🏀 The 2005-06 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 32 conferences · 65-team tournament

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2005-06 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Florida

33-63 seedFinal AP #11

Title gameUCLA 57, Florida 73 (Apr 3)

Final FourFloridaUCLALSUGeorge Mason

The 2006 NCAA tournament

65 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

65-team field · 4 regions

First Four

16Monmouth71

Hampton49

Minneapolis · Mar 14

First Round

1Villanova58

16Monmouth45

8Arizona94

9Wisconsin75

4Boston College88

13Pacific76

5Nevada79

12Montana87

3Florida76

14South Alabama50

6Oklahoma74

11Wisconsin-Milwaukee82

2Ohio State70

15Davidson62

7Georgetown54

10Northern Iowa49

Second Round

1Villanova82

8Arizona78

4Boston College69

12Montana56

3Florida82

11Wisconsin-Milwaukee60

2Ohio State52

7Georgetown70

Regional Semifinals

1Villanova60

4Boston College59

3Florida57

7Georgetown53

Regional Finals

1Villanova62

3Florida75

Minneapolis region

First Round

1Villanova58

16Monmouth45

8Arizona94

9Wisconsin75

4Boston College88

13Pacific76

5Nevada79

12Montana87

3Florida76

14South Alabama50

6Oklahoma74

11Wisconsin-Milwaukee82

2Ohio State70

15Davidson62

7Georgetown54

10Northern Iowa49

Second Round

1Villanova82

8Arizona78

4Boston College69

12Montana56

3Florida82

11Wisconsin-Milwaukee60

2Ohio State52

7Georgetown70

Regional Semifinals

1Villanova60

4Boston College59

3Florida57

7Georgetown53

Regional Finals

1Villanova62

3Florida75

Washington region

First Round

1Connecticut72

16Albany59

8Kentucky69

9UAB64

4Illinois78

13Air Force69

5Washington75

12Utah State61

2Tennessee63

15Winthrop61

7Wichita State86

10Seton Hall66

3North Carolina69

14Murray State65

6Michigan State65

11George Mason75

Second Round

1Connecticut87

8Kentucky83

4Illinois64

5Washington67

2Tennessee73

7Wichita State80

3North Carolina60

11George Mason65

Regional Semifinals

1Connecticut98

5Washington92

7Wichita State55

11George Mason63

Regional Finals

1Connecticut84

11George Mason86

Oakland region

First Round

1Memphis94

16Oral Roberts78

8Arkansas55

9Bucknell59

5Pittsburgh79

12Kent State64

4Kansas73

13Bradley77

2UCLA78

15Belmont44

7Marquette85

10Alabama90

3Gonzaga79

14Xavier75

6Indiana87

11San Diego State83

Second Round

1Memphis72

9Bucknell56

5Pittsburgh66

13Bradley72

2UCLA62

10Alabama59

3Gonzaga90

6Indiana80

Regional Semifinals

1Memphis80

13Bradley64

2UCLA73

3Gonzaga71

Regional Finals

1Memphis45

2UCLA50

Atlanta region

First Round

2Texas60

15Pennsylvania52

7California52

10North Carolina State58

6West Virginia64

11Southern Illinois46

3Iowa63

14Northwestern State64

1Duke70

16Southern54

8George Washington88

9NC-Wilmington85

4LSU80

13Iona64

5Syracuse58

12Texas A&M66

Second Round

2Texas75

10North Carolina State54

6West Virginia67

14Northwestern State54

1Duke74

8George Washington61

4LSU58

12Texas A&M57

Regional Semifinals

2Texas77

6West Virginia74

1Duke54

4LSU62

Regional Finals

2Texas60

4LSU70

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

3Florida73

11George Mason58

Minneapolis vs Washington · Apr 1

2UCLA59

4LSU45

Oakland vs Atlanta · Apr 1

Championship game: Florida

2UCLA57

3Florida73

Oakland vs Minneapolis · Apr 3

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 2005-06.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Albany 80-67, Mar 11	Vermont	80-67, Mar 11
Atlantic 10	Xavier 62-61, Mar 11	St. Joseph's	62-61, Mar 11
Atlantic Coast	Duke 78-76, Mar 12	Boston College	78-76, Mar 12
Atlantic Sun	Belmont 74-69, Mar 4	Lipscomb	74-69, Mar 4
Big 12	Kansas 80-68, Mar 12	Texas	80-68, Mar 12
