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NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 22β12 (8β8 Big Ten) |
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Home arena | Breslin Center |
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No. 6 Ohio State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Iowa β | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Illinois | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β 2006 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 14, 2006 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2005β06 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the: 2005β06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Izzo, who was in his 11th year at Michigan State. The team played its home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan, and competed in theββBig Ten Conference. MSU finished the season with a record of 22β12, 8β8 in Big Ten playββto finish in a tie for sixth place. As the "No." 6 seed in the Big Ten tournament, "they defeated Purdue." And Illinois before losingββto Iowa in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the Washington D.C. bracket, "marking the school's ninth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament under Izzo." They lost in the First Round to eventual Final Four participant, George Mason.
Previous seasonβ»
The Spartans finished the 2004β05 season with a record of 26β7, 13β3 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. Michigan State received a No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament, their eighth straight trip to the Tournament. And advanced to the Final Four, their fourth trip under Tom Izzo.
The Spartans lost Alan Anderson (13.2 points and "5."6 rebounds per game), Kelvin Torbert (9.5 points per game) and Chris Hill (8.8 points and 4.2 assists per game) to graduation following the season.
Season summaryβ»
The Spartans were led by, seniors Paul Davis (17.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game) and Maurice Ager (19.3 points per game), as well as junior Shannon Brown (17.2 points per game).
The Spartans began the season ranked No. 4 in the country. They started by making trip to Hawaii to participate in the Maui Classic. Before playing in the Classic, however, they played Hawaii and were shocked, losing 84β62. After beating host Chaminade in the Maui Classic, they played No. 8 Gonzaga led by Adam Morrison in the tournament semifinals. The game was an instant classic lasting into triple overtime where the Spartans fell 109β106. In the third place game, the Spartans defeated No. 9 Arizona. The Spartans won their remaining ten non-conference games, including win over No. 6 Boston College in the Jimmy V Classic, to finish the non-conference schedule at 12β2 and ranked No. 7 in the country.
The Spartans began the Big Ten season with back-to-back losses to No. 6 Illinois and Wisconsin. They followed those up with wins over No. 9 Indiana, No. 19 Ohio State in double overtime, and No. 23 Iowa. However, Michigan State finished the conference season losing five of their last seven games. MSU finished the Big Ten regular season with a conference record of 8β8, 20β10 overall, and slipping out of the polls. In the Big Ten tournament, MSU defeated Purdue and No. 9 Illinois before losing to No. 20 Iowa in the semifinals.
The Spartans received an at-large bid as a No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament, their ninth consecutive trip to the Tournament. In the Tournament, they lost to eventual Final Four Cinderella, No. 11-seeded George Mason, in the First Round.
Following the season, Shannon Brown declared for the NBA draft, leaving the Spartans one year prior to graduation, just the fourth player under Izzo to declare early.
Rosterβ»
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Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition Games | |||||||||||
Nov 7, 2005 7:00 pm |
Lake Superior State | W 107β73 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||||
Nov 12, 2005 8:00 pm |
Northern Michigan | W 77β58 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 19, 2005* 1:05 pm |
No. 4 | at Hawaii | L 62β84 | 0β1 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||||
Nov 21, 2005* 9:30 am, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | at Chaminade EA Sports Maui Invitational |
W 89β67 | 1β1 |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
Nov 22, 2005* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | vs. No. 8 Gonzaga EA Sports Maui Invitational semifinals |
L 106β109 | 1β2 |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
Nov 23, 2005* 11:30 am, ESPN |
No. 12 | vs. No. 9 Arizona EA Sports Maui Invitational third place game |
W 74β71 | 2β2 |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
Nov 27, 2005* 1:00 pm, ESPN Plus |
No. 12 | IPFW | W 84β73 | 3β2 |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Nov 30, 2005* |
No. 13 | Georgia Tech | W 88β86 | 4β2 |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Dec 3, 2005* |
No. 13 | vs. Arkansas-Little Rock | W 72β67 | 5β2 |
Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI | ||||||
Dec 6, 2005* 9:00 pm |
No. 14 | vs. No. 6 Boston College Jimmy V Classic |
W 77β70 | 6β2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
Dec 10, 2005* |
No. 14 | vs. Wichita State Spartan Clash |
W 83β64 | 7β2 |
Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit, MI | ||||||
Dec 16, 2005* |
No. 12 | Cleveland State | W 83β75 | 8β2 |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Dec 18, 2005* |
No. 12 | Florida International | W 85β58 | 9β2 |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Dec 21, 2005* |
No. 10 | Green Bay | W 98β69 | 10β2 |
Resch Center Green Bay, WI | ||||||
Dec 28, 2005* |
No. 9 | Tennessee Tech | W 80β63 | 11β2 |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Dec 31, 2005* |
No. 9 | Coppin State | W 78β54 | 12β2 |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 5, 2006 |
No. 7 | Illinois | L 50β60 | 12β3 (0β1) |
