# 2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fifth-year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference (The Valley). They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Southern Illinois in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley tournament, but still received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were defeated by No. 7 seed Georgetown in the opening round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 6, 2005* 5:05 p.m. | | Lewis | W 77–50 | | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Nov 13, 2005* 5:05 p.m. | | Wayne State | W 74–57 | | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| Nov 20, 2005* 6:30 p.m. | | vs. Western Carolina | W 68–46 | 1–0 | Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa |
| Nov 23, 2005* 6:05 p.m. | | at Western Michigan | W 69–63 | 2–0 | University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Nov 27, 2005* 5:05 p.m. | | Upper Iowa | W 72–47 | 3–0 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Nov 29, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | at Iowa State | L 61–68 | 3–1 | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Dec 3, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | Loyola–Chicago | W 72–56 | 4–1 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 6, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | No. 12 Iowa | W 67–63 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 10, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | UMKC | W 87–64 | 6–1 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 17, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | Florida A&M | W 76–53 | 7–1 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 19, 2005* 7:05 p.m. | | at LSU | W 54–50 | 8–1 | Maravich Assembly Center (7,340) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 22, 2005* 4:30 p.m. | | vs. Hawaii Pacific | W 81–47 | 9–1 | Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Dec 23, 2005* 7:00 p.m. | | vs. Dayton | W 74–67 | 10–1 | Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Missouri Valley Conference Regular season ||||||
| Dec 28, 2005 7:05 p.m. | | at Bradley | L 60–68 $^{OT}$ | 10–2 (0–1) | Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois |
| Dec 31, 2005 4:05 p.m. | | Evansville | W 71–60 | 11–2 (1–1) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 2, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Illinois State | W 60–47 | 12–2 (2–1) | UNI-Dome (4,014) Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 5, 2006 8:05 p.m. | | at Wichita State | W 75–61 | 13–2 (3–1) | Charles Koch Arena (10,478) Wichita, Kansas |
| Jan 7, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | at Missouri State | W 72–62 | 14–2 (4–1) | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri |
| Jan 11, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Creighton | L 52–55 | 14–3 (4–2) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 14, 2006 4:05 p.m. | | at Illinois State | W 67–52 | 15–3 (5–2) | Redbird Arena (5,336) Normal, Illinois |
| Jan 16, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Southern Illinois | W 71–65 $^{2OT}$ | 16–3 (6–2) | UNI-Dome (5,304) Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 21, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Drake | W 91–72 | 17–3 (7–2) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 25, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | at Evansville | W 74–61 | 18–3 (8–2) | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 28, 2006 3:05 p.m. | | at Drake | W 51–49 | 19–3 (9–2) | Knapp Center Des Moines, Iowa |
| Jan 31, 2006 8:05 p.m. | | at Creighton | L 55–63 | 19–4 (9–3) | Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska |
| Feb 4, 2006 3:05 p.m. | | Indiana State | W 83–56 | 20–4 (10–3) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 7, 2006 7:05 p.m. | No. 25 | Wichita State | W 68–56 | 21–4 (11–3) | UNI-Dome (8,459) Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 11, 2006 7:05 p.m. | | Missouri State | L 63–66 | 21–5 (11–4) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 14, 2006 6:05 p.m. | | at Indiana State | L 60–61 | 21–6 (11–5) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Feb 18, 2006* 11:05 a.m., ESPN2 | | No. 24 Bucknell ESPN BracketBusters | W 65–61 $^{2OT}$ | 22–6 | UNI-Dome (8,442) Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 22, 2006 7:35 p.m. | | Bradley | L 49–71 | 22–7 (11–6) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 25, 2006 1:05 p.m. | No. 25 | at Southern Illinois | L 45–46 | 22–8 (11–7) | SIU Arena (9,222) Carbondale, Illinois |
| Missouri Valley tournament ||||||
| Mar 3, 2006* 8:35 p.m. | (6) | vs. (3) Missouri State Quarterfinals | W 57–42 | 23–8 | Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri |
| Mar 4, 2006* 4:05 p.m. | (6) | vs. (2) Southern Illinois Semifinals | L 46–55 $^{OT}$ | 23–9 | Savvis Center (17,772) St. Louis, Missouri |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 2006* 2:45 p.m., CBS | (10 MW) | vs. (7 MW) No. 23 Georgetown First round | L 49–54 | 23–10 | University of Dayton Arena (12,945) Dayton, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time. ||||||