Overall: 25-9, .735 W-L% (34th of 326)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Steve Alford (25-9)
PS/G: 66.3 (219th of 326) ▪ PA/G: 58.9 (13th of 326)
SRS: 14.18 (19th of 326) ▪ SOS: 6.80 (38th of 326)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Atlanta)
Lost Atlanta First Round (64-63) versus #14 Northwestern State
| Pre | 11/15 | 11/22 | 11/29 | 12/6 | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/7 | Final |
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| 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 15 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 14, 2005 | REG | Maryland-Eastern Shore | MEAC | W | 86 | 41 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 15, 2005 | REG | Colgate | Patriot | W | 73 | 51 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Nov 21, 2005 | REG | N | Kentucky | SEC | W | 67 | 63 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Tue, Nov 22, 2005 | REG | N | Texas | Big 12 | L | 59 | 68 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Nov 26, 2005 | REG | Texas-San Antonio | Southland | W | 79 | 46 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 30, 2005 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 45 | 42 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Dec 2, 2005 | REG | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 75 | 59 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 3, 2005 | REG | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 72 | 59 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 6, 2005 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | MVC | L | 63 | 67 | OT | 7 | 2 | L 1 |
| 10 | Fri, Dec 9, 2005 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 12 | L | 60 | 72 | 7 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Sat, Dec 17, 2005 | REG | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 62 | 43 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Dec 20, 2005 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 65 | 60 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Dec 22, 2005 | REG | Robert Morris | NEC | W | 73 | 51 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Dec 30, 2005 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | A-10 | W | 60 | 50 | 11 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 5, 2006 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 52 | 66 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 7, 2006 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 63 | 48 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 14, 2006 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 80 | 76 | 13 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 18, 2006 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 76 | 72 | 3OT | 14 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 21, 2006 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 55 | 85 | 14 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Tue, Jan 24, 2006 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 73 | 60 | 15 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Jan 28, 2006 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 67 | 62 | 16 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 1, 2006 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 77 | 68 | 17 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 4, 2006 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 94 | 66 | 18 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 8, 2006 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 48 | 51 | 18 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 11, 2006 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 70 | 67 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 66 | 54 | 20 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 18, 2006 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 61 | 74 | 20 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Sat, Feb 25, 2006 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 59 | 71 | 20 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 29 | Wed, Mar 1, 2006 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 65 | 38 | 21 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 4, 2006 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 59 | 44 | 22 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 10, 2006 | CTOURN | N | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 67 | 57 | 23 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 11, 2006 | CTOURN | N | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 53 | 48 | 24 | 8 | W 4 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 12, 2006 | CTOURN | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 67 | 60 | 25 | 8 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Fri, Mar 17, 2006 | NCAA | N | Northwestern State | Southland | L | 63 | 64 | 25 | 9 | L 1 |