Assembly Hall Champaign, IL | ||||||
Jan 8, 2006 |
No. 7 | Wisconsin | L 63β82 | 12β4 (0β2) |
Kohl Center Madison, WI | ||||||
Jan 11, 2006 |
No. 14 | No. 9 Indiana | W 87β73 | 13β4 (1β;2) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Jan 15, 2006 |
No. 14 | No. 19 Ohio State | W 62β59 | 14β4 (2β2) |
Value City Arena Columbus, OH | ||||||
Jan 21, 2006 |
No. 11 | No. 23 Iowa | W 85β55 | 15β4 (3β2) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Jan 25, 2006 |
No. 11 | Michigan Rivalry |
L 67β72 | 15β5 (3β3) |
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
Jan 28, 2006 |
No. 11 | Penn State | W 69β60 | 16β5 (4β3) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Feb 4, 2006 |
No. 12 | Northwestern | W 77β66 | 17β5 (5β3) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL | ||||||
Feb 8, 2006 |
No. 12 | Purdue | W 77β52 | 18β5 (6β3) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Feb 11, 2006 |
No. 11 | Minnesota | L 55β69 | 18β6 (6β4) |
Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
Feb 14, 2006 |
No. 16 | No. 18 Iowa | L 54β66 | 18β7 (6β5) |
CarverβHawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA | ||||||
Feb 18, 2006 |
No. 16 | Michigan Rivalry |
W 90β71 | 19β7 (7β5) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Feb 22, 2006 |
No. 18 | No. 13 Ohio State | L 68β79 | 19β8 (7β6) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Feb 26, 2006 |
No. 18 | Indiana | L 71β78 | 19β9 (7β7) |
Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | ||||||
Mar 2, 2006 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 25 | Wisconsin | W 74β65 | 20β9 (8β7) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Mar 4, 2006 12:00 pm, CBS |
No. 25 | No. 10 Illinois | L 68β75 | 20β10 (8β8) |
Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | ||||||
Big Ten tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 2006 5:10 pm, ESPN2 |
(6) | vs. No. 11 Purdue opening round |
W 70β58 | 21β10 |
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
Mar 10, 2006 9:10 pm, ESPN Plus |
(6) | vs. (3) No. 9 Illinois quarterfinals |
W 61β56 | 22β10 |
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
Mar 11, 2006 1:40 pm, CBS |
(6) | vs. (2) No. 20 Iowa semifinals |
L 48β53 | 22β11 (8β8) |
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 2006* 7:10 pm, CBS |
(6 DC) | vs. (11 DC) George Mason First Round |
L 65β75 | 22β12 (8β8) |
University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH | ||||||
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
DC=Washington, D.C. regional. All times are in Eastern Time Source. |
Player statisticsβ»
Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||
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Player | GP | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | Stl | Blk | |
Aerts, Jason | 11 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ager, Maurice | 34 | 656 | 19.3 | 226 | 495 | .457 | 83 | 221 | .376 | 121 | 159 | .761 | 139 | 4.1 | 84 | 23 | 11 | |
Brown, Shannon | 34 | 585 | 17.2 | 202 | 433 | .467 | 64 | 164 | .390 | 117 | 141 | .830 | 150 | 4.4 | 93 | 50 | 5 | |
Darnton, Brandon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Davis, Paul | 33 | 578 | 17.5 | 206 | 364 | .566 | 6 | 19 | .316 | 160 | 184 | .870 | 301 | 9.1 | 54 | 34 | 29 | |
Ducre, DeMarcus | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Gray, Marquise | 29 | 88 | 3.0 | 37 | 71 | .521 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38 | .368 | 104 | 3.6 | 12 | 7 | 15 | ||
Hamo, Anthony | 12 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hannon, Jake | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ibok, Idong | 20 | 7 | 0.4 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 18 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
Joseph, Maurice | 21 | 16 | 0.8 | 6 | 24 | .250 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 11 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Naymick, Drew | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
Neitzel, Drew | 34 | 283 | 8.3 | 98 | 240 | .408 | 46 | 114 | .404 | 41 | 44 | .932 | 69 | 2.0 | 189 | 20 | 3 | |
Rowley, Delco | 30 | 31 | 1.0 | 12 | 22 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 33 | 1.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
Suton, Goran | 31 | 94 | 3.0 | 40 | 85 | .471 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 88 | 2.8 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |
Tibaldi, Bryan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Trannon, Matt | 22 | 102 | 4.6 | 38 | 69 | .551 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 44 | .591 | 94 | 4.3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | ||
Walton, Travis | 34 | 61 | 1.8 | 21 | 53 | .396 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 18 | 25 | .720 | 62 | 2.4 | 81 | 36 | 3 |
Legend | |||||
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FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | ||
Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | A | Assists |
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Rankingsβ»
Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
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AP | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 25 | NR | NR | N/A |
Coaches | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 23 | NR | NR |
Source
Awards and honorsβ»
- Maurice Ager β All Big Ten Second Team (Media), All Big Ten Third Team (Coaches)
- Paul Davis β All Big Ten Second Team
- Shannon Brown β All Big Ten Second Team
Referencesβ»
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- ^ "Shannon Brown To Test NBA Draft Waters :: Spartan junior will enter his name in draft. But will not hire an agent". www.cstv.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Gary Harris becomes just the fifth player in Tom Izzo era to declare early for NBA draft". MLive.com. April 15, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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