2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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
Record	25–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones Greg Lansing Paul Weir
MVP	Greg Brunner Erek Hansen Jeff Horner
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)

2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Ohio State	12	–	4		.750			26	–	6		.813
No. 15 Iowa †	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
No. 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 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) Brian Jones (Northern Iowa) Greg Lansing (South Dakota) 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*	(2) No. 20	vs. (10) Minnesota Quarterfinals	W 67–57[10]	23–8	26 – Horner	8 – Hansen	6 – Horner	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
3/11/2006*	(2) No. 20	vs. (6) Michigan State Semifinals	W 53–48[11]	24–8	14 – Horner	8 – 2 Tied	2 – 3 Tied	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis
3/12/2006*  CBS	(2) No. 20	vs. (1) 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	(3 A) No. 11	vs. (14 A) 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. A=Atlanta Regional.

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received 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	—	—	23	—	23	18	18	20	23	20	15	Not released
Coaches	20		17	15	13	23	RV	RV	—	—	25	—	—	19	20	22	24	20	15	23

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

References

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