2005–06 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

2005–06 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
2005–06 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	20–11 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Tom Crean (7th season);
Home arena	Bradley Center
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Connecticut	14	–	2	.875	30	–	4	.882
No. 3 Villanova	14	–	2	.875	28	–	5	.848
No. 22 West Virginia	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Marquette	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
No. 23 Georgetown	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
No. 16 Pittsburgh	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
Seton Hall	9	–	7	.563	18	–	12	.600
Cincinnati	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
No. 21 Syracuse†	7	–	9	.438	23	–	12	.657
Rutgers	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Louisville	6	–	10	.375	21	–	13	.618
Notre Dame	6	–	10	.375	16	–	14	.533
DePaul*	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Providence*	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
St. John's*	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
South Florida*	1	–	15	.063	7	–	22	.241


† 2006 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2006^[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2006 Big East tournament.

The 2005–06 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2005–06 season. Their head coach was Tom Crean. They received an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they lost in the first round to Alabama.^[2] This was the first year in which Marquette played in the Big East Conference, having previously played in Conference USA.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	1	Dominic James	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Richmond, Indiana
F	20	Steve Novak	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Brown Deer, Wisconsin
G	32	Joe Chapman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Sauk Village, Illinois
C	33	Chris Grimm	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Brighton, Michigan

Head coach

Tom Crean

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 18*		Rice	W 82–65	1–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 19*		Winthrop	L 64–71	1–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 23*		vs. Eastern Washington Great Alaska Shootout First Round	W 83–73	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 25*		vs. Oral Roberts Great Alaska Shootout Semifinals	W 73–70	3–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 26*		vs. South Carolina Great Alaska Shootout Championship game	W 92–89 ^OT	4–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
November 30*		at Nebraska	L 74–84	4–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 3*		South Dakota State	W 87–52	5–2	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 7*		Valparaiso	W 69–54	6–2	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 10*		at Wisconsin	L 63–77	6–3	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
December 17*		San Francisco	W 61–48	7–3	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 19*		Oakland	W 90–69	8–3	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 22*		Delaware State	W 60–48	9–3	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 28*		Lewis	W 88–40	10–3	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Big East regular season
January 3		Connecticut	W 94–79	11–3 (1–0)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 7		Cincinnati	L 66–70	11–4 (1–1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 11		at Seton Hall	W 67–63	12–4 (2–1)	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ
January 14		at West Virginia	L 85–104	12–5 (2–2)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 17		at DePaul	W 82–79	13–5 (3–2)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 20		Notre Dame	W 67–65	14–5 (4–2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 25		DePaul	W 62–47	15–5 (5–2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 28		at Pittsburgh	L 71–77	15–6 (5–3)	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 1		St. John's	W 81–61	16–6 (6–3)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 4		at No. 4 Villanova	L 67–72	16–7 (6–4)	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 12		at Rutgers	L 84–91	16–8 (6–5)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 16		Georgetown	W 57–51	17–8 (7–5)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 18		Pittsburgh	W 84–82	18–8 (8–5)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 25		at Notre Dame	W 80–72	19–8 (9–5)	Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana
March 1		at Louisville	L 60–67 ^OT	19–9 (9–6)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
March 4		Providence	W 88–78	20–9 (10–6)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Big East tournament
March 9		vs. Georgetown	L 59–62	20–10 (10–6)	Madison Square Garden New York City, New York
NCAA tournament
March 16	(7)	vs. (10) Alabama First Round	L 85–90	20–11 (10–6)	Viejas Arena San Diego, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "2005-06 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11-14-2013.
^ "2006 men's NCAA basketball tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ "2005–06 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

[standings-1] "2005-06 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11-14-2013.

[2] "2006 men's NCAA basketball tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2019.

[3] "2005–06 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[4] 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

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