Big East	Syracuse 65-61, Mar 11	Pittsburgh	65-61, Mar 11
Big Sky	Montana 73-60, Mar 8	Northern Arizona	73-60, Mar 8
Big South	Winthrop 51-50, Mar 4	Coastal Carolina	51-50, Mar 4
Big Ten	Iowa 67-60, Mar 12	Ohio State	67-60, Mar 12
Big West	Pacific 78-70, Mar 11	Long Beach State	78-70, Mar 11
Colonial	NC-Wilmington 78-67, Mar 6	Hofstra	78-67, Mar 6
Conference USA	Memphis 57-46, Mar 11	UAB	57-46, Mar 11
Horizon	Wisconsin-Milwaukee 87-71, Mar 7	Butler	87-71, Mar 7
Metro Atlantic	Iona 80-61, Mar 6	St. Peter's	80-61, Mar 6
Mid-American	Kent State 71-66, Mar 11	Toledo	71-66, Mar 11
Mid-Continent	Oral Roberts 85-72, Mar 7	Chicago State	85-72, Mar 7
Mid-Eastern	Hampton 60-56, Mar 11	Delaware State	60-56, Mar 11
Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois 59-46, Mar 5	Bradley	59-46, Mar 5
Mountain West	San Diego State 69-64, Mar 11	Wyoming	69-64, Mar 11
Northeast	Monmouth 49-48, Mar 8	Fairleigh Dickinson	49-48, Mar 8
Ohio Valley	Murray State 74-57, Mar 4	Samford	74-57, Mar 4
Pacific-10	UCLA 71-52, Mar 11	California	71-52, Mar 11
Patriot	Bucknell 74-59, Mar 10	Holy Cross	74-59, Mar 10
Southeastern	Florida 49-47, Mar 12	South Carolina	49-47, Mar 12
Southern	Davidson 80-55, Mar 5	UT-Chattanooga	80-55, Mar 5
Southland	Northwestern State 95-87, Mar 12	Sam Houston State	95-87, Mar 12
Southwestern Athletic	Southern 57-44, Mar 11	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	57-44, Mar 11
Sun Belt	South Alabama 95-70, Mar 7	Western Kentucky	95-70, Mar 7
West Coast	Gonzaga 68-67, Mar 6	Loyola Marymount	68-67, Mar 6
Western Athletic	Nevada 70-63, Mar 11	Utah State	70-63, Mar 11

The 2005-06 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov7	14	21	28	Dec5	12	19	26	Jan2	9	16	23	30	Feb6	13	20	27	Mar6	13
Duke	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	1
Connecticut	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	2
Villanova	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	8	6	4	4	4	2	4	2	3
Memphis	12	12	11	9	7	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	5	4
Gonzaga	8	9	8	6	9	10	8	8	8	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Ohio State							24	21	18	19	19	16	20	19	12	13	9	7	6
Boston College	11	11	10	8	6	13	14	13	11	15	21	20	15	17	13	11	12	11	7
UCLA	19	18	16	16	16	14	12	11	17	11	18	17	14	13	15	19	15	13	7
Texas	2	2	2	2	2	6	15	15	15	8	5	4	7	6	6	7	6	8	9
North Carolina					23	19	17	23	25	20	24			23	23	21	13	10	10
Florida			14	11	10	7	5	5	5	2	2	5	8	7	10	12	17	16	11
Kansas															22	16	18	17	12
Illinois	17	17	15	12	11	9	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	10	14	8	10	9	13
George Washington	21	21	21	19	19	15	13	12	20	17	16	14	10	8	7	6	7	6	14
Iowa	20	20	18	14	12	22	25				23		23	18	18	20	23	20	15
Pittsburgh									22	12	9	12	9	14	9	9	8	15	16
Washington			25	18	13	11	9	7	10	13	10	10	16	21	20	17	14	12	17
Tennessee							23					19	13	11	8	10	11	14	18
LSU				25									24		25	24	21	18	19
Nevada	22	22	22	20	17	20	20	20								25	24	21	20
Syracuse	16	16	17								20	25							21
West Virginia	14	14	13					25	24	16	12	9	11	9	11	14	16	19	22
Georgetown												21	17	15	17	23	20	23	23
Oklahoma	6	6	5	5	8	8	7	14	12	22	25	24	19	20	19	22	19	22	24
UAB																		24	25
North Carolina State				24	25	21	21	19	13	18	14	15	18	16	21	15	22	25
Michigan State	4	4	12	13	14	12	10	9	7	14	11	11	12	12	16	18	25
Northern Iowa													25	25		25
Bucknell															24
Michigan													21	22
Indiana	23	23	20	17	18	18	18	17	16	9	13	13	22	24
Maryland	24	24	23	23	21	17	16	16	14	23	22	18
Louisville	7	7	6	7	5	4	11	10	9	10	17	22
Wisconsin								24		21	15	23
Arizona	10	10	9	15	24	24			21	24
Cincinnati										25
Kentucky	9	8	7	10	15	23	19	18	19
Wake Forest	18	19	24	22	20	16	22	22	23
Houston						25
Alabama	15	15	19	21	22
Stanford	13	13
Iowa State	25	25

