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 →

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

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.

Roster[edit]

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

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
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
Mar 4, 2006*	No. 1	vs. NC State Semifinals	W 90–69	28–1
Mar 5, 2006*	No. 1	vs. No. 4 Maryland Championship game	W 91–80	29–1
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	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	33–2	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
Venues	Carmichael Auditorium (1974–2008, 2009–present) Dean Smith Center (2008–2009)
Rivalries	Duke NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics