2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record20–11 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachJoe Pasternack (5th season)
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 UCLA144 .778327  .821
No. 12 Washington135 .722267  .788
California126 .6672011  .645
Arizona 1117 .6112013  .606
Stanford117 .6111614  .533
USC810 .4441713  .567
Oregon711 .3891518  .455
Oregon State 1513 .2781318  .419
Arizona State513 .2781117  .393
Washington State414 .2221117  .393
Conference tournament winner
As of April 3, 2006
Rankings from Coaches Poll
1 Holds tie-breaker

The 2005–06 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Ben Braun's tenth season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 2011, 126 in Pac-10 play to finish in third place. They lost to UCLA in the championship game of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an atlarge bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 7 seed in the South region. They were beaten by 10 seed NC State in the first round.