2006 NCAA Tournament

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2006 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box It began on March 14, 2006, and concluded on April 3 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Opening Round

March 14
- University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds

March 16 and 18
- Cox Arena, San Diego, California (Host: San Diego State University)
- Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
- Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida (Host: Jacksonville University)
- Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 17 and 19
- American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas (Host: Big 12 Conference)
- The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan (Host: Oakland University)
- University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
- Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: Atlantic 10 Conference)

Round of 64

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Washington D.C. REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Connecticut	16	Albany
		2	Tennessee	15	Winthrop
		3	North Carolina	14	Murray State
		4	Illinois	13	Air Force
		5	Washington	12	Utah State
		6	Michigan State	11	George Mason
		7	Wichita State	10	Seton Hall
		8	Kentucky	9	UAB

Atlanta REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Duke	16	Southern
		2	Texas	15	Pennsylvania
		3	Iowa	14	Northwestern State
		4	LSU	13	Iona
		5	Syracuse	12	Texas A&M
		6	West Virginia	11	Southern Illinois
		7	California	10	NC State
		8	George Washington	9	UNC Wilmington

Minneapolis REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		16	Monmouth	16	Hampton
		1	Villanova	16
		2	Ohio State	15	Davidson
		3	Florida	14	South Alabama
		4	Boston College	13	Pacific
		5	Nevada	12	Montana
		6	Oklahoma	11	UW-Milwaukee
		7	Georgetown	10	Northern Iowa
		8	Arizona	9	Wisconsin

Oakland REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Memphis	16	Oral Roberts
		2	UCLA	15	Belmont
		3	Gonzaga	14	Xavier
		4	Kansas	13	Bradley
		5	Pittsburgh	12	Kent State
		6	Indiana	11	San Diego State
		7	Marquette	10	Alabama
		8	Arkansas	9	Bucknell

Round of 32

Washington D.C. REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Atlanta REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Minneapolis REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Oakland REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Sweet 16

Washington DC REGIONAL at Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		George Mason 63, Wichita State 55
		Connecticut 98, Washington 92 (OT)

Atlanta REGIONAL at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, March 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		LSU 62, Duke 54
		Texas 74, West Virginia 71

Minneapolis REGIONAL at Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis,March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Villanova 60, Boston College 59 (OT)
		Florida 57, Georgetown 53

Oakland REGIONAL at Oakland Arena, March 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Memphis 80, Bradley 64
		UCLA 73, Gonzaga 71

Elite 8

Washington DC REGIONAL at

Favorite

Seed

Team

Seed

Team

Score

Star Efforts

(11) George Mason 86, (1) Connecticut 84

Atlanta REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		LSU 70, Texas 60 (OT)

Minneapolis REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Florida 75, Villanova 62

Oakland REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		UCLA 50, Memphis 45

Final 4

at Indianapolis

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 1 and 3
- RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Host: Butler University and Horizon League)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		UCLA 59, LSU 45
		Florida 73, George Mason 58

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Indianapolis

Favorite

Seed

Team

Seed

Team

Score

Star Efforts

Florida 73, UCLA 57

NCAA Results

(Seed #)

Play In Game

Monmouth 71 (16) , Hampton 49 ((16)

First Round

(7) Wichita State 86, (10) Seton Hall 66

(2) Tennessee 63, (15) Winthrop 61

(4) Illinois 78, (13) Air Force 69

(5) Washington 75, (12) Utah State 61

(11) George Mason 75, (6) Michigan State 65

(3) North Carolina 69, (14) Murray State 65

(1) Connecticut 72, (16) Albany 59

(8) Kentucky 69, (9) UAB 64

(3) Gonzaga 79, (14) Xavier 75

(6) Indiana 87, (11) San Diego State 83

(2) UCLA 78, (15) Belmont 44

(10) Alabama 90, (7) Marquette 85

(1) Memphis 94, (16) Oral Roberts 78

(9) Bucknell 59, (8) Arkansas 55

(13) Bradley 77, (4) Kansas 73

(5) Pittsburgh 79, (12) Kent State 64

(3) Florida 76, (14) South Alabama 50

(11) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 82, (6) Oklahoma 74

(4) Boston College 88, (13) Pacific 76 (2OT)

(12) Montana 87, (5) Nevada 79

(2) Ohio State 70, (15) Davidson 62

(7) Georgetown 54, (10) Northern Iowa 49

(1) Villanova 58, (16) Monmouth 45

(8) Arizona 94, (9) Wisconsin 75

(8) George Washington 88, (9) North Carolina-Wilmington 85 (OT)

(1) Duke 70, (16) Southern University 54

(4) LSU 80, (13) Iona 64

(12) Texas A&M 66, (5) Syracuse 58

(10) N.C. State 58, (7) California 52

(2) Texas 60, (15) Pennsylvania 52

(14) Northwestern State 64, (3) Iowa 63

(6) West Virginia 64, (11) Southern Illinois 46

Second Round

Wichita State 80, Tennessee 73

Washington 67, Illinois 64

George Mason 65, North Carolina 60

Connecticut 87, Kentucky 83

Duke 74, George Washington 61

LSU 58, Texas A&M 57

Texas 75, N.C. State 54

West Virginia 67, Northwestern State 54

Florida 82, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 60

Boston College 69, Montana 56

Georgetown 70, Ohio State 52

Villanova 82, Arizona 78

UCLA 62, Alabama 59

Gonzaga 90, Indiana 80

Memphis 72, Bucknell 56

Bradley 72, Pittsburgh 66

Regionals

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Duke	32-4	Lost NCAA regional Semis
2.	Connecticut	30-4	Lost NCAA regionals
3	Villanova	28-5	Lost NCAA regionals
4.	Memphis	33-4	Lost NCAA regionals
5.	Gonzaga	29-4	Lost NCAA regional Semis
6.	Ohio St.	26-6	Lost in NCAA 2nd round
7.	Boston College	28-8	Lost NCAA regional Semis
8.	UCLA	32-7	NCAA 2nd Place
9.	Texas	30-7	Lost NCAA regionals
10.	North Carolina	23-8	Lost in NCAA 2nd round

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
G	Randy Foye	Sr.	Villanova
G	J.J. Redick	Sr.	Duke
C	Shelden Williams	So	Duke
F	Adam Morrison	Jr.	Gonzaga
F	Brandon Roy	Sr	Washington

All NCAA Tournament Team

F- Joakim Noah, Florida - MVP

F- Corey Brewer, Florida

G- Taurean Green, Florida

G- Lee Humphrey, Florida

G- Jordan Farmar, UCLA

Team Offense

Long Beach St.............. 83.3

Notes NIT FINALS

South Carolina 76 Michigan 64

Team Defense

Air Force 54.7

Individual Scoring -PPG

1. Adam Morrison, Gonzaga 28.1

2. J.J. Redick, Duke 26.8

3. Keydren Clark, St. Peter's 26.3

4. Andre Collins, Loyola (Md.) . 26.1

5. Brion Rush, Grambling 25.8

Individual Rebounding RPG

1. Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech 13.3

2. Kenny Adeleke, Hartford. 13.1

3. Rashad Jones-Jennings, Ark.-Little Rock 11.3

4. Curtis Withers, Charlotte 11.3

5. Ivan Almonte, Florida Int'l. 11.2

NCAA Results (Seed #)

Top 10 Teams

All NCAA Tournament Team

Team Offense

Notes NIT FINALS

Team Defense

Air Force 54.7

Individual Scoring -PPG

Individual Rebounding RPG

1. Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech 13.3

NCAA Results

(Seed #)