| National championship game | |||||||||||||
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| Date | April 3, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Joakim Noah, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Florida by 1 | ||||||||||||
| Referees | James Burr, John Cahill, Tony Greene | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,168 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Dan Bonner (sideline) | ||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 11.2 | ||||||||||||
The 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana and featured the Oakland Regional Champion, No. 2-seeded UCLA and the Minneapolis Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded Florida.
This was the last national championship game to feature a team from the Pac-12 Conference, which folded in 2024.
- ^ "2005-06 Men's College Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 16, 2024.