# 2005–06 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team

The 2005–06 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by head coach John Pelphrey, in his fourth season as head coach. They played their home games at the Mitchell Center, and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–7, 12–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in first place. They won the Sun Belt tournament to secure the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament as No. 14 seed in the Minneapolis region. In the opening round, the Jaguars lost to No. 3 seed and eventual National champion Florida.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 18, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | Spring Hill | W 84–46 | 1–0 | Mitchell Center (1,961) Mobile, Alabama |
| Nov 22, 2005* 7:00 p.m. | | at Purdue | L 67–85 | 1–1 | Mackey Arena (10,048) West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Nov 25, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | Alabama A&M | W 84–46 | 2–1 | Mitchell Center (1,899) Mobile, Alabama |
| Nov 28, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | at Loyola Marymount | W 81–80 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Gersten Pavilion (1,056) Los Angeles, California |
| Dec 3, 2005* 7:35 p.m. | | Samford | W 55–52 | 4–1 | Mitchell Center (2,178) Mobile, Alabama |
| Dec 10, 2005* 4:00 p.m. | | at Southern Miss | W 75–51 | 5–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,187) Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Dec 14, 2005* 7:00 p.m. | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 81–71 | 6–1 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (681) Monroe, Louisiana |
| Dec 17, 2005* 5:00 p.m. | | No. 25 Houston Coors Classic | W 66–62 | 7–1 | Mitchell Center (5,688) Mobile, Alabama |
| Dec 20, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 83–64 | 8–1 | Mitchell Center (2,103) Mobile, Alabama |
| Dec 22, 2005* 7:00 p.m. | | at Alabama State | L 75–78 | 8–2 | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,328) Montgomery, Alabama |
| Dec 30, 2005* 8:30 p.m. | | Western Michigan | W 81–59 | 9–2 | Mitchell Center (2,967) Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 4, 2006* 7:00 p.m. | | at Tennessee | L 69–87 | 9–3 | Thompson-Boling Arena (11,248) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Sun Belt Regular Season ||||||
| Jan 7, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Troy | W 88–84 | 10–3 (1–0) | Mitchell Center (3,707) Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 12, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 61–51 | 11–3 (2–0) | Cajundome (3,648) Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Jan 14, 2006 7:00 p.m. | | at New Orleans | W 60–57 | 12–3 (3–0) | Human Performance Center (483) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Jan 19, 2006 7:30 p.m. | | Middle Tennessee | W 75–63 | 13–3 (4–0) | Mitchell Center (2,266) Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 21, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Western Kentucky | L 73–74 | 13–4 (4–1) | Mitchell Center (5,291) Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 26, 2006 7:00 p.m. | | at Denver | L 60–69 | 13–5 (4–2) | Magness Arena (1,789) Denver, Colorado |
| Jan 28, 2006 7:00 p.m. | | at North Texas | W 89–67 | 14–5 (5–2) | Super Pit (4,954) Denton, Texas |
| Feb 2, 2006 8:00 p.m. | | at Little Rock | W 65–58 | 15–5 (6–2) | Jack Stephens Center (3,115) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Feb 4, 2006 7:30 p.m. | | Arkansas State | W 78–69 | 16–5 (7–2) | Mitchell Center (4,317) Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 9, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Louisiana–Lafayette | L 53–59 | 16–6 (7–3) | Mitchell Center (2,396) Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 13, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | New Orleans | W 81–71 | 17–6 (8–3) | Mitchell Center (2,231) Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 16, 2006 7:00 p.m. | | at Troy | W 66–52 | 18–6 (9–3) | Sartain Hall (3,034) Troy, Alabama |
| Feb 20, 2006 7:00 p.m. | | at Florida International | W 64–51 | 19–6 (10–3) | Ocean Bank Convocation Center (711) Westchester, Florida |
| Feb 23, 2006 9:07 p.m. | | Denver | W 74–65 | 20–6 (11–3) | Mitchell Center (2,989) Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 25, 2006 8:20 p.m. | | North Texas | W 99–79 | 21–6 (12–3) | Mitchell Center (3,695) Mobile, Alabama |
| Sun Belt Conference tournament ||||||
| Mar 5, 2006* 6:00 p.m. | | vs. Little Rock Quarterfinals | W 78–53 | 22–6 | Murphy Center (1,009) Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Mar 6, 2006* 5:30 p.m. | | vs. Denver Semifinals | W 75–65 | 23–6 | Murphy Center (2,147) Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Mar 7, 2006* 8:30 p.m. | | vs. Western Kentucky Championship game | W 95–70 | 24–6 | Murphy Center (5,007) Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2006* 3:15 p.m. | (14 MSP) | vs. (3 MSP) No. 11 Florida First round | L 50–76 | 24–7 | Jacksonville Veteran's Memorial Coliseum (13,777) Jacksonville, Florida |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MSP=Minneapolis. All times are in Central Time. ||||||