Tap a rank to read it.

2006 final AP Top 25

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

2006 final AP Top 25AP

1Duke32-4
2Connecticut30-4
3Villanova28-5
4Memphis33-4
5Gonzaga29-4
6Ohio State26-6
7Boston College28-8
7UCLA32-7
9Texas30-7
10North Carolina23-8
11Florida33-6
12Kansas25-8
13Illinois26-7

14George Washington27-3
15Iowa25-9
16Pittsburgh25-8
17Washington26-7
18Tennessee22-8
19LSU27-9
20Nevada27-6
21Syracuse23-12
22West Virginia22-11
23Georgetown23-10
24Oklahoma20-9
25UAB24-7

2006 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

2006 standings by conference32 conferences

America East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Albany	21-11	13-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Binghamton	16-13	12-4
Hartford	13-15	9-7
Boston University	12-16	9-7
New Hampshire	12-17	8-8
Vermont	13-17	7-9
Maine	12-16	7-9
MD-Baltimore County	10-19	5-11
Stony Brook	4-24	2-14

Atlantic 1014 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
George Washington	27-3	16-0	★ 8 seed AP 14
Charlotte	19-13	11-5
La Salle	18-10	10-6
Saint Louis	16-13	10-6
St. Joseph's	19-14	9-7
Fordham	16-16	9-7
Xavier	21-11	8-8	🏆 14 seed
Temple	17-15	8-8
Rhode Island	14-14	8-8
Massachusetts	13-15	8-8
Dayton	14-17	6-10
Richmond	13-17	6-10
St. Bonaventure	8-19	2-14
Duquesne	3-24	1-15

Atlantic Coast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	32-4	14-2	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
North Carolina	23-8	12-4	3 seed AP 10
Boston College	28-8	11-5	4 seed AP 7
North Carolina State	22-10	10-6	10 seed
Florida State	20-10	9-7
Maryland	19-13	8-8
Clemson	19-13	7-9
Miami (FL)	18-16	7-9
Virginia	15-15	7-9
Virginia Tech	14-16	4-12
Georgia Tech	11-17	4-12
Wake Forest	17-17	3-13

Atlantic Sun11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Lipscomb	21-11	15-5	★
Belmont	20-11	15-5	★ 🏆 15 seed
Florida Atlantic	15-13	14-6
Gardner-Webb	17-12	13-7
East Tennessee State	15-13	12-8
Stetson	14-18	11-9
Kennesaw State	12-17	10-10
Campbell	10-18	9-11
Mercer	9-19	7-13
North Florida	6-22	3-17
Jacksonville	1-26	1-19

Big 1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas	30-7	13-3	★ 2 seed AP 9
Kansas	25-8	13-3	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 12
Oklahoma	20-9	11-5	6 seed AP 24
Texas A&M	22-9	10-6	12 seed
Colorado	20-10	9-7
Nebraska	19-14	7-9
Kansas State	15-13	6-10
Iowa State	16-14	6-10
Oklahoma State	17-16	6-10
Texas Tech	15-17	6-10
Missouri	12-16	5-11
Baylor	4-13	4-12

Big East16 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	30-4	14-2	★ 1 seed AP 2
Villanova	28-5	14-2	★ 1 seed AP 3
West Virginia	22-11	11-5	6 seed AP 22
Pittsburgh	25-8	10-6	5 seed AP 16
Georgetown	23-10	10-6	7 seed AP 23
Marquette	20-11	10-6	7 seed
Seton Hall	18-12	9-7	10 seed
Cincinnati	21-13	8-8
Syracuse	23-12	7-9	🏆 5 seed AP 21
Rutgers	19-14	7-9
Louisville	21-13	6-10
Notre Dame	16-14	6-10
DePaul	12-15	5-11
Providence	12-15	5-11
St. John's	12-15	5-11
South Florida	7-22	1-15

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northern Arizona	21-11	12-2	★
Montana	24-7	10-4	🏆 12 seed
Eastern Washington	15-15	9-5
Montana State	15-15	7-7
Sacramento State	15-15	5-9
Portland State	12-16	5-9
Idaho State	13-14	4-10
Weber State	10-17	4-10

Big South9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Winthrop	23-8	13-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Birmingham-Southern	19-9	12-4
Coastal Carolina	20-10	12-4
Radford	16-13	9-7
High Point	16-13	8-8
Charleston Southern	13-16	7-9
NC-Asheville	9-19	6-10
Liberty	7-23	3-13
VMI	7-20	2-14

Big Ten11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio State	26-6	12-4	★ 2 seed AP 6
Illinois	26-7	11-5	4 seed AP 13
Iowa	25-9	11-5	🏆 3 seed AP 15
Indiana	19-12	9-7	6 seed
Wisconsin	19-12	9-7	9 seed
Michigan	22-11	8-8
Michigan State	22-12	8-8	6 seed
Penn State	15-15	6-10
Northwestern	14-15	6-10
Minnesota	16-15	5-11
Purdue	9-19	3-13

Big West8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pacific	24-8	12-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
UC Irvine	16-13	10-4
Long Beach State	18-12	9-5
Cal Poly-SLO	10-19	7-7
UC Santa Barbara	15-14	6-8
CSU-Fullerton	16-13	5-9
CSU-Northridge	11-17	4-10
UC Riverside	5-23	3-11

Colonial12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
George Mason	27-8	15-3	★ 11 seed
NC-Wilmington	25-8	15-3	★ 🏆 9 seed
Hofstra	26-7	14-4
Old Dominion	24-10	13-5
Northeastern	19-11	12-6
Virginia Commonwealth	19-10	11-7
Drexel	15-16	8-10
Towson	12-16	8-10
Delaware	9-21	4-14
William & Mary	8-20	3-15
Georgia State	7-22	3-15
James Madison	5-23	2-16

Conference USA12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Memphis	33-4	13-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 4
UAB	24-7	12-2	9 seed AP 25
UTEP	21-10	11-3
Houston	21-10	9-5
Central Florida	14-15	7-7
Rice	12-16	6-8
Tulane	12-17	6-8
Tulsa	11-17	6-8
Marshall	12-16	5-9
SMU	13-16	4-10
Southern Mississippi	10-21	3-11
East Carolina	8-20	2-12

Horizon9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	22-9	12-4	★ 🏆 11 seed
Butler	20-13	11-5
Loyola-Chicago	19-11	8-8
Illinois-Chicago	16-15	8-8
Detroit	16-16	8-8
Wisconsin-Green Bay	15-16	8-8
Wright State	13-15	8-8
Cleveland State	10-18	5-11
Youngstown State	7-21	4-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pennsylvania	20-9	12-2	★ 15 seed
Princeton	12-15	10-4
Cornell	13-15	8-6
Yale	15-14	7-7
Brown	10-17	6-8
Harvard	13-14	5-9
Columbia	11-16	4-10
Dartmouth	6-21	4-10

