2006 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

2006 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	9[1]
First round site	campus sites
Quarterfinals site	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Semifinals site	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Finals site	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions	Milwaukee (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rob Jeter (1st title)
MVP	Adrian Tigert (Milwaukee)
Horizon League men's basketball tournaments

2005–06 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Milwaukee †	12	–	4		.750			22	–	9		.710
Butler	11	–	5		.688			20	–	13		.606
Loyola (IL)	8	–	8		.500			19	–	11		.633
UIC	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Detroit	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Green Bay	8	–	8		.500			15	–	16		.484
Wright State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
Cleveland State	5	–	11		.313			10	–	18		.357
Youngstown State	4	–	12		.250			7	–	21		.250
† 2006 Horizon League Tournament winner As of August 1, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Horizon League men's basketball tournament took place at the end of the 2005–06 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed overall, as well as the final because they were the highest remaining seed.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2005–06 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

	First Round Tuesday, February 28					Second Round Friday, March 3					Semifinals Saturday, March 4					Championship Tuesday, March 7
											1	Milwaukee	80
	4	Loyola	76								4	Loyola	66
	9	Youngstown State	61			4	Loyola	64
	5	Detroit	92			5	Detroit	55
	8	Cleveland State	58													1	Milwaukee	87
																2	Butler	71
											2	Butler	73
											3	Green Bay	51
						3	Green Bay	76
	6	UIC	77			6	UIC	66
	7	Wright State	67

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

References

1. Horizon League men's basketball recordbook