2005–06 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

2005–06 Montana Grizzlies basketball
2005–06 Montana Grizzlies basketball
Big Sky tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	24–7 (10–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Larry Krystkowiak (2nd season);
Home arena	Dahlberg Arena

The 2005–06 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by second-year head coach Larry Krystkowiak, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 24–7, 10–4 in Big Sky play to finish tied for second place in the conference regular season standings. Montana won the Big Sky Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. After upsetting No. 5 seed Nevada in the opening round,^[1] the Grizzlies lost to No. 4 seed Boston College.^[2]

Roster

2005–06 Montana Grizzlies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Kevin Criswell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Colstrip, Montana
F	34	Andrew Strait	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Yakima, Washington

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 18, 2005*		at Boise State	L 69–90	0–1	Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho
2006 Big Sky Tournament
Mar 7, 2006*	(2)	vs. (3) Eastern Washington Semifinals	W 73–71 ^OT	22–6	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona
Mar 8, 2006*	(2)	at (1) Northern Arizona Championship game	W 73–60	23–6	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona
2006 NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 2006*	(12 MW)	vs. (5 MW) No. 20 Nevada First Round	W 87–79^[1]	24–6	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 18, 2006*	(12 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 7 Boston College Second Round	L 56–69^[2]	24–7	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

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Montana Grizzlies basketball
Venues	Dahlberg Arena (1953–present)
Culture & lore	Monte "Up with Montana"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–11 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