Metro Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Manhattan	20-11	14-4	★
Iona	23-8	13-5	🏆 13 seed
Marist	19-10	12-6
Siena	15-13	10-8
St. Peter's	17-15	9-9
Loyola (MD)	15-13	8-10
Niagara	11-18	7-11
Fairfield	9-19	7-11
Canisius	9-20	6-12
Rider	8-20	4-14

Mid-American12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kent State	25-9	15-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
Akron	23-10	14-4
Miami (OH)	18-11	14-4
Northern Illinois	17-11	12-6	★
Toledo	20-11	10-8
Ohio	19-11	10-8
Western Michigan	14-17	10-8
Buffalo	19-13	8-10
Ball State	10-18	6-12
Bowling Green	9-21	5-13
Eastern Michigan	7-21	3-15
Central Michigan	4-24	1-17

Mid-Continent9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
IUPUI	19-10	13-3	★
Oral Roberts	21-12	13-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
UMKC	14-14	11-5
Valparaiso	17-12	8-8
Chicago State	11-19	8-8
Southern Utah	10-20	8-8
Oakland	11-18	6-10
Western Illinois	7-21	3-13
Centenary	4-23	2-14

Mid-Eastern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Delaware State	21-14	16-2	★
Coppin State	12-18	12-6
Bethune-Cookman	15-15	11-7
South Carolina State	14-16	11-7
Hampton	16-16	10-8	🏆 NCAA
Florida A&M	14-17	10-8
Norfolk State	13-18	10-8
North Carolina A&T	6-23	6-12
Howard	7-22	5-13
MD-Eastern Shore	7-22	4-14
Morgan State	4-26	4-14

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wichita State	26-9	14-4	★ 7 seed
Missouri State	22-9	12-6
Creighton	20-10	12-6
Southern Illinois	22-11	12-6	🏆 11 seed
Northern Iowa	23-10	11-7	10 seed
Bradley	22-11	11-7	13 seed
Drake	12-19	5-13
Evansville	10-19	5-13
Indiana State	13-16	4-14
Illinois State	9-19	4-14

Mountain West9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Diego State	24-9	13-3	★ 🏆 11 seed
Air Force	24-7	12-4	13 seed
BYU	20-9	12-4
UNLV	17-13	10-6
New Mexico	17-13	8-8
Utah	14-15	6-10
Wyoming	14-18	5-11
Colorado State	16-15	4-12
TCU	6-25	2-14

Northeast11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Fairleigh Dickinson	20-12	14-4	★
Central Connecticut State	18-11	13-5
Monmouth	19-15	12-6	🏆 16 seed
Mount St. Mary's	13-17	11-7
Robert Morris	15-14	10-8
LIU-Brooklyn	12-16	9-9
Sacred Heart	11-17	8-10
Quinnipiac	12-16	7-11
St. Francis (NY)	10-17	7-11
Wagner	13-14	6-12
St. Francis (PA)	4-24	2-16

Ohio Valley11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	24-7	17-3	★ 🏆 14 seed
Samford	20-11	14-6
Tennessee Tech	19-12	13-7
Jacksonville State	16-13	12-8
Austin Peay	17-14	11-9
Eastern Kentucky	14-16	11-9
Tennessee State	13-15	11-9
UT-Martin	13-15	9-11
Eastern Illinois	6-21	5-15
SE Missouri State	7-20	4-16
Morehead State	4-23	3-17

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	32-7	14-4	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 7
Washington	26-7	13-5	5 seed AP 17
California	20-11	12-6	7 seed
Arizona	20-13	11-7	8 seed
Stanford	16-14	11-7
USC	17-13	8-10
Oregon	15-18	7-11
Oregon State	13-18	5-13
Arizona State	11-17	5-13
Washington State	11-17	4-14

Patriot8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bucknell	27-5	14-0	★ 🏆 9 seed
Holy Cross	20-12	11-3
Lehigh	19-12	11-3
American	12-17	7-7
Lafayette	11-17	5-9
Colgate	10-19	4-10
Navy	10-18	3-11
Army	5-22	1-13

