2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In head coach Lorenzo Romar's 4th season at the University of Washington, the Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 13–5 in Pac-10 play and finished second in the Pac–10 regular season's final standings behind UCLA. They earned a 5 seed in the East Regional of the NCAA tournament, where they defeated 12th seeded Utah State in the 1st round, 4th seeded Illinois in the second round and eventually falling 98–92 in overtime to the region's 1 seed, UConn, in the Sweet 16.^[3] This was the 3rd straight season that the Huskies had appeared in the NCAA Tournament and 2nd straight year that they made it to the Sweet 16.^[4]

2005–06 Washington Huskies men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 17
Record	26–7 (13–5[1] Pac-10)
Head coach	Lorenzo Romar
Assistant coaches	Cameron Dollar Jim Shaw Paul Fortier
Home arena	Bank of America Arena
Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

Roster

Source^[5]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Joel Smith	6'4"	205	G	So.	Wolfeboro, NH, U.S.	Brewster Academy
1	Harvey Perry	6'5"	195	G	Fr.	Henderson, NV, U.S.	Foothill High School
3	Brandon Roy	6'6"	215	G	Sr.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Garfield High School
5	Justin Dentmon	6'0"	180	G	Fr.	Carbondale, IL, U.S.	Carbondale Community High School
11	Brandon Burmeister	6'4"	190	G	Jr.	Mercer Island, WA, U.S.	Mercer Island HS
13	Zane Potter	6'6"	185	F	Sr.	Gresham, OR, U.S.	Sam Barlow High School
15	Bobby Jones	6'6"	210	F	Sr.	Long Beach, CA, U.S.	Polytechnic High School
20	Ryan Appleby	6'3"	165	PG	So.*	Stanwood, WA, U.S.	Stanwood High School
21	Artem Wallace	6'8"	230	C	Fr.	Toledo, WA, U.S.	Toledo High School
22	Hans Gasser	6'9"	250	F	Jr.	Issaquah, WA, U.S.	Issaquah High School
24	Jamaal Williams	6'5"	225	F	Sr.*	Corona, CA, U.S.	Centennial High School
32	Joe Wolfinger	7'0"	225	C	Fr.	Beaverton, OR, U.S.	Aloha High School
34	Zach Johnson	6'8"	275	C	Fr.*	Sacramento, CA, U.S.	Natomas High School
40	Jon Brockman	6'7"	245	F	Fr.	Snohomish, WA, U.S.	Snohomish Senior High School
42	Mike Jensen	6'8"	240	PF	Sr.*	Kent, WA, U.S.	Kentwood High School (Washington)

• Denotes the use of a redshirt season

Coaching staff

Source^[6]

Name	Position	Year at Washington	Alma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo Romar	Head coach	4th	Washington (1980)
Cameron Dollar	Assistant coach	4th	UCLA (1997)
Jim Shaw	Assistant coach	2nd	Western Oregon State (1985)
Paul Fortier	Assistant coach	1st	Washington (2003)
Lance LaVetter	Director of Basketball Operations	4th	Northern Arizona (1992)

Schedule

Source^[7]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/6/2015* 6:00 pm		Simon Fraser	W 114–48		Alaska Airlines Arena (9,481) Seattle, WA
Regular Season
11/13/2015* 5:00 pm		Morgan St.	W 118–51	1–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,976) Seattle, WA
11/14/2005* 1:00 pm		Wisconsin Green Bay	W 118–64	2–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,914) Seattle, WA
11/15/2005* 11:00 am		Air Force	W 85–74	3–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,975) Seattle, WA
11/19/2005* 10:30 pm		American	W 99–82	4–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,021) Seattle, WA
11/22/2005* 10:00 pm	No. 25	Idaho	W 90–67	5–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,665) Seattle, WA
11/25/2005* 6:00 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 25	Loyola Marymount	W 112–65	6–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,675) Seattle, WA
12/4/2005* 10:30 pm, FSN	No. 18	No. 6 Gonzaga	W 99–95	7–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
12/10/2005* 3:00 pm	No. 13	New Mexico	W 81–71	8–0	Honda Center  Anaheim, CA
12/16/2005* 10:00 pm	No. 11	Eastern Washington	W 91–74	9–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,876) Seattle, WA
12/23/2005* 8:00 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 9	Lehigh	W 54–37	10–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
12/29/2005 10:00 pm	No. 7	Arizona State	W 91–67	11–0 (1–0)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
12/31/2005 2:00 pm, FSN	No. 7	Arizona	L 95–96 2OT	11–1 (1–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
1/2/2006* 10:00 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 10	Cornell	W 87–71	12–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,631) Seattle, WA
1/7/2006 10:00 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 10	Washington State	L 71–78	12–2 (1–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
1/12/2006 10:30 pm, FSN	No. 13	USC	W 86–77	13–2 (2–2)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (4,561) Los Angeles, CA
1/14/2006 4:00 pm, FSN	No. 13	UCLA	W 69–65	14–2 (3–2)	Pauley Pavilion (10,232) Los Angeles, CA
1/19/2006 10:00 pm	No. 10	Oregon State	W 69–65	15–2 (4–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
1/21/2006 8:00 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 10	Oregon	W 78–59	16–2 (5–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
1/26/2006 10:30 pm	No. 10	California	L 69–71	16–3 (5–3)	Haas Pavilion (8,957) Berkeley, CA
1/29/2006 8:00 pm, FSN	No. 10	Stanford	L 67–76 OT	16–4 (5–4)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
2/4/2006 5:00 pm	No. 16	Washington State	L 64–77	16–5 (5–5)	Beasley Coliseum (8,770) Pullman, WA
2/9/2006 10:30 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 21	USC	W 87–73	17–5 (6–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
2/11/2006 3:30 pm, ABC	No. 21	No. 13 UCLA	W 70–67	18–5 (7–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
2/16/2006 8:30 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 20	Oregon	W 75–72	19–5 (8–5)	McArthur Court (8,904) Eugene, OR
2/18/2006 10:00 pm, FSN Northwest	No. 20	Oregon State	W 96–63	20–5 (9–5)	Gill Coliseum (9,512) Corvallis, OR
2/23/2006 10:30 pm, FSN	No. 17	Stanford	W 75–57	21–5 (10–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
2/26/2006 8:00 pm, FSN	No. 17	California	W 73–62	22–5 (11–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
3/2/2006 9:00 pm	No. 14	Arizona State	W 91–66	23–5 (12–5)	Wells Fargo Arena (6,755) Tempe, AZ
3/4/2006 6:00 pm, FSN	No. 14	Arizona	W 70–67	24–5 (13–5)	McKale Center (14,630) Tucson, AZ
Pac-10 Tournament
3/9/2006 9:00 pm	No. 12	Oregon Quarterfinals	L 73–84	24–6	Staples Center (15,321) Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
3/16/2006* 8:00 pm, CBS	(5)	vs. (12) Utah State First round	W 75–61	25–6	Cox Arena (9,891) San Diego, CA
3/18/2006* 6:55 pm, CBS	(5)	vs. (4) Illinois Second round	W 67–64	26–6	Cox Arena  San Diego, CA
3/24/2006* 9:50 pm, CBS	(5)	vs. (1) Connecticut Sweet Sixteen	L 92–98 OT	26–7	Verizon Center (19,368) Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.