2006–07 Big East Conference men's basketball season
| 2006–07 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | November 10, 2006 through March 10, 2007 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN |
| Regular Season | |
| Champion | Georgetown (13–3) |
| Season MVP | Jeff Green – Georgetown |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | Georgetown |
| Finals MVP | Jeff Green – Georgetown |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Georgetown † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 30 | – | 7 | .811 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Louisville | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Pittsburgh | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Notre Dame | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Marquette | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Seton Hall | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *South Florida | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Rutgers | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Cincinnati | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **Syracuse | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 2 | – | 11 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2007 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 2007[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2007 Big East tournament **Syracuse had 22 regular season games and two postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 10–6, 24–11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2006–07 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 28th in conference history, and involved its 16 full-time member schools.
Georgetown was the regular-season champion with a record of 13–3. Georgetown also won the Big East tournament championship.
Season summary & highlights
- Georgetown was the regular-season champion with a record of 13–3. It was Georgetown's eighth conference championship or co-championship and third outright championship.
- Georgetown won its seventh Big East tournament championship and first since 1989.
- Syracuse became the first team with at least 10 wins in Big East Conference play to not receive an invitation to the NCAA tournament. Selection Committee Chairman Gary Walters said that some of the factors in not inviting Syracuse included the Orange playing an uneven in-conference schedule and having a weak non-conference schedule.[2]
- West Virginia won the 2007 National Invitation Tournament championship.
- Due to NCAA sanctions imposed in March 2015 because of the Syracuse University athletics scandal, all 22 of Syracuse's wins from this season, including two postseason victories, later were vacated.[3][4][5][6]
Head coaches
| School | Coach | Season | Notes |
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| Cincinnati | Mick Cronin | 1st | |
| Connecticut | Jim Calhoun | 21st | |
| DePaul | Jerry Wainwright | 2nd | |
| Georgetown | John Thompson III | 3rd | |
| Louisville | Rick Pitino | 6th | |
| Marquette | Tom Crean | 8th | |
| Notre Dame | Mike Brey | 7th | Big East Coach of the Year |
| Pittsburgh | Jamie Dixon | 4th | |
| Providence | Tim Welsh | 9th | |
| Rutgers | Fred Hill | 1st | |
| St. John's | Norm Roberts | 3rd | |
| Seton Hall | Bobby Gonzalez | 1st | |
| South Florida | Robert McCullum | 4th | Fired March 9, 2007 |
| Syracuse | Jim Boeheim | 31st | |
| Villanova | Jay Wright | 6th | |
| West Virginia | John Beilein | 5th | Resigned April 3, 2007 |
Rankings
Pittsburgh was ranked in the Associated Press poll Top 25 all season, reaching No. 2 in three weeks and finishing at No. 12. Marqueette spent all but one week in the Top 25 and finished at No. 20. Georgetown, Louisville, and Notre Dame also appeared in the Top 25 and finished the season as ranked teams, with Georgetown ranked No. 8. Connecticut, Syracuse, and West Virginia also spent time in the Top 25.
| AP Poll[7] | Pre | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/25 | 1/1 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | 3/5 | Final |
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| Connecticut | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 24 | |||||||||
| DePaul | |||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 8 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
| Louisville | 20 | 16 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 16 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 20 | |
| Notre Dame | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 17 | ||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
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| Syracuse | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||||
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| West Virginia | 25 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
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Postseason
Big East tournament
Seeding
Teams were seeded in the Big East tournament based on conference record and tiebreakers. The No. 5 through No. 12 seeds played in the first round, and the No. 1 through No. 4 seeds received byes into the quarterfinal round. Teams which finished below 12th place in the conference after the application as necessary of tiebreakers did not qualify for the tournament
Seeding was (1) Georgetown, (2) Louisville, (3) Pittsburgh, (4) Notre Dame, (5) Syracuse, (6) Marquette, (7) West Virginia, (8) DePaul, (9) Villanova, (10) Providence, (11) St. John's, and (12) Connecticut. By finishing below 12th place, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Seton Hall, and South Florida did not qualify for the tournament.
The NCAA later vacated all of Syracuse's wins during the season, including its Big East Tournament victory, because of the use of an ineligible player.
