2005–06 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was Trent Johnson's second season with the Cardinal. They were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.

2005–06 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2006 National Invitation Tournament, first round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	16–14 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Trent Johnson (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Eric Reveno Tony Fuller
Home arena	Maples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,233)
Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UCLA †	14	–	4		.778			32	–	7		.821
No. 12 Washington	13	–	5		.722			26	–	7		.788
California	12	–	6		.667			20	–	11		.645
Arizona ^1	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Stanford	11	–	7		.611			16	–	14		.533
USC	8	–	10		.444			17	–	13		.567
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Oregon State ^1	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	17		.393
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	17		.393
† Conference tournament winner As of April 3, 2006 Rankings from Coaches Poll ^[1] ^1 Holds tie-breaker

Previous season

The Cardinal finished Trent Johnson's first year achieving an overall record of 18-13 and an 11-7 record in conference play. Finishing a tie for third in the Pac-10 conference, the Cardinal defeated Washington State in the quarterfinals, only to lose in the semifinals to Washington.^[2]

The Cardinal earned a bid to the NCAA tournament as an 8 seed in the Austin Region. In their first, and only, game they faced against the #9 seed Mississippi State only to lose 93-70.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2005* 2:00 pm		Sonoma State	W 87-52	–	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
November 12, 2005* 1:00 pm		Cal Poly-Pomona	W 99-70	–	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 19, 2005* 12:00 PM		UC Irvine	L 63-79	0-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
November 23, 2005* 4:00 PM, FSBA		San Francisco	W 71-56	1-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
November 28, 2005* 7:00 PM		Cal Poly	W 82-58	2-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
December 2, 2005* 7:35 PM		at Montana	L 69-88	2-2	Dahlberg Arena  Missoula, MT
December 4, 2005* 4:00 PM		at UC Davis	W 68-64	2-3	The Pavilion at ARC  Davis, CA
December 17, 2005* 9:30 PM, ESPN		vs. Virginia Tech Las Vegas Showdown	L 52-59	2-4	Thomas & Mack Center  Las Vegas, NV
December 19, 2005* 7:00 PM, FSBA		Denver Las Vegas Showdown	W 71-49	3-4	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
December 21, 2005* 5:30PM, CSTV		Princeton Pete Newell Challenge	W 58-34	4-4	The Arena in Oakland  Oakland, CA
December 29, 2005 7:30 PM, FSN		at No. 11 UCLA	L 54-71	4-5 (0-1)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 31, 2005 1:00 PM		at USC	L 71-82	4-6 (0-2)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
January 5, 2006 7:00 PM		Oregon State	W 80-66	5-6 (1-2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
January 7, 2006 1:00 PM, FSBA		Oregon	W 64-62	6-6 (2-2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
January 13, 2006 7:00 PM, FSBA		California	W 75-61	7-6 (3-2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
January 19, 2006 8:30 PM, FSN		Arizona	L 81-90 ^OT	7-7 (3-3)	McKale Center  Tucson, AZ
January 21, 2006 6:30 PM		Arizona State	W 70-64	8-7 (4-3)	Weels Fargo Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 26, 2006 7:00 PM		Washington State	W 69-59	9-7 (5-3)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
January 29, 2006 5:00 PM, FSN		No. 10 Washington	W 76-67 ^OT	10-7 (6-3)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 2, 2006 5:30 PM		at Oregon	W 57-56	11-7 (7-3)	McArthur Court  Eugene, OR
February 4, 2006 5:00 PM		at Oregon State	W 71-64	12-7 (8-3)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, OR
February 9, 2006 7:30 PM, FSN		at California	L 62-65	12-8 (8-4)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
February 11, 2006* 6:00 PM, ESPN		No. 5 Gonzaga	L 76-80	12-9	McCarthey Athletic Center  Spokane, WA
February 16, 2006 7:00 PM		Arizona State	W 82-69	13-9 (9-4)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 19, 2006 12:30 PM, CBS		Arizona	L 72-76	13-10 (9-5)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 23, 2006 7:30 PM, FSN		at No. 17 Washington	L 57-75	13-11 (9-6)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (10,000) Seattle, WA
February 25, 2006 4:00 PM, ABC		at Washington State	W 39-37	14-11 (10-6)	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
March 2, 2006 7:00 PM		USC	W 58-56	15-11 (11-6)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
March 4, 2006 1:00 PM, CBS		No. 15 UCLA	L 54-75	15-12 (11-7)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
Pac-10 tournament
March 9, 2006 12:20, FSN	(5)	vs. (4) Arizona Quarterfinals	L 68-73	15-13	Staples Center  Los Angeles, CA
NIT
March 14, 2006* 6:30 pm	No. (7)	(8) Virginia Opening Round	W 65-49	16-13	Maples Pavilion (2,519) Stanford, CA
March 17, 2006* 8:30 pm	No. (7)	(2) Missouri State First round	L 67-76	16-14	Hammons Student Center (5,664) Springfield, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1. "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
2. "2004-05 Men's Basketball Schedule".