2005–06 Northwestern State Demons basketball team

The 2005–06 Northwestern State Demons basketball team represented Northwestern State University during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demons, led by 7th year head coach Mike McConathy, played their home games at Prather Coliseum and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–1 in Southland play to win the regular season title. They were champions of the Southland Conference tournament, winning the championship game over Stephen F. Austin, to earn an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. As No. 14 seed in the Atlanta region, Northwestern State knocked off No. 3 seed Iowa by draining a corner three with time running out.^[1] The Demons were then beaten by No. 6 seed West Virginia in the second round.^[2]

2005–06 Northwestern State Demons basketball
Southland Conference regular season champions Southland Conference tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	26–8 (15–1 Southland)
Head coach	Mike McConathy (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Moore Bill Lewit Jacob Spielbauer
Home arena	Prather Coliseum
Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northwestern State †	15	–	1		.938			26	–	8		.765
Sam Houston State	11	–	5		.688			22	–	9		.710
Southeastern Louisiana	10	–	6		.625			16	–	12		.571
Stephen F. Austin	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Lamar	9	–	7		.563			17	–	14		.548
McNeese State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	14		.500
Texas–Arlington	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
UTSA	6	–	10		.375			11	–	17		.393
Louisiana–Monroe	6	–	10		.375			10	–	18		.357
Nicholls State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	18		.333
Texas State	1	–	15		.063			3	–	24		.111
† 2006 Southland tournament winner As of March 6, 2006

