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

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 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

2005–06 ACC women's basketball standings

	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
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		Premier Players	W 96–85		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nov 8, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		Athletes in Action	W 80–57		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Regular season
Nov 18, 2005* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	Davidson	W 86–48	1–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nov 21, 2005* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	Liberty	W 87–36	2–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nov 25, 2005* 2:40 p.m.		vs. Arizona State Caribbean Classic	W 79–72	3–0	Cancun, Mexico
Nov 26, 2005* 5:10 p.m.		vs. TCU Caribbean Classic	W 77–54	4–0	Cancun, Mexico
Nov 29, 2005* 6:00 p.m.		UNC Asheville	W 83–43	5–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 1, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		Charleston Southern	W 92–38	6–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 2, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		South Florida	W 71–47	7–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 5, 2005* 7:30 p.m.	No. 7	at No. 8 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic	W 77–54	8–0	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
Dec 8, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		Wofford	W 87–50	9–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 17, 2005* 2:00 p.m.		Coastal Carolina	W 98–41	10–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 20, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		vs. Vanderbilt	W 87–67	11–0	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Dec 29, 2005* 7:00 p.m.		at Old Dominion	W 88–80 OT	12–0	Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 31, 2005* 2:00 p.m.		College of Charleston	W 101–48	13–0	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 6, 2006 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Clemson	W 102–61	14–0 (1–0)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 9, 2006 7:00 p.m.		at Miami (FL)	W 90–57	15–0 (2–0)	Coral Gables, Florida
Jan 15, 2006 5:00 p.m.		at NC State	W 65–53	16–0 (3–0)	Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 18, 2006 7:00 p.m.		Georgia Tech	W 85–56	17–0 (4–0)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 22, 2006 2:00 p.m.		Florida State	W 68–51	18–0 (5–0)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 27, 2006 7:00 p.m.		at Wake Forest	W 91–57	19–0 (6–0)	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 29, 2006 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 2 Duke	W 74–70	20–0 (7–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
Feb 2, 2006 7:00 p.m.		NC State	W 75–58	21–0 (8–0)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 5, 2006 2:00 p.m.		Georgia Tech	W 75–56	22–0 (9–0)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 9, 2006 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	No. 6 Maryland	L 95–98 OT	22–1 (9–1)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 12, 2006 5:25 p.m.		at Virginia	W 72–60	23–1 (10–1)	Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 17, 2006 6:30 p.m.		at Virginia Tech	W 84–75	24–1 (11–1)	Blacksburg, Virginia
Feb 20, 2006 7:00 p.m.	No. 2	Boston College	W 69–62	25–1 (12–1)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 25, 2006 2:00 p.m.	No. 2	No. 1 Duke	W 77–65	26–1 (13–1)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 3, 2006* 11:00 a.m.	No. 1	vs. Virginia Quarterfinals	W 82–56	27–1	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
Mar 4, 2006* 1:30 p.m.	No. 1	vs. NC State Semifinals	W 90–69	28–1	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
Mar 5, 2006* 1:00 p.m.	No. 1	vs. No. 4 Maryland Championship game	W 91–80	29–1	Greensboro Coliseum (10,746) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 2006* 8:00 p.m.	(1 CLE) No. 1	vs. (16 CLE) UC Riverside First round	W 75–51	30–1	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 20, 2006* 7:00 p.m.	(1 CLE) No. 1	at (8 CLE) Vanderbilt Second round	W 89–70	31–1	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 26, 2006* 2:30 p.m.	(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* 7:00 p.m.	(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* 7:00 p.m.	(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.

Source

Rankings

Main article: 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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