2005-06_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men's_basketball_team

2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 6
Record	26–6 (12–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thad Matta (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Alan Major; Dan Peters; John Groce;
Home arena	Value City Arena
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by their second-year head coach, Thad Matta, and played their home games at the Value City Arena, in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished the season 26–6, 12–4 in Big Ten play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State and Indiana before losing to Iowa in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Minneapolis regional. There they defeated Davidson in the first round before being upset by Georgetown in the second round.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/20/2005*		Chicago State	W 81–52	1–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
11/22/2005*		Butler	W 79–69 ^OT	2–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
11/28/2005*		Virginia Tech	W 69–56 ^OT	3–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/10/2005*		at Saint Joseph's	W 81–74	4–0	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
12/12/2005*		Norfolk State	W 92–59	5–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/14/2005*		Belmont	W 85–75	6–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/17/2005*		vs. Iowa State	W 70–67	7–0	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
12/23/2005*	No. 24	Tennessee State	W 74–65	8–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/28/2005	No. 21	Gardner-Webb	W 87–58	9–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/31/2005*	No. 21	LSU	W 78–76	10–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
01/05/2006	No. 18	Penn State	W 104–69	11–0 (1–0)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
01/07/2006 , CBS	No. 18	at No. 16 Indiana	L 79–81	11–1 (1–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
01/11/2006*	No. 19	at Purdue	W 80–64	12–1 (2–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
01/15/2006 , CBS	No. 19	No. 14 Michigan State	L 59–62 ^2OT	12–2 (2–2)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
01/18/2006	No. 6	No. 15 Wisconsin	W 77–67	13–2 (3–2)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
01/21/2006	No. 19	at Penn State	W 75–64	14–2 (4–2)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
01/28/2006	No. 16	at Iowa	L 62–67	14–3 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
01/30/2006*	No. 16	Florida A&M	W 95–53	15–3	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
02/04/2006	No. 20	Minnesota	W 67–53	16–3 (5–3)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
02/09/2006	No. 19	at No. 22 Michigan	W 94–85	17–3 (6–3)	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
02/12/2006 , CBS	No. 19	No. 10 Illinois	W 69–53	18–3 (7–3)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
02/15/2006	No. 12	at Wisconsin	L 73–78	18–4 (7–4)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
02/18/2006	No. 12	Northwestern	W 61–52	19–4 (8–4)	Value City Arena Columbia, OH
02/22/2006	No. 13	at No. 18 Michigan State	W 79–68	20–4 (9–4)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
02/25/2006 , CBS	No. 13	Michigan	W 64–54	21–4 (10–4)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
03/01/2006	No. 9	at Northwestern	W 56–53	22–4 (11–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
03/05/2006	No. 9	Purdue	W 76–57	23–4 (12–4)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
03/10/2006	No. 7	vs. Penn State Quarterfinals	W 63–56	24–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/11/2006 CBS	No. 7	vs. Indiana Semifinals	W 52–51	25–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/12/2006 2:30 pm, CBS	No. 7	vs. No. 20 Iowa Championship	L 60–67	25–5	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
03/17/2006* CBS	(2 Minn) No. 6	vs. (15 Minn) Davidson First Round	W 70–62	26–5	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
03/19/2006* CBS	(2 Minn) No. 6	vs. (7 Minn) No. 23 Georgetown Second Round	L 52–70	26–6	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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

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Position	Player	Class
C	Terence Dials
G	Je'Kel Foster
F	Matt Sylvester
G/F	J.J. Sullinger
G	Jamar Butler

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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]