1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–9
Head coach
  • Unnamed (2nd season)
Home arenaState College Gymnasium
Seasons
1905–06 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oregon Agricultural –   – 10 – 0   1.000
Rhode Island A&M –   – 5 – 0   1.000
Southwestern (Kan.) –   – 6 – 0   1.000
Wabash –   – 17 – 1   .944
Massachusetts Lowell –   – 16 – 1   .941
Brigham Young –   – 11 – 1   .917
Ohio State –   – 9 – 1   .900
Dartmouth –   – 16 – 2   .889
North Dakota –   – 8 – 1   .889
Fordham –   – 14 – 2   .875
Texas –   – 7 – 1   .875
Baker –   – 18 – 3   .857
Westminster (Pa.) –   – 12 – 2   .857
Michigan State –   – 11 – 2   .846
Auburn –   – 5 – 1   .833
Bucknell –   – 10 – 2   .833
Denison –   – 10 – 2   .833
Montana State –   – 5 – 1   .833
Williams –   – 14 – 3   .824
Western Reserve –   – 13 – 3   .813
Holy Cross –   – 12 – 3   .800
Nebraska –   – 12 – 3   .800
Virginia –   – 8 – 2   .800
William & Mary –   – 4 – 1   .800
Dayton –   – 7 – 2   .778
Illinois State –   – 6 – 2   .750
Syracuse –   – 9 – 3   .750
Swarthmore –   – 11 – 4   .733
Maine –   – 10 – 4   .714
Springfield (Mass.) –   – 10 – 4   .714
Allegheny –   – 12 – 5   .706
Wooster –   – 7 – 3   .700
Cincinnati –   – 2 – 1   .667
Connecticut –   – 6 – 3   .667
Grinnell –   – 8 – 4   .667
Niagara –   – 4 – 2   .667
Army –   – 7 – 4   .636
Gettysburg –   – 7 – 4   .636
Kansas –   – 12 – 7   .632
Tulane –   – 8 – 5   .615
Manhattan –   – 6 – 4   .600
Mount Union –   – 9 – 6   .600
Penn State –   – 6 – 4   .600
Wesleyan (Conn.) –   – 12 – 8   .600
Wyoming –   – 3 – 2   .600
Canisius –   – 10 – 7   .588
Washburn –   – 10 – 7   .588
Idaho –   – 4 – 3   .571
Lake Forest –   – 9 – 7   .563
North Dakota Agricultural –   – 5 – 4   .556
West Virginia –   – 5 – 4   .556
Colorado –   – 6 – 5   .545
Colgate –   – 7 – 6   .538
Butler –   – 1 – 1   .500
Colorado Agricultural –   – 2 – 2   .500
Indiana State –   – 6 – 6   .500
Lehigh –   – 6 – 6   .500
Miami (Ohio) –   – 3 – 3   .500
Nebraska Wesleyan –   – 7 – 7   .500
New Mexico –   – 2 – 2   .500
Wake Forest –   – 3 – 3   .500
Washington State –   – 5 – 5   .500
Akron –   – 6 – 7   .462
Denver –   – 6 – 7   .462
Bradley –   – 4 – 5   .444
Delaware –   – 3 – 4   .429
Temple –   – 3 – 4   .429
Bloomsburg –   – 2 – 3   .400
Trinity (N.C.) –   – 2 – 3   .400
Kansas State –   – 6 – 9   .400
Grove City –   – 3 – 5   .375
Brown –   – 4 – 7   .364
Kentucky –   – 5 – 9   .357
Augustana (Ill.) –   – 3 – 6   .333
Fairmount –   – 2 – 4   .333
Wisconsin–Stevens Point –   – 2 – 4   .333
Trinity (Conn.) –   – 3 – 7   .300
Washington University –   – 1 – 3   .250
Utah Agircultural –   – 2 – 7   .222
CCNY –   – 1 – 4   .200
Pittsburgh –   – 2 – 9   .182
Georgia –   – 0 – 2   .000
New Mexico A&M –   – 0 – 1   .000
Oregon –   – 0 – 5   .000

The 1905–06 Kentucky State men's basketball team competed on behalf of the University of Kentucky during the 1905–06 season. They started their season and had winning record (3–2 in the first three fives games) for the first time in their history. Afterwards, however, they would lose 7 of 9 of the rest of their games to finish 5–9.

Roster

1904–05 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F Stanley Baer 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 128 lb (58 kg) Jr Unknown Louisville, Kentucky
G Don Branson
—
—
 Jr Unknown Yosemite, Kentucky
G Arthur Donan
—
 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Unknown Horse Cave, Kentucky
Joseph Hermann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Unknown Newport, Kentucky
C Thomas Bryant 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
—
 So Kentucky State College Prep School Nicholasville, Kentucky
G Maury Wilson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 148 lb (67 kg) So Louisville Male High School Louisville, Kentucky
G Richard Barbee 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 152 lb (69 kg) Fr Unknown Lexington, Kentucky
Head coach
  • Unnamed
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
1/11/1906*
 Kentucky University (now Transylvania) W Unrecorded  1–0
 Kentucky University 
Lexington, KY
1/12/1906*
 Miami (OH) L 10–15  1–1
 State College Gymnasium 
Lexington, KY
1/19/1906*
 Centre W 15–14  2–1
 State College Gymnasium 
Lexington, KY
1/20/1906*
 Georgetown College W 34–9  2–2
 Georgetown College 
Georgetown, KY
1/26/1906*
 Centre W 17–15  3–2
 Central University 
Danville, KY
1/27/1906*
 Cincinnati YMCA L 16–23  3–3
 State College Gymnasium University 
Lexington, KY
2/3/1906*
 Christ Church Cincinnati L 24–38  3–4
 State College Gymnasium University 
Lexington, KY
2/9/1906*
 Georgetown College L 22–28  3–5
 State College Gymnasium University 
Lexington, KY
2/12/1906*
 New Albany YMCA L 12–29  3–6
 New Albany 
New Albany, IN
2/13/1906*
 North Vernon W 34–14  4–6
 North Vernon 
North Vernon, IN
2/14/1906*
 Moores Hill W 32–11  5–6
 Moores Hill 
Moores Hill, IN
2/15/1906*
 Christ Church Cincinnati L 17–54  5–7
 Christ Church Cincinnati 
Cincinnati, OH
2/16/1906*
 Cincinnati L 9-38  5–8
 Cincinnati 
Cincinnati, OH
2/17/1906*
 Miami (OH) L 19–29  5–9
 Miami (OH) 
Oxford, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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