2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season explained

2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	200px
No Of Teams:	12
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Champions
League Champs:	Kent State
Mvp:	DeAndre Haynes
Mvp Link:	Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2006 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Miami
Finals Runner-Up:	Akron
Finals Mvp:	Kevin Warzynski
Finals Mvp Link:	Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament
Seasonslist:	List of Mid-American men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:	Mid-American men's basketball
Prevseason Year:	2004–05
Nextseason Year:	2006–07

The 2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2005, followed by the start of the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2007 and concluded in March 2007. Kent State won the regular season title with a conference record of 15–3 over second-place Akron and Miami. Kent State defeated seventh-seeded Toledo in the MAC tournament final and represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament.^[1] There they lost in the first round to Pittsburgh.^[2]

Preseason awards

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 26, 2005.^[3]

Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

1. Ohio (16) 153
2. (6) 120
3. (4) 85
4. Kent State 85
5. 79
6. 45

West Division

1. (15) 135
2. (5) 127
3. (5) 114
4. (1) 97
5. Eastern Michigan 54
6. 40

Tournament champs

Ohio (14), Akron (5), Ball State (4), Miami (2), Toledo (1)

Honors

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Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-MAC East	Leon Williams, Ohio
Mychal Green, Ohio
Romeo Travis, Akron
Yassin Idbihi, Buffalo
Kevin Warzynski, Kent State
Preseason All-MAC West	Mike McKinney, Northern Illinois
John Bowler, Eastern Michigan
Sammy Villegas, Toledo
Peyton Stovall, Ball State
Joe Reitz, Western Michigan

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

See main article: 2006 MAC men's basketball tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Postseason awards

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1. Coach of the Year: Jim Christian, Kent State
2. Player of the Year: DeAndre Haynes,
3. Freshman of the Year: Maurice Acker, Ball State
4. Defensive Player of the Year: James Hughes, Northern Illinois
5. Sixth Man of the Year: Kevin Warzynski, Kent State

See also

2005–06 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Warzynski nets 21 as Kent St. holds off Toledo to win MAC. ESPN. en. 2022-05-24.
2. Web site: Gray, Ramon power Pitt to easy win over Kent State. ESPN.com. 2022-05-24.
3. Web site: BOBCATS AND ROCKETS NAMED PRESEASON FAVORITES. en.
4. Web site: MEN?S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM ANNOUNCED. en.
5. Web site: MAC ANNOUNCES 2006 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM AND THREE SPECIALTY AWARDS.
6. Web site: Haynes Earns Nod as Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American.
7. Web site: JIM CHRISTIAN.