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2006 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2006 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2006. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were played at the home arena of the higher seeded-teams, with the championship game played at Prather Coliseum in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Number 1 seed Northwestern State won the championship game over number 2 seed , 95–97. The Demons earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they won the first NCAA Tournament game in the round of 64 by knocking off Iowa, 64–63 in the opening round. The Demons lost in the second round to No. 6 seed West Virginia. Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. Bracket References {{2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox Tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's baske ...
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Prather Coliseum
Prather Coliseum is a 3,900-seat multi-purpose arena in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States. It opened in 1964 and is home to the Northwestern State University Demons basketball team.Prather Coliseum
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The arena also holds concerts and events. It was named in honor of the school's most successful basketball and football coach, H. Lee Prather, who served from the 1910s through the 1940s before becoming NSU President in 1951.


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Natchitoches, Louisiana
Natchitoches ( ; french: link=no, Les Natchitoches) is a small city and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis as part of French Louisiana, the community was named after the indigenous Natchitoches people. The City of Natchitoches was incorporated on February 5, 1819, after Louisiana had become a state in 1812. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase. Natchitoches is home to Northwestern State University. Its sister city is Nacogdoches, Texas. History Early years Natchitoches was established in 1714 by Canadien explorer Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. It is the oldest permanent European settlement within the borders of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Natchitoches was founded as a French outpost on the Red River for trade with Spanish-controlled Mexico; French traders settled there as early as 1699. The post was established near a village of Natchitoches In ...
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2005–06 Northwestern State Demons Basketball Team
The 2005–06 Northwestern State Demons basketball team represented Northwestern State University during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demons, led by 7th year head coach Mike McConathy, played their home games at Prather Coliseum and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–1 in Southland play to win the regular season title. They were champions of the Southland Conference tournament, winning the championship game over Stephen F. Austin, to earn an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. As No. 14 seed in the Atlanta region, Northwestern State knocked off No. 3 seed Iowa by draining a corner three with time running out. The Demons were then beaten by No. 6 seed West Virginia in the second round. Roster Schedule and results , , - !colspan=9 style=, Non-conference Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, Southland Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, ...
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Mike McConathy
John Michael McConathy (born December 27, 1955) is an American former basketball coach college basketball. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 1999 to 2022. He was raised in Bossier City and played college basketball at Louisiana Tech, earning honorable mention All-American honors. From 1983 to 1999, McConathy was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board. He was hired as head coach at Northwestern State in March 1999. He is the son of the late John McConathy, a former NBA player who was selected fifth overall in the 1951 NBA draft The 1951 NBA draft was the fifth annual NBA Draft, draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 25, 1951, before the 1951–52 NBA season, 1951–52 season. In this Draft (sports), draft, ten remaining NBA teams .... John McConathy was a superintendent of the Bossier Pari ...
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Southland Conference
The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Southland sponsors 18 sports, 10 for women and eight for men, and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators. Chris Grant became the Southland's seventh commissioner on April 5, 2022. From 1996 to 2002, for football only, the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League. The conference's offices are located in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas. According to a press release from April 11, 2022, the conference will undergo a rebrand in 2022 that includes a new name and logo. History Chronological timeline Founded in 1963, its members were Abilene Christian College (now Abil ...
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2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2005–06 basketball season. It began on March 14, 2006, and concluded on April 3 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. None of the Tournament's top seeds advanced to the Final Four, the first time since 1980 that this occurred. For the second time in history, a team seeded 11th advanced to the Final Four as George Mason of the Colonial Athletic Association won the Washington, D.C. region. They were joined by Atlanta region winner LSU (who was the first team to advance to the Final Four as an 11-seed in 1986), Oakland region winner UCLA, who had not made the Final Four since they won the National Championship in 1995, and Minneapolis region winner Florida, who had not made the Final Four since their runner-up finish in 2000 also in Indianapolis. Florida won i ...
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2005–06 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Basketball Team
The 2005–06 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University from Morgantown, West Virginia during the 2005-06 season. The team was led by head coach John Beilein and played their home games at WVU Coliseum. After an early exit in the quarterfinal round of the Big East tournament, the Mountaineers would gain an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they would make a run to the Sweet Sixteen for the second straight season. The team finished with a 22–11 record (11–5 Big East). Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, Big East tournament , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA Tournament Rankings References {{DEFAULTSORT:2005-06 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball seasons West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball West Virginia Mountaineers men's baske ...
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Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Southland Conference's men's basketball tournament began in 1981, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. From 1981 to 2001, the first round of the tournament took place at the higher seed, with the remaining rounds at a set location. In 2002, the Southland changed the format to play games at the campus of sites of each higher seed, during every round of the tournament. This was changed again in 2007, the first year that the conference selected a neutral site for all rounds of the tournament. Starting with the 2023 edition, the event is held at The Legacy Center on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, reportedly as part of a deal that kept McNeese in the Southland after it had been courted by Conference USA and nearly joined the Western Athletic Conference. This move followed a 15-season run (2008–2022) at Leonard E. Merrell Center in the Houston suburb ...
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