2005–06 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 24–7 (12–4 MWC) |
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Home arena | Clune Arena |
Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2006 Mountain West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 2005–06 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represented the United States Air Force Academy as a member of the Mountain West Conference during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Jeff Bzdelik, they played their home games at the Clune Arena on the Air Force Academy's main campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Air Force finished second the MWC regular season standings and returned to the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons. The Falcons received an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament as No. 13 seed in the Washington, D.C. region where they lost to No. 4 seed Illinois in the opening round.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 13, 2005* | vs. Northern Arizona | W 62–49 | 1–0 | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington | |||||||
Nov 14, 2005* | vs. Miami (FL) | W 57–53 | 2–0 | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington | |||||||
Nov 15, 2005* | at Washington | L 74–85 | 2–1 | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington | |||||||
Mar 4, 2006 | at Colorado State | W 63–59 | 24–5 (12–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado | |||||||
MWC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 2006* | vs. Wyoming Quarterfinals | L 55–57 | 24–6 | The Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 2006* | (13 DC) | vs. (4 DC) No. 13 Illinois First round | L 69–78 | 24–7 | Cox Arena (9,891) San Diego, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. DC=Washington, D.C.. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Rankings
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References
- ^ sports-reference.com 2005-06 Mountain West Conference Season Summary
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1152–1153. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.