2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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 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

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).

Recruiting class

College recruiting information
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	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	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	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	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	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.

Roster

2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F/C	12	Alfred Aboya	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Yaoundé (Cameroon)
G	4	Arron Afflalo (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Compton, California
G	21	Cedric Bozeman (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, California
G	2	Darren Collison	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Rancho Cucamonga, California
G	1	Jordan Farmar (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
C	45	Michael Fey	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Sr	Olympia, Washington
C	15	Ryan Hollins	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Pasadena, California
G	22	Kelvin Kim (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Lake Forest, California
F/C	14	Lorenzo Mata	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Huntington Park, California
F	23	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Yaoundé (Cameroon)
G	5	DeAndre Robinson (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Riverside, California
G	55	Nican Robinson (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Oakland, California
G/F	20	Michael Roll	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Aliso Viejo, California
G	10	Janou Rubin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Sr	Union City, California
G/F	3	Josh Shipp	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
F	11	Ryan Wright	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Fr	Mississauga, Ontario

Head coach

Ben Howland (Weber State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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.

Source^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "ESPN.com 2005–06 rankings". Archived from the original on January 31, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
^ "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
^ "Pacific-10 conference 2005–06 standings". Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
^ "UCLA Bruins Schedule- 2005-06". ESPN. ESPN.
^ "2005-2006 SCHEDULE". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics.

Media related to 2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball season at Wikimedia Commons

[poll-1] "ESPN.com 2005–06 rankings". Archived from the original on January 31, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.

[2] "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.

[3] "Pacific-10 conference 2005–06 standings". Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.

[4] "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

[5] "UCLA Bruins Schedule- 2005-06". ESPN. ESPN.

[6] "2005-2006 SCHEDULE". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics.

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