# 2005–06 LSU Tigers basketball team

The 2005–06 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by John Brady and played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

## Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Alex Farrer SG | Phoenix, Arizona | St. Mary's High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | May 26, 2005 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Chris Johnson SF | Laurinburg, North Carolina | Laurinburg Prep School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Aug 13, 2004 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Tasmin Mitchell SF | Denham Springs, Louisiana | Denham Springs High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | Sep 1, 2004 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Magnum Rolle PF | Laurinburg, North Carolina | Laurinburg Prep School | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 1, 2004 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Ben Voogd PG | Florence, Oregon | Siuslaw High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Sep 27, 2004 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 8 Rivals: 15 ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "LSU Commit List for 2005". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011. "College Basketball Recruiting Schools". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011. "2005 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 2005/11/18* 7:00 p.m. | | Southern | W 84–56 | 1–0 | Maravich Center (7,877) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/11/21* 7:00 p.m. | | Nicholls State | W 104–57 | 2–0 | Maravich Center (7,427) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/11/26* 3:45 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 13 West Virginia | W 71–68 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | WVU Coliseum (11,044) Morgantown, West Virginia |
| 2005/11/29* 8:00 p.m., FSN | No. 25 | Houston | L 83–84 | 3–1 | Maravich Center (8,790) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/12/10* 7:00 p.m., CST | | McNeese State | W 90–70 | 4–1 | Maravich Center (8,196) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/12/13* 7:00 p.m., CST | | New Orleans | W 94–53 | 5–1 | Maravich Center (6,567) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/12/17* 7:00 p.m., CST | | Louisiana-Lafayette | W 81–62 | 6–1 | Maravich Center (8,764) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/12/19* 7:00 p.m., CST | | Northern Iowa Las Vegas Holiday Classic | L 50–54 | 6–2 | Maravich Center (7,340) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2005/12/22* 7:00 p.m. | | vs. Arkansas-Monticello | W 75–48 | 7–2 | Valley High (1,200) Las Vegas, NV |
| 2005/12/23* 9:30 p.m. | | vs. Cincinnati | L 72–75 | 7–3 | Valley High (1,200) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2005/12/31* 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at No. 21 Ohio State | L 76–78 | 7–4 | Value City Arena (16,136) Columbus, Ohio |
| 2006/01/03* 7:00 p.m., CST | | Tulane | W 75–58 | 8–4 | Maravich Center (7,365) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/01/07* 7:00 p.m., CBS | | at No. 2 Connecticut | L 66–67 | 8–5 | Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut |
| 2006/1/11 7:00 p.m. | | at Arkansas | W 63–58 | 9–5 (1–0) | Bud Walton Arena (18,689) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2006/01/14 7:00 p.m., FSN | | Tennessee | W 88–74 | 10–5 (2–0) | Maravich Center (9,733) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/1/18 7:00 p.m. | | at Mississippi State | W 71–57 | 11–5 (3–0) | Humphrey Coliseum (10,150) Starkville, Mississippi |
| 2006/1/21 2:00 p.m., JP Sports | | Alabama | W 68–57 | 12–5 (4–0) | Maravich Center (11,674) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/1/25 7:00 p.m. | | Georgia | W 81–52 | 13–5 (5–0) | Maravich Center (13,468) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/1/28 2:00 p.m. | | at Mississippi | W 79–73 | 14–5 (6–0) | Tad Smith Coliseum (7,805) Oxford, Mississippi |
| 2006/2/1 7:00 p.m. | No. 24 | Auburn | W 84–69 | 15–5 (7–0) | Maravich Center (11,131) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/2/4 12:00 p.m., JP Sports | No. 24 | at Alabama | L 62–67 | 15–6 (7–1) | Coleman Coliseum (12,584) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 2006/2/8 7:00 p.m., JP Sports | | Arkansas | W 78–77 | 16–6 (8–1) | Maravich Center (9,820) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/2/11 12:00 p.m., JP Sports | | at No. 7 Florida | L 62–71 | 16–7 (8–2) | O'Connell Center (12,004) Gainesville, Florida |
| 2006/2/15 7:00 p.m., JP Sports | No. 25 | Mississippi State | W 72–59 | 17–7 (9–2) | Maravich Center (9,264) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/2/18 5:00 p.m., FSN | No. 25 | at Auburn | W 65–61 | 18–7 (10–2) | Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (6,711) Auburn, AL |
| 2006/2/22 7:00 p.m. | No. 24 | at Vanderbilt | W 77–66 | 19–7 (11–2) | Memorial Gymnasium (13,122) Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2006/2/25 2:45 p.m., CBS | No. 24 | Kentucky | W 71–67 | 20–7 (12–2) | Maravich Center (11,576) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2006/2/28 6:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 21 | at South Carolina | W 64–61 | 21–7 (13–2) | Colonial Center (12,248) Columbia, South Carolina |
| 2006/3/4 3:00 p.m., JP Sports | No. 21 | Mississippi | W 55–52 | 22–7 (14–2) | Maravich Center (12,507) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| 2006/03/10 6:30 p.m., JP Sports | No. 18 | vs. Vanderbilt SEC Conference tournament | W 92–73 | 23–7 | Gaylord Entertainment Center (17,777) Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2006/03/11 2:15 p.m., JP Sports | No. 18 | vs. No. 16 Florida SEC Conference tournament | L 65–81 | 23–8 | Gaylord Entertainment Center (19,206) Nashville, Tennessee |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 2006/03/16 6:10 p.m., CBS | (4) No. 19 | vs. (13) Iona First Round | W 80–64 | 24–8 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (13,777) Jacksonville, Florida |
| 2006/03/18 4:50 p.m., CBS | (4) No. 19 | vs. (12) Texas A&M Second Round | W 58–57 | 25–8 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (13,777) Jacksonville, Florida |
| 2006/03/23 6:10 p.m., CBS | (4) No. 19 | vs. (1) No. 1 Duke Sweet Sixteen | W 62–54 | 26–8 | Georgia Dome (27,130) Atlanta |
| 2006/03/25 3:40 p.m., CBS | (4) No. 19 | vs. (2) No. 9 Texas Elite Eight | W 70–60 $^{OT}$ | 27–8 | Georgia Dome (27,130) Atlanta |
| 2006/4/1 7:47 p.m., CBS | (4) No. 19 | vs. (2) No. 7 UCLA Final Four | L 45–59 | 27–9 | RCA Dome (43,822) Indianapolis |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | — | — | RV | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 25 | 24 | 21 | 17 т | 19 | Not released |
| Coaches | — | —^ | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 3 |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings ^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 4 | Tyrus Thomas | Portland Trail Blazers |