". ESPN. February 11, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[9] "Hawkeyes increase Big Ten lead; Spartans take a hit". CBS Sports. February 14, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[10] "Horner's 26 powers Iowa to 67-57 win over Minnesota". Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

[11] "Horner helps Hawkeyes into Big Ten final". ESPN. March 11, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

[12] "Iowa tops Buckeyes for Big Ten title". ESPN. March 12, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

[13] "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) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Individual honors Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics