2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball
2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	20–11 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Braun (10th season);
Assistant coach	Joe Pasternack (5th season)
Home arena	Haas 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 ^[1] ¹ Holds tie-breaker

The 2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Ben Braun's tenth season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 20–11, 12–6 in Pac-10 play to finish in third place. They lost to UCLA in the championship game of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 7 seed in the South region. They were beaten by 10 seed NC State in the first round.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	44	Leon Powe	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Oakland, California

Head coach

Ben Braun

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Pasternack

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 10, 2005*		vs. Kansas	L 56–69	6–2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 21, 2005*		vs. DePaul	L 65–68	6–3	The Arena in Oakland Oakland, California
Pac-10 Regular Season
Dec 29, 2005		at USC	W 62–58	7–3 (1–0)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Dec 31, 2005		at No. 11 UCLA	W 68–61	8–3 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 5, 2006		Oregon	W 77–66	9–3 (3–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 7, 2006		Oregon State	L 64–72	9–4 (3–1)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 13, 2006		at Stanford	L 61–75	9–5 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 19, 2006		at Arizona State	W 88–58	10–5 (4–2)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
Jan 21, 2006		at Arizona	L 55–60	10–6 (4–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 26, 2006		No. 10 Washington	W 71–69	11–6 (5–3)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 28, 2006		Washington State	W 55–53	12–6 (6–3)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 2, 2006		at Oregon State	W 69–52	13–6 (7–3)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 4, 2006		at Oregon	W 62–60	14–6 (8–3)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb 9, 2006		Stanford	W 65–62	15–6 (9–3)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 16, 2006		Arizona	W 75–66	16–6 (10–3)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 18, 2006		Arizona State	L 64–65 ^2OT	16–7 (10–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 23, 2006		at Washington State	W 43–41	17–7 (11–4)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Feb 26, 2006		at No. 17 Washington	L 62–73	17–8 (11–5)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
Mar 2, 2006		No. 15 UCLA	L 58–67 ^OT	17–9 (11–6)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Mar 4, 2006		USC	W 71–60	18–9 (12–6)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Pac-10 tournament
Mar 9, 2006*		at USC Quarterfinals	W 82–67	19–9	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Mar 10, 2006*		vs. Oregon Semifinals	W 91–87 ^2OT	20–9	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Mar 11, 2006*		vs. No. 13 UCLA Championship game	L 52–71	20–10	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2006* CBS	(7 S)	vs. (10 S) NC State First round	L 52–58	20–11	American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific.

Source^[7]

Rankings

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References

^ "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
^ "Bennerman leads late surge as Wolfpack oust Cal". ESPN. March 18, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2023.^{[dead link]}
^ "2005-06 M Basketball Roster". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ "2005–06 California Golden Bears Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 5, 2006. p. E4.
^ "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 2006. p. B3.
^ "2005-06 M Basketball Schedule". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1152–1153. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.

[2] "Bennerman leads late surge as Wolfpack oust Cal". ESPN. March 18, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2023.^{[dead link]}

[roster-3] "2005-06 M Basketball Roster". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[4] "2005–06 California Golden Bears Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[janfv-5] "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 5, 2006. p. E4.

[strerg-6] "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 2006. p. B3.

[schedule-7] "2005-06 M Basketball Schedule". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[8] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1152–1153. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics