2005–06 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

2005–06 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
2005–06 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–19 (3–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Painter (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Cuonzo Martin (6th season); Paul Lusk (2nd season); Todd Foster (7th season);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Ohio State	12	–	4	.750	26	–	6	.813
No. 15 Iowa †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	26	–	7	.788
Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	19	–	12	.613
Indiana	9	–	7	.563	19	–	12	.613
Michigan State	8	–	8	.500	22	–	12	.647
Michigan	8	–	8	.500	22	–	11	.667
Penn State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	16	–	15	.516
Purdue	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321

† 2006 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 14, 2006 Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2005–06 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Matt Painter, the current head coach, began his first year at Purdue. On February 11 the Boilermakers upset #22 Michigan at Mackey Arena, which was their first win over a ranked team since beating #19 Wisconsin in January 2004. Purdue finished 9–19 overall and 3–15 in the Big Ten. Although they finished in last place in the Big Ten, they had improved on their overall record from the previous year by two games. The Boilermakers would win at least 16 games per season in all of their following seasons.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	5	Bryant Dillon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Indianapolis, IN
G	11	Bobby Riddell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	169 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Lafayette, IN
	11	Korey Spates	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Warrensville Heights, OH
G	14	Chris Lutz	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Bedford, NH
F	14	Carl Landry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Sr	Milwaukee, WI
G	20	Marcus Green	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Franklin Park, IL
F	22	Nate Minnoy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Fr	Chicago, IL
F	23	Marcus White	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Jr	Chicago, IL
	24	Dwayne Pruitt	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Fr	Gary, IN
G	31	Chris Hartley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Jr	Noblesville, IN
F	32	Matt Carroll	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	241 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Aurora, CO
F	33	Gary Ware	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Detroit, MI
F	42	Matt Kiefer	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Sr	Evansville, IN

Head coach

Matt Painter (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Cuonzo Martin (Purdue)
Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois)
Todd Foster (Purdue)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2024-09-25

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*		Wofford	W 82–75	1—0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
November 22*		South Alabama	W 85–67	2—0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
November 26*		vs. Xavier Wooden Tradition	L 55–74	2–1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
November 29*		at Florida State ACC-Big Ten Challenge	L 57–97	2–2	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
December 3*		at Evansville	L 69–75	2–3	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN
December 6*		Chicago State	W 69–56	3–3	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 11*		at Loyola (IL)	L 65–80	3–4	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
December 17*		New Orleans	W 68–56	4–4	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 20*		IPFW	W 79–69	5–4	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 28*		UT Martin	W 62–54	6–4	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 30*		at No. 4 Memphis	L 70–90	6–5	FedExForum Memphis, TN
January 4		at Northwestern	L 53–66	6–6 (0–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 7		at Michigan	L 65–68	6–7 (0–2)	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
January 11		No. 19 Ohio State	L 64–80	6–8 (0–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 14		Minnesota	W 72–55	7–8 (1–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 18		at Penn State	L 54–74	7–9 (1–4)	Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 21		at No. 13 Indiana Rivalry	L 49–62	7–10 (1–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 25		Northwestern	L 76–78 ^OT	7–11 (1–6)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 28		at No. 8 Illinois	L 58–76	7–12 (1–7)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
February 1		No. 23 Iowa	L 68–77	7–13 (1–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 4		Wisconsin	W 70–62	8–13 (2–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 8		at No. 12 Michigan State	L 52–77	8–14 (2–9)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 11		No. 22 Michigan	W 84–70	9–14 (3–9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 18		Penn State	L 61–69	9–15 (3–10)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 22		at Minnesota	L 50–62	9–16 (3–11)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 1		Indiana Rivalry	L 59–70	9–17 (3–12)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 5		at No. 9 Ohio State	L 57–76	9–18 (3–13)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
March 9*	(11)	vs. (6) Michigan State Opening round	L 58–70	9–19	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "2006 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 14, 2006.
^ 2014-15 Purdue men's basketball media guide Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Apr-01.

[1] "2006 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 14, 2006.

[2] 2014-15 Purdue men's basketball media guide Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Apr-01.

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics