2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

2006 NCAA Tournament Championship Game

National championship game
Florida Gators UCLA Bruins SEC Pac-10 (32–6) (32–6) 73 57 Head coach: Billy Donovan Head coach: Ben Howland
AP: 11 Coaches: 10 AP: T-7 Coaches: 8 [1]
1st half 2nd half Total Florida Gators 36 37 73 UCLA Bruins 25 32 57
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
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Dan Bonner (sideline)
Nielsen Ratings	11.2
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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 (then labeled the Pac-10 Conference), which folded in 2024.