27 February 2006 (Monday)
- Baseball: Seventeen new members are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in a special vote for candidates from the Negro Leagues: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Cum Posey, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, J. L. Wilkinson and Jud Wilson. Manley is the first woman ever elected.
- NCAA College Basketball
- Men's:
- AP Poll: Duke retains the top spot. UConn moves up one spot to second after defeating Villanova yesterday. Memphis moves up one spot to #3, Villanova drops from #2 to #4, and Gonzaga remains at #5.
- (16) West Virginia 67, (8) Pittsburgh 62: In the last home game for Mountaineers seniors Kevin Pittsnogle, Mike Gansey, and Joe Herber, Pittsnogle scores 26 and Herber adds 16 to clinch a first-round bye in the upcoming Big East tournament.
- (5) Gonzaga 75, San Francisco 72: Adam Morrison leads all scorers with 34 points, but his assist with 1.0 second remaining on a three-pointer by Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes gives the Bulldogs their margin of victory. The Bulldogs complete their second unbeaten season in West Coast Conference play in the last three years.
- Women's:
- AP Poll: North Carolina returns to #1 after their Saturday win over Duke, who drops to #2. LSU, Maryland, and Ohio State fill out the top five.
- Men's:
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