2005–06 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

2005–06 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
2005–06 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	16–14 (6–10 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Brey (6th season);
Home arena	Joyce Center
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished with an overall record of 16–14 (6–10 Big East).

ConferenceBig East Conference

Record16–14 (6–10 Big East)

Headcoach

Mike Brey (6th season)

HomearenaJoyce Center

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2005–06 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Connecticut	14	–	2	.875	30	–	4	.882
No. 3 Villanova	14	–	2	.875	28	–	5	.848
No. 22 West Virginia	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Marquette	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
No. 23 Georgetown	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
No. 16 Pittsburgh	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
Seton Hall	9	–	7	.563	18	–	12	.600
Cincinnati	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Rutgers	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Louisville	6	–	10	.375	21	–	13	.618
Notre Dame	6	–	10	.375	16	–	14	.533
DePaul*	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Providence*	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
St. John's*	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
South Florida*	1	–	15	.063	7	–	22	.241
No. 21 Syracuse†#	0	–	9	.000	0	–	12	.000

† 2006 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2006^[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2006 Big East tournament. #Syracuse had all its wins vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 23–12, 7–9.

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 20*	Lafayette	W 84–66	1–0	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 22*	Hofstra	W 69–50	2–0	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 26*	vs. NC State	L 48–61	2–1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
December 3*	Michigan	L 67–71	2–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 7*	at No. 22 Alabama	W 78–71	3–2	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 10*	Florida International	W 81–77	4–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 18*	at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 65–63	5–2	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
December 21*	Niagara	W 80–59	6–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 23*	Columbia	W 75–68	7–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 28*	Fordham	W 85–49	8–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 30*	Wofford	W 74–71	9–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 4	at No. 22 Pittsburgh	L 97–100 ^2OT	9–3 (0–1)	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 7	at DePaul	L 67–73	9–4 (0–2)	Allstate Arena Rosemont Horizon
January 11	Syracuse	L 82–88	9–5 (0–3)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 14	Providence	W 92–77	10–5 (1–3)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 20	at Marquette	L 65–67	10–6 (1–4)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
January 24	No. 21 Georgetown	L 82–85 ^2OT	10–7 (1–5)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 28	No. 6 Villanova	L 70–72	10–8 (1–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 1	at No. 11 West Virginia	L 70–71	10–9 (1–7)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 4	at Louisville	L 86–89 ^OT	10–10 (1–8)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
February 8	Rutgers	W 90–63	11–10 (2–8)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 15	South Florida	W 62–55	12–10 (3–8)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 18	at Seton Hall	W 102–91	13–10 (4–8)	Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ
February 21	at No. 9 Connecticut	L 74–75 ^OT	13–11 (4–9)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut
February 25	Marquette	L 72–80	13–12 (4–10)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 1	at Providence	W 82–75	14–12 (5–10)	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
March 4	DePaul	W 66–61	15–12 (6–10)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
Big East Tournament
March 8	vs. No. 23 Georgetown First Round	L 63–67	15–13 (6–10)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT
March 15*	Vanderbilt First Round	W 79–69	16–13 (6–10)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 20*	at Michigan Second Round	L 84–87 ^2OT	16–14 (6–10)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2005–06 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

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