Overall: 26-6, .813 W-L% (11th of 326)
Conference: 12-4, 1st in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Thad Matta (26-6)
PS/G: 73.8 (65th of 326) ▪ PA/G: 63.7 (51st of 326)
SRS: 16.08 (14th of 326) ▪ SOS: 5.89 (58th of 326)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Minneapolis)
Won Minneapolis First Round (70-62) versus #15 Davidson
Lost Minneapolis Second Round (70-52) versus #7 Georgetown
| 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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| 24 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 20, 2005 | REG | Chicago State | Mid-Cont | W | 81 | 52 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 22, 2005 | REG | Butler | Horizon | W | 79 | 69 | OT | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Mon, Nov 28, 2005 | REG | Virginia Tech | ACC | W | 69 | 56 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 10, 2005 | REG | @ | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | W | 81 | 74 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 12, 2005 | REG | Norfolk State | MEAC | W | 92 | 59 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 14, 2005 | REG | Belmont | A-Sun | W | 85 | 75 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 17, 2005 | REG | N | Iowa State | Big 12 | W | 70 | 67 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 23, 2005 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 74 | 65 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Dec 28, 2005 | REG | Gardner-Webb | A-Sun | W | 87 | 58 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Dec 31, 2005 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 78 | 76 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 5, 2006 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 104 | 69 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 7, 2006 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 79 | 81 | 11 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 11, 2006 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 80 | 64 | 12 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sun, Jan 15, 2006 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 59 | 62 | 2OT | 12 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 18, 2006 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 77 | 67 | 13 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 21, 2006 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 75 | 64 | 14 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 28, 2006 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 62 | 67 | 14 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 30, 2006 | REG | Florida A&M | MEAC | W | 95 | 53 | 15 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 4, 2006 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 67 | 53 | 16 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 9, 2006 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 94 | 85 | 17 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 21 | Sun, Feb 12, 2006 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 69 | 53 | 18 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 73 | 78 | 18 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 18, 2006 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 61 | 52 | 19 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 79 | 68 | 20 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 25, 2006 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 64 | 54 | 21 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Mar 1, 2006 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 56 | 53 | 22 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 27 | Sun, Mar 5, 2006 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 76 | 57 | 23 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 10, 2006 | CTOURN | N | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 63 | 56 | 24 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 11, 2006 | CTOURN | N | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 52 | 51 | 25 | 4 | W 7 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 12, 2006 | CTOURN | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 60 | 67 | 25 | 5 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 17, 2006 | NCAA | N | Davidson | Southern | W | 70 | 62 | 26 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 32 | Sun, Mar 19, 2006 | NCAA | N | Georgetown | Big East | L | 52 | 70 | 26 | 6 | L 1 |