2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball team


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. In head coach Lorenzo Romar's 4th season at the University of Washington, the Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and were 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 tournament, 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 16.[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]

2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 17
Record26–7 (13–5[1] Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBank of America Arena
Seasons
2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA 14 4   .778 32 7   .821
No. 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
Conference tournament winner
As of April 3, 2006
Rankings from Coaches Poll [2]
1 Holds tie-breaker

Roster

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# 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

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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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/6/2015*
6:00 pm
Simon Fraser W 114–48 
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,481)
Seattle, WA
Regular Season
11/13/2015*
5:00 pm
Morgan St. W 118–51  1–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (3,976)
Seattle, WA
11/14/2005*
1:00 pm
Wisconsin Green Bay W 118–64  2–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (8,914)
Seattle, WA
11/15/2005*
11:00 am
Air Force W 85–74  3–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (3,975)
Seattle, WA
11/19/2005*
10:30 pm
American W 99–82  4–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,021)
Seattle, WA
11/22/2005*
10:00 pm
No. 25 Idaho W 90–67  5–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (8,665)
Seattle, WA
11/25/2005*
6:00 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 25 Loyola Marymount W 112–65  6–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,675)
Seattle, WA
12/4/2005*
10:30 pm, FSN
No. 18 No. 6 Gonzaga W 99–95  7–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
12/10/2005*
3:00 pm
No. 13 New Mexico W 81–71  8–0
Honda Center 
Anaheim, CA
12/16/2005*
10:00 pm
No. 11 Eastern Washington W 91–74  9–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,876)
Seattle, WA
12/23/2005*
8:00 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 9 Lehigh W 54–37  10–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
12/29/2005
10:00 pm
No. 7 Arizona State W 91–67  11–0
(1–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
12/31/2005
2:00 pm, FSN
No. 7 Arizona L 95–96 2OT 11–1
(1–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
1/2/2006*
10:00 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 10 Cornell W 87–71  12–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,631)
Seattle, WA
1/7/2006
10:00 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 10 Washington State L 71–78  12–2
(1–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
1/12/2006
10:30 pm, FSN
No. 13 USC W 86–77  13–2
(2–2)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (4,561)
Los Angeles, CA
1/14/2006
4:00 pm, FSN
No. 13 UCLA W 69–65  14–2
(3–2)
Pauley Pavilion (10,232)
Los Angeles, CA
1/19/2006
10:00 pm
No. 10 Oregon State W 69–65  15–2
(4–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
1/21/2006
8:00 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 10 Oregon W 78–59  16–2
(5–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
1/26/2006
10:30 pm
No. 10 California L 69–71  16–3
(5–3)
Haas Pavilion (8,957)
Berkeley, CA
1/29/2006
8:00 pm, FSN
No. 10 Stanford L 67–76 OT 16–4
(5–4)
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
2/4/2006
5:00 pm
No. 16 Washington State L 64–77  16–5
(5–5)
Beasley Coliseum (8,770)
Pullman, WA
2/9/2006
10:30 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 21 USC W 87–73  17–5
(6–5)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
2/11/2006
3:30 pm, ABC
No. 21 No. 13 UCLA W 70–67  18–5
(7–5)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
2/16/2006
8:30 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 20 Oregon W 75–72  19–5
(8–5)
McArthur Court (8,904)
Eugene, OR
2/18/2006
10:00 pm, FSN Northwest
No. 20 Oregon State W 96–63  20–5
(9–5)
Gill Coliseum (9,512)
Corvallis, OR
2/23/2006
10:30 pm, FSN
No. 17 Stanford W 75–57  21–5
(10–5)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
2/26/2006
8:00 pm, FSN
No. 17 California W 73–62  22–5
(11–5)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
3/2/2006
9:00 pm
No. 14 Arizona State W 91–66  23–5
(12–5)
Wells Fargo Arena (6,755)
Tempe, AZ
3/4/2006
6:00 pm, FSN
No. 14 Arizona W 70–67  24–5
(13–5)
McKale Center (14,630)
Tucson, AZ
Pac-10 Tournament
3/9/2006
9:00 pm
No. 12 Oregon
Quarterfinals
L 73–84  24–6
Staples Center (15,321)
Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
3/16/2006*
8:00 pm, CBS
(5) vs. (12) Utah State
First round
W 75–61  25–6
Cox Arena (9,891)
San Diego, CA
3/18/2006*
6:55 pm, CBS
(5) vs. (4) Illinois
Second round
W 67–64  26–6
Cox Arena 
San Diego, CA
3/24/2006*
9:50 pm, CBS
(5) vs. (1) Connecticut
Sweet Sixteen
L 92–98 OT 26–7
Verizon Center (19,368)
Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

References

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  1. ^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/waf/schedule?y=2005 [dead link]
  2. ^ "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
  3. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  4. ^ "NCAA basketball tournament History: Washington Huskies - ESPN". Archived from the original on November 19, 2010.
  5. ^ "University of Washington Official Athletics Site - Men's Basketball". www.gohuskies.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010.
  6. ^ "University of Washington Official Athletics Site - Men's Basketball". www.gohuskies.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010.
  7. ^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/waf/schedule?y=2005 [dead link]