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2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 65 Finals Site RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana Champions Florida (1st title) Runner-Up UCLA (13th title game) Semifinalists George Mason (1st Final Four) LSU (4th Final Four) Winning Coach Billy Donovan (1st title) MOP Joakim Noah Florida Attendance 670,254 Top scorers Glen Davis LSU Joakim Noah Florida (97 points) |
The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing
in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's
NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 2006, and concluded with
the University of Florida winning its first-ever national title over UCLA 73-57
on April 3 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. Florida's Joakim Noah
was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in
NCAA Division I competition, in which they are a member of the Southeastern Conference's
Eastern Division. They play their home games at the Stephen C. O'Connell
Center in Gainesville, Florida, USA. Billy Donovan has been the head coach
of the Gators since the 1996-97 season. |
The Gators have two national championships, having won the 2006 NCAA Men's Division
I Basketball Tournament and 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
back-to-back, the first team since the 1991-1992 Duke team to accomplish this
feat and the first to do it with the same starting lineup. The Florida Gators men's team annually plays a 16-game conference schedule that is preceded by an out of conference schedule against few annual opponents except for Florida State. |
Their conference schedule consists of a pair of home-and-home games against the other
five SEC Eastern Division teams, plus one game against each of the six Western
Division teams, with home games alternating each season. The Gators have seldom
had rivals in basketball until recently, when their success found them competing
against Kentucky and Tennessee. Florida began play in basketball in 1915-16 under head coach C.J. McCoy. The team went 5-1 its first year, but the following three seasons were all canceled due to World War I. The team started back up in the 1919-20 season without a head coach at all, though they did have a new venue. |