The 2005–06 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represented the United States Air Force Academy as a member of the Mountain West Conference during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Jeff Bzdelik, they played their home games at the Clune Arena on the Air Force Academy's main campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
| 2005–06 Air Force Falcons men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, first round | |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 24–7 (12–4 MWC) |
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| Home arena | Clune Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2006 Mountain West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force finished second the MWC regular season standings and returned to the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons. The Falcons received an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament as No. 13 seed in the Washington, D.C. region where they lost to No. 4 seed Illinois in the opening round.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 13, 2005* | vs. Northern Arizona | W 62–49 | 1–0 | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington | |||||||
| Nov 14, 2005* | vs. Miami (FL) | W 57–53 | 2–0 | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington | |||||||
| Nov 15, 2005* | at Washington | L 74–85 | 2–1 | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington | |||||||
| Mar 4, 2006 | at Colorado State | W 63–59 | 24–5 (12–4) | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado | |||||||
| MWC tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 9, 2006* | vs. Wyoming Quarterfinals | L 55–57 | 24–6 | The Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 16, 2006* | (13 DC) | vs. (4 DC) No. 13 Illinois First round | L 69–78 | 24–7 | Cox Arena (9,891) San Diego, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. DC=Washington, D.C.. All times are in Mountain Time. | |||||||||||
Rankings
References
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