High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools 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 with the University of Florida winning its first-ever national title over UCLA 73–57 on April 3 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. Florida`s Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. The 2006 tournament was notable for George Mason University, an 11 seed, defeating four consecutive higher seeds, including 1st-seeded Connecticut in a thrilling overtime regional final, to reach the Final Four, only the second time in tournament history that an 11 seed achieved this feat.