1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1905–06 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Independent
1905–06 record	5–9
Head coach	Unnamed (2nd season);
Home arena	State College Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1904–05 1906–07 →

The 1905–06 Kentucky State men's basketball team competed on behalf of the University of Kentucky during the 1905-1906 season. They started their season and had winning record (3-2 in the first three fives games) for the first time in their history. Afterwards, however, they would lose 7 of 9 of the rest of their games to finish 5-9.

Roster[]

1904–05 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F		5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	128 lb (58 kg)	Jr	Unknown	Louisville, Kentucky
G	Don Branson	—	—	Jr	Unknown	Yosemite, Kentucky
G		—	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Unknown	Horse Cave, Kentucky
	Joseph Hermann	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Unknown	Newport, Kentucky
C	Thomas Bryant	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So	Kentucky State College Prep School	Nicholasville, Kentucky
G		5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	148 lb (67 kg)	So	Louisville Male High School	Louisville, Kentucky
G		5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	Fr	Unknown	Lexington, Kentucky

Head coach

Unnamed

Assistant coach(es)

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Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
1/11/1906*	Kentucky University (now Transylvania)	W Unrecorded	1-0	Kentucky University Lexington, KY
1/12/1906*	Miami (OH)	L 10-15	1-1	State College Gymnasium Lexington, KY
1/19/1906*	Centre	W 15-14	2-1	State College Gymnasium Lexington, KY
1/20/1906*	Georgetown College	W 34-9	2-2	Georgetown College Georgetown, KY
1/26/1906*	Centre	W 17-15	3-2	Central University Lexington, KY
1/27/1906*	Cincinnati YMCA	L 16-23	3-3	State College Gymnasium University Lexington, KY
2/3/1906*	Christ Church Cincinnati	L 24-38	3-4	State College Gymnasium University Lexington, KY
2/9/1906*	Georgetown College	L 22-28	3-5	State College Gymnasium University Lexington, KY
2/12/1906*	New Albany YMCA	L 12-29	3-6	New Albany New Albany, IN
2/13/1906*	Vernon College	W 34-14	4-6	Vernon College Vernon, TX
2/14/1906*	Moores Hill	W 32-11	5-6	Moores Hill Moores Hill, IN
2/15/1906*	Christ Church Cincinnati	L 17-54	5-7	Christ Church Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
2/16/1906*	Cincinnati	L 9-38	5-8	Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
2/17/1906*	Miami (OH)	L 19-29	5-9	Miami (OH) Oxford, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

v t Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Centre College (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Basketbowl Champions Classic Fabulous Five "The Shot" The Unforgettables 2011 Indiana game The Rivalry: Red v. Blue
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Recruiting history Statistical leaders
Seasons	1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1913–14 1920–21 1932–33 1933–34 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1957–58 1960–61 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 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 1999–2000 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1905–06 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oregon State		–		–	10	–	0	1.000
Rhode Island		–		–	5	–	0	1.000
Wabash		–		–	17	–	1	.944
Brigham Young		–		–	11	–	1	.917
Ohio State		–		–	9	–	1	.900
Dartmouth		–		–	16	–	2	.889
Fordham		–		–	14	–	2	.875
Texas		–		–	7	–	1	.875
Westminster College		–		–	12	–	2	.857
Auburn		–		–	5	–	1	.833
Bucknell		–		–	10	–	2	.833
Montana State		–		–	5	–	1	.833
Holy Cross		–		–	12	–	3	.800
William & Mary		–		–	4	–	1	.800
Dayton		–		–	7	–	2	.778
Illinois State		–		–	6	–	2	.750
Syracuse		–		–	9	–	3	.750
Maine		–		–	10	–	4	.714
Allegheny		–		–	12	–	5	.706
Cincinnati		–		–	2	–	1	.667
Connecticut		–		–	6	–	3	.667
Niagara		–		–	4	–	2	.667
Army		–		–	7	–	4	.636
Kansas		–		–	12	–	7	.632
Tulane		–		–	8	–	5	.615
Mount Union		–		–	9	–	6	.600
Penn State		–		–	6	–	4	.600
Wyoming		–		–	3	–	2	.600
Canisius		–		–	10	–	7	.588
North Dakota State		–		–	5	–	4	.556
West Virginia		–		–	5	–	4	.556
Colorado		–		–	6	–	5	.545
Colgate		–		–	7	–	6	.538
Butler		–		–	1	–	1	.500
Indiana State		–		–	6	–	6	.500
Lehigh		–		–	6	–	6	.500
New Mexico		–		–	2	–	2	.500
Wake Forest		–		–	3	–	3	.500
Washington State		–		–	5	–	5	.500
Akron		–		–	6	–	7	.462
Denver		–		–	6	–	7	.462
Bradley		–		–	4	–	5	.444
Delaware		–		–	3	–	4	.429
Temple		–		–	3	–	4	.429
Bloomsburg		–		–	2	–	3	.400
Duke		–		–	2	–	3	.400
Grove City		–		–	3	–	5	.375
Brown		–		–	4	–	7	.364
Kentucky		–		–	5	–	9	.357
Wisc.–Stevens Point		–		–	2	–	4	.333
Georgia		–		–	0	–	2	.000
New Mexico State		–		–	0	–	1	.000
Oregon		–		–	0	–	5	.000


Rankings from AP Poll

1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

Roster[]

Schedule[]

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