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2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up; Pac-10 regular season & tournament champions
National Championship Game, ; L 57-73 vs. Florida
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 7
Record	32–7 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Howland (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Donny Daniels; Ernie Zeigler; Kerry Keating;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The UCLA Bruins finished the regular season with a 14–4 record in conference play. After winning the Pac-10 tournament, the Bruins conference record was 17–4.^[3] The team reached the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game, losing to the Florida Gators. The Bruins finished with 32 wins (14 more than the previous season).

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2005*		Carleton	W 78–51		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
November 10, 2005*		Cal State Monterey Bay	W 104–41		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Regular Season
November 15, 2005* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 18	New Mexico State NIT Season Tip-Off	W 83–70	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (6,285) Los Angeles, California
November 17, 2005* 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 18	Temple NIT Season Tip-Off	W 54–47	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (7,791) Los Angeles, California
November 19, 2005* 7:30 p.m.	No. 18	Delaware State NIT Season Tip-Off	W 56–37	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (7,247) Los Angeles, California
November 23, 2005* 9:20 p.m., ESPN2	No. 16	vs. No. 11 Memphis NIT Season Tip-Off	L 80–88	3–1	Madison Square Garden (9,766) New York City, New York
November 25, 2005* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 16	vs. Drexel NIT Season Tip-Off	W 57–56	4–1	Madison Square Garden (12,129) New York City, New York
November 29, 2005* 7:30 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 16	Albany	W 73–65	5–1	Pauley Pavilion (6,194) Los Angeles, California
December 4, 2005* 1:00 p.m.	No. 16	Coppin State	W 69–57	6–1	Pauley Pavilion (6,044) Los Angeles, California
December 10, 2005* 2:40 p.m., KCAL	No. 16	vs. No. 17 Nevada John R. Wooden Classic	W 67–56	7–1	Arrowhead Pond (12,109) Anaheim, California
December 17, 2005* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 14	at Michigan	W 68–61	8–1	Crisler Arena (13,751) Ann Arbor, Michigan
December 21, 2005* 7:30 p.m.	No. 12	Wagner	W 74–72	9–1	Pauley Pavilion (7,738) Los Angeles, California
December 23, 2005* 7:30 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 12	Sacramento State	W 86–56	10–1	Pauley Pavilion (7,452) Los Angeles, California
December 29, 2005 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 11	Stanford	W 71–54	11–1 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (10,984) Los Angeles, California
December 31, 2005 1:00 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 11	California	L 61–68	11–2 (1–1)	Pauley Pavilion (10,129) Los Angeles, California
January 5, 2006 8:30 p.m., FSN	No. 17	at No. 21 Arizona	W 85–79	12–2 (2–1)	McKale Center (14,591) Tucson, Arizona
January 7, 2006 1:00 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 17	at Arizona State	W 61–60	13–2 (3–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (8,490) Tempe, Arizona
January 12, 2006 7:30 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 11	Washington State	W 63–61	14–2 (4–1)	Pauley Pavilion (9,550) Los Angeles, California
January 14, 2006 1:00 p.m., FSN	No. 11	No. 13 Washington	L 65–69	14–3 (4–2)	Pauley Pavilion (10,232) Los Angeles, California
January 18, 2006 7:30 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 18	USC	W 66–45	15–3 (5–2)	Pauley Pavilion (13,037) Los Angeles, California
January 21, 2006* 12:45 p.m., CBS	No. 18	No. 12 West Virginia	L 56–60	15–4	Pauley Pavilion (12,035) Los Angeles, California
January 26, 2006 7:30 p.m., CBS	No. 17	at Oregon	W 56–49	16–4 (6–2)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, Oregon
January 28, 2006 1:00 p.m., FSN	No. 17	at Oregon State	W 63–54	17–4 (7–2)	Gill Coliseum (8,250) Corvallis, Oregon
February 2, 2006 7:30 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 14	Arizona State	W 69–60	18–4 (8–2)	Pauley Pavilion (7,593) Los Angeles, California
