2005–06 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

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2005–06 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Michigan Wolverines Logo.svg
NIT, Runner Up
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record22–11 (8–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVP Daniel Horton (2nd year)
Captains
  • Lester Abram (2nd year)
  • Graham Brown (2nd year)
  • Sherrod Harrell (2nd year)
Seasons
  2004–05
2006–07  
2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Ohio State 124 .750266  .813
No. 15 Iowa115 .688259  .735
No. 13 Illinois 115 .688267  .788
Wisconsin 97 .5631912  .613
Indiana 97 .5631912  .613
Michigan State 88 .5002212  .647
Michigan 88 .5002211  .667
Penn State 610 .3751515  .500
Northwestern 610 .3751415  .483
Minnesota 511 .3131615  .516
Purdue 313 .188919  .321
2006 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 14, 2006
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 2005-06 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2005-06 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Tommy Amaker, the team finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten Conference. [2] The team earned a seventh seed and lost in the first round of the 2006 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. [3] The team earned an invitation to the 2006 National Invitation Tournament. [4] The team was ranked as the 21st best team in the January 31, 2006 Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll but fell out of the poll two weeks later, [5] and also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. [6] The team had a 37 record against ranked opponents, with its victories coming against #25 Michigan State 7267 on January 25, 2006 at Crisler Arena, #23 Wisconsin 8576 on January 28, 2006 at Crisler Arena and #8 Illinois 7264 on February 21, 2006 at Crisler Arena. [7]

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Lester Abram, Graham Brown, and Sherrod Harrell served as team co-captains, and Daniel Horton earned team MVP honors. [8] The team's leading scorers were Horton (581 points), Courtney Sims (360 points) and Dion Harris (343 points). The leading rebounders were Graham Brown (240), Courtney Sims (189) and Chris Hunter (115). [9]

Courtney Sims won the Big Ten Conference statistical championship for field goal percentage with a 63.3% mark in all of Michigan's games. [10] Daniel Horton set the current Big Ten Conference single-season free throw percentage record of 97.8 (89 of 91) for conference games. [11] This, of course, led the conference for the conference season as did his 90.1% mark for all games. [12] The team set the current school single-season record with 200 blocked shots in 34 games surpassing the total of 193 set 36 games in 1993. [13]

In the 2006 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament at the Conseco Fieldhouse from March 912, Michigan was seeded seventh. In the first round they lost to number 10 Minnesota 5955. [14]

On March 16, 2006, Michigan defeated nine seeded Texas-El Paso 8267 at Crisler Arena in the first round of the 2006 National Invitation Tournament. Then, Michigan defeated five seeded Notre Dame 8784 in double overtime and three seeded Miami 7165 on March 20 and March 22 at Crisler Arena, respectively. At the final four in New York City at Madison Square Garden, the team defeated five seeded Old Dominion 6643 in the semifinals on March 28 before losing to three seeded South Carolina 7664 in the championship on March 30. [4] [7]

Rankings

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

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