Roster

2005–06 Northwestern State Demons men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 00 Demetress Bell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jr Summerfield HS Summerfield, Louisiana F 1 Jermaine Spencer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr New Iberia HS New Iberia, Louisiana F 2 Byron Allen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 276 lb (125 kg) Sr Leland HS Leland, Mississippi G 3 Tyronn Mitchell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr New Iberia HS New Iberia, Louisiana G 4 Sutton Lloyd 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Airline HS Bossier City, Louisiana G 5 Byron Allen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Kountze HS Kountze, Texas G 10 Jared Stevenson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Quitman HS Quitman, Louisiana G 12 Luke Rogers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Eastfield College Chicago, Illinois G 14 Michael McConathy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr St. Mary's HS Natchitoches, Louisiana G 20 D.J. Ross 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Sr Northwood HS Boyce, Louisiana G 21 Kennan Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Northwest HS Opelousas, Louisiana G 22 Kerwin Forges 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Oxnard College Marrero, Louisiana G 23 Jermaine Wallace 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Lakeside HS Heflin, Louisiana G 25 D.J. Ross 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Loyola College Prep Shreveport, Louisiana F 30 Clifton Lee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Northwood HS Boyce, Louisiana F 31 Kalem Porterie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Marksville HS Marksville, Louisiana G 33 Colby Bargeman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Northside HS Lafayette, Louisiana G 34 Eric Woods 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Louisiana Tech Leesville, Louisiana C 40 Alfonse Dyer 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Sr John Ehret HS Marrero, Louisiana G 42 Marcellas Ross 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 227 lb (103 kg) So Glenmora HS Glenmora, Louisiana	Head coach Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech) Assistant coach(es) Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech) Mark Slessinger (Aurora) Ryan Edwards Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state,^[6]
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 18, 2005*		East Texas Baptist	W 77–74	1–0	Prather Coliseum (530) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Nov 20, 2005*		at Missouri	L 72–81	1–1	Mizzou Arena (5,755) Columbia, Missouri
Nov 26, 2005*		at Mississippi State	W 76–75 ^OT	2–1	Humphrey Coliseum (7,139) Starkville, Mississippi
Nov 29, 2005*		at Centenary	W 76–74	3–1	Gold Dome (1,834) Shreveport, Louisiana
Dec 3, 2005*		at Wichita State	L 55–57	3–2	Charles Koch Arena (10,478) Wichita, Kansas
Dec 5, 2005*		at Oklahoma State	W 68–64	4–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (10,448) Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 10, 2005*		Harding	W 89–61	5–2	Prather Coliseum (1,230) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Dec 14, 2005*		LSU–Shreveport	W 92–82	6–2	Prather Coliseum (2,103) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Dec 21, 2005*		vs. Oregon State Rainbow Classic	W 72–61	7–2	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 22, 2005*		vs. Iowa State Rainbow Classic	L 77–81 ^2OT	7–3	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 23, 2005*		at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	L 76–80	7–4	Stan Sheriff Center (NA) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 31, 2005*		at Texas A&M	L 61–73	7–5	Reed Arena (5,549) College Station, Texas
Southland Regular season
Jan 5, 2006		at Texas–Arlington	W 79–67	8–5 (1–0)	Texas Hall (747) Arlington, Texas
Jan 7, 2006		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 81–68	9–5 (2–0)	Fant-Ewing Coliseum (1,075) Monroe, Louisiana
Jan 11, 2006		Southeastern Louisiana	W 70–60	10–5 (3–0)	Prather Coliseum (2,830) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Jan 14, 2006		at Sam Houston State	L 73–80	10–6 (3–1)	Johnson Coliseum (2,780) Huntsville, Texas
Jan 21, 2006		at Southeastern Louisiana	W 60–58	11–6 (4–1)	University Center (2,723) Hammond, Louisiana
Jan 26, 2006		UTSA	W 70–59	12–6 (5–1)	Prather Coliseum (2,123) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Jan 28, 2006		Texas State	W 89–71	13–6 (6–1)	Prather Coliseum (2,330) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Feb 2, 2006		Sam Houston State	W 77–68	14–6 (7–1)	Prather Coliseum (2,522) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Feb 4, 2006		at Stephen F. Austin	W 72–66	15–6 (8–1)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,815) Nacogdoches, Texas
Feb 9, 2006		Texas–Arlington	W 82–79	16–6 (9–1)	Prather Coliseum (2,330) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Feb 11, 2006		Louisiana–Monroe	W 81–65	17–6 (10–1)	Prather Coliseum (2,630) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Feb 16, 2006		at Nicholls State	W 79–70	18–6 (11–1)	Stopher Gym (720) Thibodaux, Louisiana
Feb 18, 2006*		at Utah State ESPN Bracket Buster	L 63–66	18–7	Smith Spectrum (7,740) Logan, Utah
Feb 23, 2006		Lamar	W 80–67	19–7 (12–1)	Prather Coliseum (1,923) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Feb 25, 2006		McNeese State	W 97–79	20–7 (13–1)	Prather Coliseum (2,230) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Mar 1, 2006		at Texas State	W 76–71	21–7 (14–1)	Strahan Coliseum (725) San Marcos, Texas
Mar 3, 2006		at UTSA	W 85–64	22–7 (15–1)	Convocation Center (1,442) San Antonio, Texas
2006 Southland Conference tournament
Mar 7, 2006*	(1)	(6) UTSA Quarterfinals	W 75–61	23–7	Prather Coliseum (2,930) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Mar 9, 2006*	(1)	(6) Lamar Semifinals	W 80–66	24–7	Prather Coliseum (3,403) Natchitoches, Louisiana
Mar 12, 2006*	(1)	(2) Sam Houston State Championship game	W 95–87	25–7	Prather Coliseum (3,930) Natchitoches, Louisiana
2006 NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2006*	(14 A)	vs. (3 A) No. 15 Iowa First round	W 64–63	26–7	Palace of Auburn Hills (18,456) Auburn Hills, Michigan
Mar 19, 2006*	(14 A)	vs. (6 A) No. 22 West Virginia Second round	L 54–67	26–8	Palace of Auburn Hills (19,689) Auburn Hills, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "Wallace, NW St. stun Iowa on last-second 3". ESPN. March 17, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
2. "Pittsnogle leads WVU to second straight Sweet 16". ESPN. March 19, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
3. "2005-06 Demon Basketball Roster". Northwestern State Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
4. "2005–06 Northwestern State Demons Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
5. "2005-06 Demon Basketball Schedule". Northwestern State Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
6. "2005-2006 Men's Basketball Statistics". Northwestern State Demons.