2006 Roster
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Folded | 2006 |
| League | National Women's Basketball League |
| Based in | San Diego, California |
| Arena | Harry West Gymnasium |
| Colors | red, white and blue |
| Owner | Patrick Alexander |
| Head coach | Fred Williams |
| General manager | David McElwee |
The San Diego Siege were a women's professional basketball team based in San Diego, California, that competed in the now defunct National Women's Basketball League (NWBL). The team played only one season, during February and March 2006, finishing the regular season 14-4 and earning the number one playoff seed. They defeated the San Francisco Legacy in the semi-final and lost to the Colorado Chill in the NWBL Championship for a 15-5 record.
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site city, state | |||
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| February 11, 2006 7:00 p.m. | at San Francisco | W 91–84 | 1–0 | 19 – Cheeks | 10 – Kraayeveld | 4 – Lewis | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | ||||
| February 12, 2006 4:00 p.m. | at San Jose | L 70–72 | 1–1 | 17 – Tied | 9 – Bjorklund | 5 – Cheeks | DeAnza College Cupertino, CA | ||||
| February 14, 2006 7:00 p.m. | at Colorado | W 81–70 | 2–1 | 26 – Bjorklund | 15 – Kraayeveld | 5 – Tied | Budweiser Events Center (2,297) Loveland, CO | ||||
| February 18, 2006 7:00 p.m. | San Jose | W 89–80 | 3–1 | 21 – Lewis | 11 – Kraayeveld | 3 – Tied | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| February 21, 2006 7:00 p.m. | at Colorado | W 79–70 | 4–1 | 20 – Cheeks | 6 – Bjorklund | 5 – Cheeks | Budweiser Events Center (1,329) Loevland, CO | ||||
| February 25, 2006 7:00 p.m. | San Francisco | W 87–74 | 5–1 | 28 – Kraayeveld | 9 – Tied | 8 – Lewis | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| February 26, 2006 4:00 p.m. | Colorado | W 76–73 | 6–1 | 16 – Bjorklund | 11 – Lewis | 6 – Moore | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| February 28, 2006 7:00 p.m. | San Jose | W 99–95 | 7–1 | 33 – Kraayeveld | 7 – Bjorklund | 4 – Scharlow | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| March 3, 2006 7:00 p.m. | at San Francisco | W 85–54 | 8–1 | 19 – Kraayeveld | 8 – Kraayeveld | 6 – Moore | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | ||||
| March 4, 2006 4:00 p.m. | at San Jose | W 69–67 | 9–1 | 13 – Tied | 14 – Kraayeveld | 4 – Lewis | DeAnza College Cupertino, CA | ||||
| March 7, 2006 7:00 p.m. | San Jose | W 101–72 | 10–1 | 26 – Kraayeveld | 13 – Kraayeveld | 7 – Kraayeveld | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| March 11, 2006 7:00 p.m. | San Francisco | W 84–55 | 11–1 | 24 – Kraayeveld | 9 – Tied | 6 – Tied | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| March 12, 2006 4:00 p.m. | Colorado | L 80–86 | 11–2 | 24 – Bjorklund | 9 – Kraayeveld | 4 – Lewis | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| March 17, 2006 4:00 p.m. | at San Jose | W 70–69 | 12–2 | 19 – Tied | 13 – Moore | 3 – Tied | DeAnza College Cupertino, CA | ||||
| March 19, 2006 4:00 p.m. | at San Francisco | W 83–76 | 13–2 | 26 – Bjorklund | 6 – Bjorklund | 2 – Tied | Ira Jenkins Center Oakland, CA | ||||
| March 21, 2006 7:00 p.m. | Colorado | L 71–79 | 13–3 | 27 – Lewis | 7 – Tied | 4 – Moore | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| March 25, 2006 7:00 p.m. | San Francisco | W 81–62 | 14–3 | 18 – Tied | 12 – Kraayeveld | 6 – Nakase | Harry West Gymnasium San Diego, CA | ||||
| March 26, 2006 3:00 p.m. | at Colorado | L 91–96 | 14–4 | 20 – Cheeks | 9 – Moore | 5 – Moore | Budweiser Events Center (1,851) Loveland, CO | ||||
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| March 30, 2006 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 | vs. No. 4 San Francisco Semi-final game | W 75–63 | 15–4 | 26 – Bjorklund | 8 – Bjorklund | – N/A | Budweiser Events Center Loveland, CO | |||
| March 31, 2006 7:30 p.m. | No. 1 | vs. No. 2 Colorado Championship game | L 71–78 | 15–5 | 20 – Bjorklund | 11 – Bjorklund | – N/A | Budweiser Events Center (est. 2,000) Loveland, CO | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. [3] | |||||||||||
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