| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2005–06 |
| Prev Year: | 2004–05 |
| Next Year: | 2006-07 |
| Team: | Kent State Golden Flashes |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 25–9 |
| Conf Record: | 15–3 |
| Head Coach: | Jim Christian |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Rob Senderoff |
| Ac1 Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center |
| Champion: | MAC tournament champions MAC East Division Champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2005–06 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University as a member of the Mid-American Conference during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jim Christian, the Flashes reached the NCAA tournament under the third different head coach in a six-year span. After finishing atop the MAC East division in the regular season standings, Kent State won the MAC tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 12 seed in the Oakland region, Kent State lost to No. 5 seed Pittsburgh in the opening round.[1] The team finished the season with a record of 25–9 (15–3 MAC).
|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference Regular season
|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC Regular season
|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament[2]
See main article: 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. [3]