2005–06 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

2005–06 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
2005–06 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 1
Record	34–4 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Sylvia Hatchell;
Assistant coaches	Andrew Calder; Tracey Williams-Johnson; Charlotte Smith;
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
	Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Led by head coach Sylvia Hatchell, the Tar Heels played their home games at Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Tar Heels won the ACC regular season and tournament titles. UNC was one of three ACC schools to play in the 2006 Final Four, joining Duke and Maryland.

2005–06 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	13	–	1	.929	33	–	2	.943
No. 3 Maryland	12	–	2	.857	34	–	4	.895
No. 4 Duke	12	–	2	.857	31	–	4	.886
Florida State	10	–	4	.714	20	–	10	.667
NC State	7	–	7	.500	19	–	12	.613
Virginia Tech	6	–	8	.429	21	–	10	.677
Boston College	6	–	8	.429	21	–	12	.636
Miami (FL)	6	–	8	.429	17	–	13	.567
Virginia	5	–	9	.357	20	–	12	.625
Wake Forest	3	–	11	.214	12	–	16	.429
Georgia Tech	2	–	12	.143	14	–	15	.483
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	8	–	21	.276


† 2006 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2005–06 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
G		Ivory Latta	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	York, SC
F		Camille Little	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Winston-Salem, NC

Head coach

Sylvia Hatchell

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 18, 2005*	No. 7	Davidson	W 86–48	1–0	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nov 21, 2005*	No. 7	Liberty	W 87–36	2–0	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 5, 2005*	No. 7	at No. 8 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic	W 77–54	8–0	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Jan 29, 2006	No. 3	at No. 2 Duke	W 74–70	20–0 (7–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Feb 9, 2006	No. 1	No. 6 Maryland	L 95–98 ^OT	22–1 (9–1)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 20, 2006	No. 2	Boston College	W 69–62	25–1 (12–1)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 25, 2006	No. 2	No. 1 Duke	W 77–65	26–1 (13–1)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 3, 2006*	No. 1	vs. Virginia Quarterfinals	W 82–56	27–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
Mar 4, 2006*	No. 1	vs. NC State Semifinals	W 90–69	28–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
Mar 5, 2006*	No. 1	vs. No. 4 Maryland Championship game	W 91–80	29–1	Greensboro Coliseum (10,746) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 2006*	(1 CLE) No. 1	vs. (16 CLE) UC Riverside	W 75–51	30–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 20, 2006*	(1 CLE) No. 1	at (8 CLE) Vanderbilt	W 89–70	31–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 26, 2006*	(1 CLE) No. 1	vs. (4 CLE) No. 11 Purdue Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 70–68	32–1	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 28, 2006*	(1 CLE) No. 1	vs. (2 CLE) No. 6 Tennessee Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 75–63^[1]	33–1	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 2, 2006*	(1 CLE) No. 1	vs. (2 ABQ) No. 3 Maryland National Semifinal – Final Four	L 70–81^[2]	33–2	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source ^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	Not released
Coaches	8	8	8	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3

References

^ "Tar Heels in Final Four, Will Face a Familiar Foe". The Washington Post. March 28, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "Tar Heels Fall To Terps in National Semis, 81-70". UNC Athletics. April 2, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "2005-06 Women's Basketball Schedule". UNC Athletics. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

[1] "Tar Heels in Final Four, Will Face a Familiar Foe". The Washington Post. March 28, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

[2] "Tar Heels Fall To Terps in National Semis, 81-70". UNC Athletics. April 2, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

[3] "2005-06 Women's Basketball Schedule". UNC Athletics. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

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