2006 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

2006 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams9[1]
First round sitecampus sites
Quarterfinals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Semifinals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Finals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ChampionsMilwaukee (3rd title)
Winning coachRob Jeter (1st title)
MVPAdrian Tigert (Milwaukee)
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2005–06 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Milwaukee † 12 – 4   .750 22 – 9   .710
Butler 11 – 5   .688 20 – 13   .606
Loyola (IL) 8 – 8   .500 19 – 11   .633
UIC 8 – 8   .500 16 – 15   .516
Detroit 8 – 8   .500 16 – 16   .500
Green Bay 8 – 8   .500 15 – 16   .484
Wright State 8 – 8   .500 13 – 15   .464
Cleveland State 5 – 11   .313 10 – 18   .357
Youngstown State 4 – 12   .250 7 – 21   .250
† 2006 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of August 1, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Horizon League men's basketball tournament took place at the end of the 2005–06 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed overall, as well as the final because they were the highest remaining seed.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2005–06 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

First Round
Tuesday, February 28 		Second Round
Friday, March 3 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 4 		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

References

  1. ^ Horizon League men's basketball recordbook