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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA 14 4   .778 32 7   .821
No. 12 Washington 13 5   .722 26 7   .788
California 12 6   .667 20 11   .645
Arizona 1 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Stanford 11 7   .611 16 14   .533
USC 8 10   .444 17 13   .567
Oregon 7 11   .389 15 18   .455
Oregon State 1 5 13   .278 13 18   .419
Arizona State 5 13   .278 11 17   .393
Washington State 4 14   .222 11 17   .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 20–11, 12–6 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 at–large 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.