# 2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by head coach Rob Jeter, played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Arena and Klotsche Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 22–9, 12–4 in Horizon League play to finish in first place. They were champions of the Horizon League tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they received a #11 seed and defeated #6 seed Oklahoma before losing to the eventual National Champion #3 seed Florida in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition games ||||||
| Nov 2, 2005* 8:00 pm | | Parkside | W 69–46 | | U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI |
| Nov 8, 2005* 7:00 pm | | Platteville | W 63–47 | | U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 15, 2005* 7:00 pm | | at No. 12 Memphis NIT Season Tip-Off | L 52–79 | 0–1 | FedExForum (10,165) Memphis, TN |
| Nov 21, 2005* 7:00 pm | | Upper Iowa | W 93–64 | 1–1 | U.S. Cellular Arena (2,736) Milwaukee, WI |
| Nov 28, 2005* 8:00 pm | | at Tennessee Tech | L 67–72 | 1–2 | Eblen Center (2,612) Cookeville, TN |
| Dec 3, 2005* 8:00 pm | | Saint Louis | W 82–71 | 2–2 | U.S. Cellular Arena (4,235) Milwaukee, WI |
| Dec 6, 2005* 7:00 pm | | at South Dakota State | W 76–51 | 3–2 | Frost Arena (2,121) Brookings, SD |
| Dec 10, 2005* 7:00 pm | | Hawaii | W 58–52 | 4–2 | U.S. Cellular Arena (4,325) Milwaukee, WI |
| Dec 15, 2005* 7:00 pm, ESPN | | at Wisconsin | L 68–74 | 4–3 | Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI |
| Dec 17, 2005 7:00 pm | | Green Bay | W 80–60 | 5–3 (1–0) | U.S. Cellular Arena (5,354) Milwaukee, WI |
| Dec 21, 2005* 7:00 pm | | Oakland | W 83–60 | 6–3 | U.S. Cellular Arena (3,210) Milwaukee, WI |
| Dec 27, 2005* 8:00 pm | | at Wyoming | W 84–69 | 7–3 | Arena-Auditorium (5,298) Laramie, WY |
| Dec 30, 2005* 8:00 pm | | at Montana | W 78–74 | 8–3 | Dahlberg Arena (7,213) Missoula, MT |
| Jan 2, 2006 7:00 pm | | Cleveland State | W 75–68 | 9–3 (2–0) | U.S. Cellular Arena (3,153) Milwaukee, WI |
| Jan 5, 2006 7:30 pm | | at UIC | W 68–45 | 10–3 (3–0) | UIC Pavilion (4,008) Chicago, IL |
| Jan 7, 2006 7:00 pm | | Butler | W 64–59 | 11–3 (4–0) | U.S. Cellular Arena (5,512) Milwaukee, WI |
| Jan 11, 2006 7:00 pm | | Loyola (IL) | W 78–75 | 12–3 (5–0) | U.S. Cellular Arena (5,133) Milwaukee, WI |
| Jan 14, 2006 3:00 pm | | at Green Bay | L 77–84 | 12–4 (5–1) | Resch Center (6,495) Green Bay, WI |
| Jan 18, 2006 6:00 pm | | at Detroit | W 72–71 | 13–4 (6–1) | Calihan Hall (2,386) Detroit, MI |
| Jan 21, 2006 7:00 pm | | Wright State | W 61–54 | 14–4 (7–1) | U.S. Cellular Arena (6,637) Milwaukee, WI |
| Jan 26, 2006 6:30 pm | | at Youngstown State | W 78–70 | 15–4 (8–1) | Beeghly Center (2,082) Youngstown, OH |
| Jan 30, 2006 7:00 pm | | at Loyola (IL) | W 68–57 | 16–4 (9–1) | Joseph J. Gentile Center (2,569) Chicago, IL |
| Feb 2, 2006 6:00 pm | | at Wright State | L 54–59 | 16–5 (9–2) | Nutter Center (6,595) Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 4, 2006 1:00 pm | | at Butler | L 60–63 $^{OT}$ | 16–6 (9–3) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,101) Indianapolis, IN |
| Feb 9, 2006 7:30 pm | | Youngstown State | W 98–57 | 17–6 (10–3) | U.S. Cellular Arena (5,324) Milwaukee, WI |
| Feb 11, 2006 4:30 pm | | at Cleveland State | W 86–57 | 18–6 (11–3) | Wolstein Center (2,074) Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 15, 2006 7:00 pm | | UIC | L 86–94 $^{OT}$ | 18–7 (11–4) | U.S. Cellular Arena (4,564) Milwaukee, WI |
| Feb 18, 2006* 1:00 pm | | Missouri State ESPN BracketBusters | L 63–72 | 18–8 | U.S. Cellular Arena (6,660) Milwaukee, WI |
| Feb 21, 2006 7:00 pm | | Detroit | W 76–57 | 19–8 (12–4) | U.S. Cellular Arena (5,206) Milwaukee, WI |
| Horizon League tournament ||||||
| Mar 4, 2006 6:00 pm | (1) | (4) Loyola (IL) Semifinals | W 80–66 | 20–8 | U.S. Cellular Arena (7,502) Milwaukee, WI |
| Mar 7, 2006 8:00 pm, ESPN | (1) | (2) Butler Championship | W 87–71 | 21–8 | U.S. Cellular Arena (10,021) Milwaukee, WI |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2006* 11:25 am | (11 MSP) | vs. (6 MSP) No. 24 Oklahoma First Round | W 82–74 | 22–8 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Florida |
| Mar 18, 2006* 2:20 pm, CBS | (11 MSP) | vs. (3 MSP) No. 11 Florida Second Round | L 60–82 | 22–9 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (13,777) Jacksonville, Florida |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MSP=Minneapolis. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## 2006 Horizon League Tournament

| First Round Tuesday, February 28 | First Round Tuesday, February 28 | First Round Tuesday, February 28 | Second Round Friday, March 3 | Second Round Friday, March 3 | Second Round Friday, March 3 | Semifinals Saturday, March 4 | Semifinals Saturday, March 4 | Semifinals Saturday, March 4 | Championship Tuesday, March 7 | Championship Tuesday, March 7 | Championship Tuesday, March 7 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Milwaukee | 80 | | | |
| 4 | Loyola | 76 | | | | 4 | Loyola | 66 | | | |
| 9 | Youngstown State | 61 | 4 | Loyola | 64 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Detroit | 92 | 5 | Detroit | 55 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cleveland State | 58 | | | | | | | 1 | Milwaukee | 87 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Butler | 71 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Butler | 73 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Green Bay | 51 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Green Bay | 76 | | | | | | |
| 6 | UIC | 77 | 6 | UIC | 66 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wright State | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
First round games at campus sites of higher seeds Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed