2005–06 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2005–06 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by seventh year head coach Lynn Bria, in her final year, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 9–20 and 5–11 in MAC play.

2005–06 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	9–20 (5–11 MAC)
Head coach	Lynn Bria (7th season)
Home arena	Convocation Center

2005–06 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 23 Bowling Green †	16	–	0		1.000			28	–	2		.933
Kent State	12	–	4		.750			21	–	9		.700
Buffalo	5	–	11		.313			10	–	18		.357
Ohio	5	–	11		.313			9	–	20		.310
Miami (OH)	3	–	12		.200			8	–	20		.286
Akron	1	–	14		.067			5	–	23		.179
West
Eastern Michigan	15	–	1		.938			22	–	7		.759
Western Michigan	11	–	5		.688			13	–	14		.481
Ball State	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Central Michigan	7	–	9		.438			16	–	12		.571
Northern Illinois	7	–	9		.438			12	–	17		.414
Toledo	4	–	12		.250			11	–	18		.379
† 2006 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 26, 2005. Ohio was picked fourth in the MAC East.

Preseason women's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

1. Bowling Green (17) 132
2. Kent State (6) 117
3. Miami 93
4. Ohio 68
5. Buffalo 40
6. Akron 33

West Division

1. Eastern Michigan (20) 132
2. Western Michigan (3) 99
3. Ball State 86
4. Toledo 83
5. Northern Illinois 44
6. Central Michigan 39

Tournament Champion

Bowling Green (15), Kent State (5), Eastern Michigan (4), Western Michigan (1)

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 18, 2005*		at South Carolina State	L 68–80	0–1
Nov 19, 2005*		Tennessee State	W 74–69	1–1
Nov 22, 2005*		Youngstown State	L 59–69	1–2
Nov 25, 2005*		at East Carolina	L 68–71 OT	1–3
Nov 26, 2005*		at UNC Greensboro	L 52–69	1–4
Dec 3, 2005*		Western Illinois	L 59–69	1–5
Dec 12, 2005*		Chicago State	W 65–57	2–5
Dec 15, 2005*		at South Carolina	L 49–77	2–6
Dec 18, 2005*		at UNC Wilmington	L 55–60	2–7
Dec 22, 2005*		at Cleveland State	W 76–64	3–7
Dec 30, 2005*		Duquesne	L 79–82 OT	3–8
MAC regular season
Jan 8, 2006		Kent State	L 73–83	3–9 (0–1)
Jan 11, 2006		Miami (OH)	W 56–43	4–9 (1–1)
Jan 14, 2006		at Buffalo	W 72–62	5–9 (2–1)
Jan 18, 2006		at Bowling Green	L 63–77	5–10 (2–2)
Jan 21, 2006		Akron	W 63–55	6–10 (3–2)
Jan 25, 2006		at Western Michigan	L 77–88	6–11 (3–3)
Jan 28, 2006		at Northern Illinois	W 74–62	7–11 (4–3)
Jan 31, 2006		Ball State	L 63–80	7–12 (4–4)
Feb 4, 2006		at Central Michigan	L 48–64	7–13 (4–5)
Feb 8, 2006		Eastern Michigan	L 56–62	7–14 (4–6)
Feb 11, 2006		Toledo	L 49–81	7–15 (4–7)
Feb 15, 2006		at Kent State	L 66–73 OT	7–16 (4–8)
Feb 18, 2006		at Miami (OH)	L 56–60	7–17 (4–9)
Feb 21, 2006		Buffalo	L 77–84	7–18 (4–10)
Feb 25, 2006		Bowling Green	L 61–65	7–19 (4–11)
Feb 28, 2006		at Akron	W 66–56	8–19 (5–11)
MAC Tournament
Mar 4, 2006		Central Michigan	W 74–57	9–19
Mar 8, 2006		vs. Eastern Michigan	L 66–76	9–20
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams

Team	Player	Position	Year
All-MAC Honorable Mention	Simone Redd		So.
All-MAC Honorable Mention	Rachel Frederick		Fr.
All-MAC Freshman team	Rachel Frederick		Fr.