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
LSU	27-9	14-2	★ 4 seed AP 19
Tennessee	22-8	12-4	★ 2 seed AP 18
Florida	33-6	10-6	🏆 3 seed AP 11
Arkansas	22-10	10-6	8 seed
Alabama	18-13	10-6	10 seed
Kentucky	22-13	9-7	8 seed
Vanderbilt	17-13	7-9
South Carolina	23-15	6-10
Georgia	15-15	5-11
Mississippi State	15-15	5-11
Mississippi	14-16	4-12
Auburn	12-16	4-12

Southern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Georgia Southern	20-10	11-4	★
Elon	15-14	10-4	★
Davidson	20-11	10-5	🏆 15 seed
College of Charleston	17-11	9-6
UT-Chattanooga	19-13	8-6
Furman	15-13	8-7
Western Carolina	13-17	7-7
Appalachian State	14-16	6-8
Wofford	11-18	6-9
NC-Greensboro	12-19	4-10
Citadel	10-21	1-14

Southland11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northwestern State	26-8	15-1	★ 🏆 14 seed
Sam Houston State	22-9	11-5
SE Louisiana	16-12	10-6
Stephen F. Austin	17-12	9-7
Lamar	17-14	9-7
McNeese State	14-14	9-7
Texas-Arlington	14-16	7-9
TX-San Antonio	11-17	6-10
LA-Monroe	10-18	6-10
Nicholls State	9-18	5-11
Texas State	3-24	1-15

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern	19-13	15-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Grambling	14-13	11-7
Alabama A&M	13-13	11-7
Jackson State	15-17	10-8
Alabama State	12-18	10-8
Mississippi Valley State	9-19	9-9
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13-16	8-10
Alcorn State	8-20	8-10
Texas Southern	8-22	6-12
Prairie View	5-24	2-16

Sun Belt11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Western Kentucky	23-8	12-2	★
South Alabama	24-7	12-3	★ 🏆 14 seed
Middle Tennessee State	16-12	8-6
Arkansas State	12-18	7-7
Denver	16-15	7-8
LA-Lafayette	13-16	7-8
North Texas	14-14	6-9
Troy	14-15	6-9
New Orleans	10-19	6-9
Arkansas-Little Rock	14-15	5-9
Florida International	8-20	4-10

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	29-4	14-0	★ 🏆 3 seed AP 5
St. Mary's	17-12	8-6
Loyola Marymount	12-18	8-6
San Francisco	11-17	7-7
San Diego	18-12	6-8
Santa Clara	13-16	5-9
Portland	11-18	5-9
Pepperdine	7-20	3-11

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Nevada	27-6	13-3	★ 🏆 5 seed AP 20
Utah State	23-9	11-5	12 seed
Louisiana Tech	20-13	11-5
Hawaii	17-11	10-6
New Mexico State	16-14	10-6
Fresno State	15-13	8-8
Boise State	14-15	6-10
San Jose State	6-25	2-14
Idaho	4-25	1-15

Independent10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	20-8
North Dakota State	16-12
Utah Valley	16-13
IPFW	10-18
Longwood	10-20
South Dakota State	9-20
UC Davis	8-20
Texas-Pan American	6-24
Northern Colorado	5-24
Savannah State	2-28

2006 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

2006 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Florida2117
2Connecticut2078
3Duke2044
4UCLA2033
5North Carolina2010
6Villanova2001
7Memphis1987
8Gonzaga1976
9Kansas1974
10LSU1972

Biggest upsets

UC Riverside 83, Pacific 71
Jan 7 · regular season · 2.0% win chance
Penn State 66, Illinois 65
Feb 4 · regular season · 2.4% win chance
Elon 74, Clemson 69
Dec 30 · regular season · 2.9% win chance
North Dakota State 62, Wisconsin 55
Jan 21 · regular season · 3.2% win chance
Indiana State 63, Southern Illinois 54
Feb 1 · regular season · 3.8% win chance
Central Michigan 71, Buffalo 61
Jan 21 · regular season · 3.9% win chance
Marshall 58, West Virginia 52
Jan 25 · regular season · 4.2% win chance
Stetson 74, East Tennessee State 71
Jan 28 · regular season · 5.1% win chance
Illinois-Chicago 73, Georgia Tech 51
Nov 25 · regular season · 5.4% win chance
Northwestern State 68, Oklahoma State 64
Dec 5 · regular season · 5.9% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.