2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA †	14	–	4	.778	32	–	7	.821
No. 12 Washington	13	–	5	.722	26	–	7	.788
California	12	–	6	.667	20	–	11	.645
Arizona ¹	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Stanford	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
USC	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
Oregon	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Oregon State ¹	5	–	13	.278	13	–	18	.419
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	17	.393
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	17	.393

† Conference tournament winner As of April 3, 2006 Rankings from Coaches Poll ^[1] ¹ Holds tie-breaker

The 2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Ben Braun's tenth season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 20–11, 12–6 in Pac-10 play to finish in third place. They lost to UCLA in the championship game of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 7 seed in the South region. They were beaten by 10 seed NC State in the first round.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Rod Benson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Torrey Pines HS	San Diego
G	1	Ayinde Ubaka	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Oakland HS	Oakland, California
G	2	Omar Wilkes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Loyola HS	Los Angeles
G	12	Steve Panawek (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Miramonte HS	Moraga, California
G	13	Nikola Knezevic	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Belgrade, Serbia
F	14	Eric Vierneisel	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Jacobs HS	Algonquin, Illinois
G	15	Richard Midgley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Modesto Christian HS	Burgess Hill, England
G	20	Martin Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	The Bishop's School	Escondido, California
F	24	Theo Robertson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	De La Salle	Pittsburg, California
G	31	Alex Pribble	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Drake HS	Fairfax, California
G	32	Ivan Kovacevic (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Laguna Beach HS	Laguna Beach, California
C	33	Jordan Wilkes	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Loyola HS	Los Angeles
C	35	DeVon Hardin	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Memorial	Newark, California
F	44	Leon Powe	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS So	Oakland Tech	Oakland, California

Head coach

Ben Braun

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12 March 2025

Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 18, 2005*		at Eastern Michigan	L 65–67	0–1	Convocation Center (3,165) Ypsilanti, Michigan
Nov 21, 2005*		Long Beach State	W 88–69	1–1	Haas Pavilion (7,286) Berkeley, California
Nov 25, 2005*		Northern Colorado Golden Bear Classic	W 83–59	2–1	Haas Pavilion (7,991) Berkeley, California
Nov 26, 2005*		Northeastern Golden Bear Classic	W 83–73	3–1	Haas Pavilion (7,990) Berkeley, California
Nov 30, 2005*		San Jose State	W 70–52	4–1	Haas Pavilion (8,138) Berkeley, California
Dec 3, 2005*		Akron	W 89–75	5–1	Haas Pavilion (7,820) Berkeley, California
Dec 6, 2005*		San Diego State	W 82–64	6–1	Haas Pavilion (8,679) Berkeley, California
Dec 10, 2005*		vs. Kansas	L 56–69	6–2	Kemper Arena (16,180) Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 21, 2005*		vs. DePaul Pete Newell Challenge	L 65–68	6–3	The Arena in Oakland (8,426) Oakland, California
Pac-10 Regular Season
Dec 29, 2005		at USC	W 62–58	7–3 (1–0)	L.A. Sports Arena (5,239) Los Angeles, California
Dec 31, 2005		at No. 11 UCLA	W 68–61	8–3 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion (10,129) Los Angeles, California
Jan 5, 2006		Oregon	W 77–66	9–3 (3–0)	Haas Pavilion (8,862) Berkeley, California
Jan 7, 2006		Oregon State	L 64–72	9–4 (3–1)	Haas Pavilion (8,956) Berkeley, California
Jan 13, 2006		at Stanford	L 61–75	9–5 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,598) Stanford, California
Jan 19, 2006		at Arizona State	W 88–58	10–5 (4–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (7,521) Tempe, Arizona
Jan 21, 2006		at Arizona	L 55–60	10–6 (4–3)	McKale Center (14,621) Tucson, Arizona
Jan 26, 2006		No. 10 Washington	W 71–69	11–6 (5–3)	Haas Pavilion (8,957) Berkeley, California
Jan 28, 2006		Washington State	W 55–53	12–6 (6–3)	Haas Pavilion (8,479) Berkeley, California
Feb 2, 2006		at Oregon State	W 69–52	13–6 (7–3)	Gill Coliseum (5,982) Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 4, 2006		at Oregon	W 62–60	14–6 (8–3)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, Oregon
Feb 9, 2006		Stanford	W 65–62	15–6 (9–3)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, California
Feb 16, 2006		Arizona	W 75–66	16–6 (10–3)	Haas Pavilion (11,175) Berkeley, California
Feb 18, 2006		Arizona State	L 64–65 ^2OT	16–7 (10–4)	Haas Pavilion (10,075) Berkeley, California
Feb 23, 2006		at Washington State	W 43–41	17–7 (11–4)	Beasley Coliseum (3,021) Pullman, Washington
Feb 26, 2006		at No. 17 Washington	L 62–73	17–8 (11–5)	Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, Washington
Mar 2, 2006		No. 15 UCLA	L 58–67 ^OT	17–9 (11–6)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, California
Mar 4, 2006		USC	W 71–60	18–9 (12–6)	Haas Pavilion (11,702) Berkeley, California
Pac-10 tournament
Mar 9, 2006*		at USC Quarterfinals	W 82–67	19–9	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Mar 10, 2006*		vs. Oregon Semifinals	W 91–87 ^2OT	20–9	Staples Center (17,856) Los Angeles, California
Mar 11, 2006*		vs. No. 13 UCLA Championship game	L 52–71	20–10	Staples Center (18,544) Los Angeles, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2006* CBS	(7 S)	vs. (10 S) NC State First round	L 52–58	20–11	American Airlines Center (19,263) Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific.

Source^[7]

Rankings

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References

^ "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
^ "Bennerman leads late surge as Wolfpack oust Cal". ESPN. March 18, 2006. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ "2005-06 M Basketball Roster". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ "2005–06 California Golden Bears Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 5, 2006. p. E4.
^ "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 2006. p. B3.
^ "2005-06 M Basketball Schedule". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1152–1153. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.

[2] "Bennerman leads late surge as Wolfpack oust Cal". ESPN. March 18, 2006. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[roster-3] "2005-06 M Basketball Roster". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[4] "2005–06 California Golden Bears Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[janfv-5] "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 5, 2006. p. E4.

[strerg-6] "California starters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 2006. p. B3.

[schedule-7] "2005-06 M Basketball Schedule". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[8] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1152–1153. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics