2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
Horizon League tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	22–9 (12–4 Horizon)
Head coach	Rob Jeter (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Duffy Conroy (2nd season); Chad Boudreau (1st season);
Home arena	U.S. Cellular Arena; Klotsche Center
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by head coach Rob Jeter, played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Arena and Klotsche Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 22–9, 12–4 in Horizon League play to finish in first place. They were champions of the Horizon League tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they received a #11 seed and defeated #6 seed Oklahoma before losing to the eventual National Champion #3 seed Florida in the second round.

2005–06 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Milwaukee †	12	–	4	.750	22	–	9	.710
Butler	11	–	5	.688	20	–	13	.606
Loyola (IL)	8	–	8	.500	19	–	11	.633
UIC	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
Detroit	8	–	8	.500	16	–	16	.500
Green Bay	8	–	8	.500	15	–	16	.484
Wright State	8	–	8	.500	13	–	15	.464
Cleveland State	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Youngstown State	4	–	12	.250	7	–	21	.250

† 2006 Horizon League Tournament winner As of August 1, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	2	Chris Hill	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Whitney Young	Chicago, Illinois
G	4	Mark Pancratz	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Schaumburg	Schaumburg, Illinois
G	12	Allan Hanson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	East	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
F	13	Joah Tucker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Bradley	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	14	Derrick Wimmer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Chicago State	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	20	Myles McKay	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Menomonee Falls	Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
F	21	Jason McCoy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Rutgers	Houston, Texas
G	24	Boo Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Olney CC	Chicago, Illinois
G	33	Nick Hansen	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	West	Appleton, Wisconsin
F	40	Michael Bendall	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Oconomowoc	Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
F	44	Adrian Tigert	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	West	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
C	50	Derrick Ford	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Olney CC	Toledo, Ohio

Head coach

Rob Jeter (UW–Platteville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition games
Nov 2, 2005* 8:00 pm		Parkside	W 69–46^[2]		U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI
Nov 8, 2005* 7:00 pm		Platteville	W 63–47^[3]		U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI
Regular season^[4]
Nov 15, 2005* 7:00 pm		at No. 12 Memphis NIT Season Tip-Off	L 52–79	0–1	FedExForum (10,165) Memphis, TN
Nov 21, 2005* 7:00 pm		Upper Iowa	W 93–64	1–1	U.S. Cellular Arena (2,736) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 28, 2005* 8:00 pm		at Tennessee Tech	L 67–72	1–2	Eblen Center (2,612) Cookeville, TN
Dec 3, 2005* 8:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 82–71	2–2	U.S. Cellular Arena (4,235) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 6, 2005* 7:00 pm		at South Dakota State	W 76–51	3–2	Frost Arena (2,121) Brookings, SD
Dec 10, 2005* 7:00 pm		Hawaii	W 58–52	4–2	U.S. Cellular Arena (4,325) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 15, 2005* 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Wisconsin	L 68–74	4–3	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI
Dec 17, 2005 7:00 pm		Green Bay	W 80–60	5–3 (1–0)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,354) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 21, 2005* 7:00 pm		Oakland	W 83–60	6–3	U.S. Cellular Arena (3,210) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 27, 2005* 8:00 pm		at Wyoming	W 84–69	7–3	Arena-Auditorium (5,298) Laramie, WY
Dec 30, 2005* 8:00 pm		at Montana	W 78–74	8–3	Dahlberg Arena (7,213) Missoula, MT
Jan 2, 2006 7:00 pm		Cleveland State	W 75–68	9–3 (2–0)	U.S. Cellular Arena (3,153) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 5, 2006 7:30 pm		at UIC	W 68–45	10–3 (3–0)	UIC Pavilion (4,008) Chicago, IL
Jan 7, 2006 7:00 pm		Butler	W 64–59	11–3 (4–0)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,512) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 11, 2006 7:00 pm		Loyola (IL)	W 78–75	12–3 (5–0)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,133) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 14, 2006 3:00 pm		at Green Bay	L 77–84	12–4 (5–1)	Resch Center (6,495) Green Bay, WI
Jan 18, 2006 6:00 pm		at Detroit	W 72–71	13–4 (6–1)	Calihan Hall (2,386) Detroit, MI
Jan 21, 2006 7:00 pm		Wright State	W 61–54	14–4 (7–1)	U.S. Cellular Arena (6,637) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 26, 2006 6:30 pm		at Youngstown State	W 78–70	15–4 (8–1)	Beeghly Center (2,082) Youngstown, OH
Jan 30, 2006 7:00 pm		at Loyola (IL)	W 68–57	16–4 (9–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Center (2,569) Chicago, IL
Feb 2, 2006 6:00 pm		at Wright State	L 54–59	16–5 (9–2)	Nutter Center (6,595) Fairborn, OH
Feb 4, 2006 1:00 pm		at Butler	L 60–63 ^OT	16–6 (9–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,101) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 9, 2006 7:30 pm		Youngstown State	W 98–57	17–6 (10–3)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,324) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 11, 2006 4:30 pm		at Cleveland State	W 86–57	18–6 (11–3)	Wolstein Center (2,074) Cleveland, OH
Feb 15, 2006 7:00 pm		UIC	L 86–94 ^OT	18–7 (11–4)	U.S. Cellular Arena (4,564) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 18, 2006* 1:00 pm		Missouri State ESPN BracketBusters	L 63–72	18–8	U.S. Cellular Arena (6,660) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 21, 2006 7:00 pm		Detroit	W 76–57	19–8 (12–4)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,206) Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League tournament
Mar 4, 2006 6:00 pm	(1)	(4) Loyola (IL) Semifinals	W 80–66	20–8	U.S. Cellular Arena (7,502) Milwaukee, WI
Mar 7, 2006 8:00 pm, ESPN	(1)	(2) Butler Championship	W 87–71	21–8	U.S. Cellular Arena (10,021) Milwaukee, WI
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2006* 11:25 am	(11 MSP)	vs. (6 MSP) No. 24 Oklahoma First Round	W 82–74^[5]	22–8	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Florida
Mar 18, 2006* 2:20 pm, CBS	(11 MSP)	vs. (3 MSP) No. 11 Florida Second Round	L 60–82	22–9	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (13,777) Jacksonville, Florida
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MSP=Minneapolis. All times are in Central Time.

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2006 Horizon League Tournament

First Round Tuesday, February 28			Second Round Friday, March 3			Semifinals Saturday, March 4			Championship Tuesday, March 7

						1	Milwaukee	80
4	Loyola	76				4	Loyola	66
9	Youngstown State	61	4	Loyola	64
5	Detroit	92	5	Detroit	55
8	Cleveland State	58							1	Milwaukee	87
									2	Butler	71


						2	Butler	73
						3	Green Bay	51
			3	Green Bay	76
6	UIC	77	6	UIC	66
7	Wright State	67

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

References

^ "2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster". Milwaukee Panthers. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
^ MKE Panthers Website November 2, 2005– Retrieved 2024-07-28
^ MKE Panthers Website November 8, 2005– Retrieved 2024-07-28
^ "2005-06 Men's Basketball Schedule". Milwaukee Athletics. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
^ "Wisconsin-Milwaukee Does It Again". The New York Times. March 16, 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
^ "2005-06 Milwaukee Panthers Schedule and Results".
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[1] "2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster". Milwaukee Panthers. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

[2] MKE Panthers Website November 2, 2005– Retrieved 2024-07-28

[3] MKE Panthers Website November 8, 2005– Retrieved 2024-07-28

[4] "2005-06 Men's Basketball Schedule". Milwaukee Athletics. Retrieved July 28, 2024.

[5] "Wisconsin-Milwaukee Does It Again". The New York Times. March 16, 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[6] "2005-06 Milwaukee Panthers Schedule and Results".

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