2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	23–10 (11–7 MVC)
Head coach	Greg McDermott (5th season);
Assistant coach	Ben Jacobson
Home arena	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fifth-year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference (The Valley). They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Southern Illinois in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley tournament, but still received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were defeated by No. 7 seed Georgetown in the opening round.

2005–06 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wichita State	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
Southern Illinois †	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Missouri State	12	–	6	.667	22	–	9	.710
Creighton	12	–	6	.667	20	–	10	.667
Bradley	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Northern Iowa	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Evansville	5	–	13	.278	10	–	19	.345
Drake	5	–	13	.278	12	–	19	.387
Indiana State	4	–	14	.222	13	–	16	.448
Illinois State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	19	.321

† 2006 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	2	Eric Coleman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Maplewood, MN
G	3	Michael Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Topeka, KS
F	4	Evan Pedescleaux	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Fr	Plymouth, MN
G	10	Brian Haak	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Spencer, IA
G	11	John Little	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Peoria, IL
G	12	Ben Jacobson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Sioux City, IA
G	13	Adam Viet	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Ackley, IA
G	14	Jared Josten	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Webster City, IA
G	15	Mason Stewart	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Aurora, IL
G	21	Travis Brown	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Richfield, MN
G	23	Brooks McKowen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Fairbank, IA
F	32	Grant Stout	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	New Sharon, IA
F	33	Tyler Griffin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Greene, IA
F	41	Austin Howard	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Davenport, IA
C	51	Atila Santos	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Salvador, Brazil

Head coach

Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Ben Jacobson (Northern Dakota)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 6, 2005* 5:05 p.m.		Lewis	W 77–50		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Nov 13, 2005* 5:05 p.m.		Wayne State	W 74–57		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Non-Conference Regular season
Nov 20, 2005* 6:30 p.m.		vs. Western Carolina	W 68–46	1–0	Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 23, 2005* 6:05 p.m.		at Western Michigan	W 69–63	2–0	University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan
Nov 27, 2005* 5:05 p.m.		Upper Iowa	W 72–47	3–0	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Nov 29, 2005* 7:05 p.m.		at Iowa State	L 61–68	3–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Dec 3, 2005* 7:05 p.m.		Loyola–Chicago	W 72–56	4–1	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dec 6, 2005* 7:05 p.m.		No. 12 Iowa	W 67–63 ^OT	5–1	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dec 10, 2005* 7:05 p.m.		UMKC	W 87–64	6–1	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dec 17, 2005* 7:05 p.m.		Florida A&M	W 76–53	7–1	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dec 19, 2005* 7:05 p.m.		at LSU	W 54–50	8–1	Maravich Assembly Center (7,340) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 22, 2005* 4:30 p.m.		vs. Hawaii Pacific	W 81–47	9–1	Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec 23, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		vs. Dayton	W 74–67	10–1	Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada
Missouri Valley Conference Regular season
Dec 28, 2005 7:05 p.m.		at Bradley	L 60–68 ^OT	10–2 (0–1)	Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois
Dec 31, 2005 4:05 p.m.		Evansville	W 71–60	11–2 (1–1)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Jan 2, 2006 7:05 p.m.		Illinois State	W 60–47	12–2 (2–1)	UNI-Dome (4,014) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Jan 5, 2006 8:05 p.m.		at Wichita State	W 75–61	13–2 (3–1)	Charles Koch Arena (10,478) Wichita, Kansas
Jan 7, 2006 7:05 p.m.		at Missouri State	W 72–62	14–2 (4–1)	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Jan 11, 2006 7:05 p.m.		Creighton	L 52–55	14–3 (4–2)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Jan 14, 2006 4:05 p.m.		at Illinois State	W 67–52	15–3 (5–2)	Redbird Arena (5,336) Normal, Illinois
Jan 16, 2006 7:05 p.m.		Southern Illinois	W 71–65 ^2OT	16–3 (6–2)	UNI-Dome (5,304) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Jan 21, 2006 7:05 p.m.		Drake	W 91–72	17–3 (7–2)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Jan 25, 2006 7:05 p.m.		at Evansville	W 74–61	18–3 (8–2)	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Jan 28, 2006 3:05 p.m.		at Drake	W 51–49	19–3 (9–2)	Knapp Center Des Moines, Iowa
Jan 31, 2006 8:05 p.m.		at Creighton	L 55–63	19–4 (9–3)	Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Feb 4, 2006 3:05 p.m.		Indiana State	W 83–56	20–4 (10–3)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 7, 2006 7:05 p.m.	No. 25	Wichita State	W 68–56	21–4 (11–3)	UNI-Dome (8,459) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 11, 2006 7:05 p.m.		Missouri State	L 63–66	21–5 (11–4)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 14, 2006 6:05 p.m.		at Indiana State	L 60–61	21–6 (11–5)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
Feb 18, 2006* 11:05 a.m., ESPN2		No. 24 Bucknell ESPN BracketBusters	W 65–61 ^2OT	22–6	UNI-Dome (8,442) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 22, 2006 7:35 p.m.		Bradley	L 49–71	22–7 (11–6)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 25, 2006 1:05 p.m.	No. 25	at Southern Illinois	L 45–46	22–8 (11–7)	SIU Arena (9,222) Carbondale, Illinois
Missouri Valley tournament
Mar 3, 2006* 8:35 p.m.	(6)	vs. (3) Missouri State Quarterfinals	W 57–42	23–8	Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 4, 2006* 4:05 p.m.	(6)	vs. (2) Southern Illinois Semifinals	L 46–55 ^OT	23–9	Savvis Center (17,772) St. Louis, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2006* 2:45 p.m., CBS	(10 MW)	vs. (7 MW) No. 23 Georgetown First round	L 49–54	23–10	University of Dayton Arena (12,945) Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

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References

^ sports-reference.com 2005-06 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
^ "2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Northern Iowa Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
^ "2005-06 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Northern Iowa Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 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] sports-reference.com 2005-06 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

[2] "2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Northern Iowa Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

[3] "2005-06 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Northern Iowa Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

[ESPN-4] 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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