February 4, 2006 1:00 p.m., FSN	No. 14	Arizona	W 84–73	19–4 (9–2)	Pauley Pavilion (8,718) Los Angeles, California
February 9, 2006 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 13	at Washington State	W 50–30	20–4 (10–2)	Beasley Coliseum (4,097) Pullman, Washington
February 11, 2006 12:30 p.m., ABC	No. 13	at No. 21 Washington	L 67–70	20–5 (10–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, Washington
February 19, 2006 5:00 p.m., FSN	No. 15	at USC	L 68–71	20–6 (10–4)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (9,009) Los Angeles, California
February 23, 2006 7:30 p.m., FSN West 2	No. 19	Oregon State	W 78–60	21–6 (11–4)	Pauley Pavilion (8,707) Los Angeles, California
February 26, 2006 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 19	Oregon	W 70–53	22–6 (12–4)	Pauley Pavilion (11,463) Los Angeles, California
March 2, 2006 7:40 p.m., FSN	No. 15	at California	W 67–58 ^OT	23–6 (13–4)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, California
March 4, 2006 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 15	at Stanford	W 75–54	24–6 (14–4)	Maples Pavilion (7,334) Stanford, California
Pac-10 Tournament
March 9, 2006 2:45 p.m., FSN	No. 13 (1)	vs. (8) Oregon State Quarterfinals	W 79–47	25–6	Staples Center (15,144) Los Angeles, California
March 10, 2006 6:00 p.m., FSN	No. 13 (1)	vs. (4) Arizona Semifinals	W 71–59	26–6	Staples Center (17,856) Los Angeles, California
March 11, 2006 3:15 p.m., CBS	No. 13 (1)	vs. (3) California Finals	W 71–52	27–6	Staples Center (18,544) Los Angeles, California
NCAA tournament
March 16, 2006 3:20 p.m., CBS	No. 7 (2 OA)	vs. (15 OA) Belmont First Round	W 78–44	28–6	Cox Arena (10,068) San Diego, California
March 18, 2006 5:00 p.m., CBS	No. 7 (2 OA)	vs. (10 OA) Alabama Second Round	W 62–59	29–6	Cox Arena (10,687) San Diego, California
March 23, 2006 7:10 p.m., CBS	No. 7 (2 OA)	vs. No. 5 (3 OA) Gonzaga Sweet Sixteen	W 73–71	30–6	Oakland Arena (19,596) Oakland, California
March 25, 2006 4:10 p.m., CBS	No. 7 (2 OA)	vs. No. 4 (1 OA) Memphis Elite Eight	W 50–45	31–6	Oakland Arena (19,689) Oakland, California
April 1, 2006 8:51 p.m., CBS	No. 7 (2 OA)	vs. No. 19 (4 AT) LSU Final Four	W 59–45	32–6	RCA Dome (43,822) Indianapolis, Indiana
April 3, 2006 9:21 p.m., CBS	No. 7 (2 OA)	vs. No. 10 (3 MI) Florida National Championship Game	L 57–73	32–7	RCA Dome (43,168) Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Alfred Aboya C	Yaoundé, Cameroon	Tilton N.H. School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Nov 9, 2004
Alfred Aboya C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Darren Collison PG	Rancho Cucamonga, California	Etiwanda HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jun 13, 2004
Darren Collison PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Luc Mbah a Moute SG	Yaoundé, Cameroon	Montverde Florida Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Oct 22, 2004
Luc Mbah a Moute SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Michael Roll SG	Aliso Viejo, California	Aliso Niguel HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Nov 6, 2004
Michael Roll SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Ryan Wright PF	Mississauga, Ontario	Loyola Catholic HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Oct 18, 2004
Ryan Wright PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 13 Rivals: 18
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "UCLA Commit List for 2005". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "ESPN – UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting 2005". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "2005 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011.

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2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

NCAA tournament, Runner-up Pac-10 regular season & tournament champions
National Championship Game, L 57-73 vs. Florida
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2^[1]
AP	No. 7^[1]
Record	32–7 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Howland (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Donny Daniels Ernie Zeigler Kerry Keating
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

	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