Bracket
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship game | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #9 Georgetown | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Villanova | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | DePaul | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Villanova | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #9 Georgetown | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #20 Notre Dame | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #20 Notre Dame | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Connecticut | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #9 Georgetown | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #13 Pittsburgh | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #13 Pittsburgh | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #18 Marquette | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #18 Marquette | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | St. John's | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #13 Pittsburgh | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #12 Louisville | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #12 Louisville | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | West Virginia | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | West Virginia | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Providence | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
NCAA tournament
Six Big East teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Marquette, Notre Dame, and Villanova lost in the first round, Louisville in the second round, and Pittsburgh in the regional semifinals. Georgetown reached the Final Four for the first time since 1985 and lost to Ohio State.
| School | Region | Seed | Round 1 | Round 2 | Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final 4 |
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| Georgetown | East | 2 | 15 Belmont, W 80–55 | 7 Boston College, W 62–55 | 6 Vanderbilt, W 66–65 | 1 North Carolina, W 96–84(OT) | S1 Ohio State, L 67–60 |
| Pittsburgh | West | 3 | 14 Wright State, W 79–58 | 11 VCU, W 84–79(OT) | 2 UCLA, L 64–55 | ||
| Louisville | South | 6 | 11 Stanford, W 78–58 | 3 Texas A&M, L 72–69 | |||
| Notre Dame | Midwest | 6 | 11 Winthrop, L 74–64 | ||||
| Marquette | East | 8 | 9 Michigan State, L 61–49 | ||||
| Villanova | West | 9 | 8 Kentucky, L 67–58 |
National Invitation Tournament
Four Big East teams received bids to the National Invitation Tournament, with West Virginia seeded No. 1 in the East Region. Providence lost in the first round and DePaul and Syracuse in the quarterfinals. West Virginia won the tournament championship.
The Syracuse–San Diego State game played at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, on March 19, 2007, drew 26,752, setting a new attendance record for an NIT game. It surpassed the crowd of 23,522 that attended a game at Kentucky during the 1979 NIT.
The NCAA later vacated all of Syracuse's wins during the season, including its NIT victories, because of the use of an ineligible player.
| School | Region | Seed | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
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| West Virginia | East | 1 | 8 Delaware State, W 74–50 | 4 UMass, W 90–77 | 6 NC State, W 71–66 | N1 Mississippi State, W 63–62 | S1 Clemson, W 78–73 |
| South | 2 | 7 South Alabama, W 79–73 | 6 San Diego State, W 80–64 | 1 Clemson, L 74–70 | |||
| DePaul | West | 3 | 6 Hofstra, W 83–71 | 2 Kansas State, W 70–65 | 1 Air Force, L 52–51 | ||
| Providence | North | 5 | 4 Bradley, L 90–78 |
Awards and honors
Big East Conference
- Jeff Green, Georgetown, F, Jr.
- Jerel McNeal, Marquette, G, So.
- Scottie Reynolds, Villanova, G, Fr.
- Herbert Hill, Providence, F, Sr.
- Mike Brey, Notre Dame (7th season)
All-Big East First Team
- Russell Carter, Notre Dame, g, Sr., 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 220 lb (100 kg), Paulsboro, N.J.
- Frank Young, West Virginia, F, Sr., 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), 210 lb (95 kg), Tallahassee, Fla.
- Curtis Sumpter, Villanova, F, Sr., 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), 225 lb (102 kg), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Demetris Nichols, Syracuse, F, Sr., 6 ft 8 in (203 cm), 216 lb (98 kg), Barrington, R.I.
- Lamont Hamilton, St. John's, F, Sr., 6 ft 10 in (208 cm), 240 lb (109 kg), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Herbert Hill, Providence, F, Sr., 6 ft 10 in (208 cm), 240 lb (109 kg), Kinston, N.C.
- Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh, C, Sr., 7 ft 0 in (213 cm), 270 lb (122 kg), Emmaus, Pa.
- Colin Falls, Notre Dame, G, Sr., 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), 200 lb (91 kg), Park Ridge, Ill.
- Dominic James, Marquette, G, So., 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 185 lb (84 kg), Richmond, Ind.
- Roy Hibbert, Georgetown, C, Jr., 7 ft 2 in (218 cm), 278 lb (126 kg), Adelphi, Md.
- Jeff Green, Georgetown, F, Jr., 6 ft 9 in (206 cm), 235 lb (107 kg), Hyattsville, Md.
All-Big East Second Team:
- Jerel McNeal, Marquette, G, So., 6 ft 3 in (191 cm), 200 lb (91 kg), Chicago, Ill.
- Jeff Adrien, Connecticut, F, So., 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), 243 lb (110 kg), Brookline, Mass.
- Terrence Williams, Louisville, F, So., 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), 220 lb (100 kg), Seattle, Wash.
- Levance Fields, Pittsburgh, G, So., 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), 190 lb (86 kg), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- David Padgett, Louisville, C, Jr., 6 ft 11 in (211 cm), 250 lb (113 kg), Reno, Nev.
- Brian Laing, Seton Hall, G, Jr., 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), 216 lb (98 kg), The Bronx, N.Y.
- Kentrell Gransberry, South Florida, C, Jr., 6 ft 9 in (206 cm), 270 lb (122 kg), Baton Rouge, La.
- Wilson Chandler, DePaul, F, So., 6 ft 8 in (203 cm), 220 lb (100 kg), Benton Harbor, Mich.
- Scottie Reynolds, Villanova, G, Fr., 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 195 lb (88 kg), Herndon, Va.
- Sammy Mejía, DePaul, G, Sr., 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), 195 lb (88 kg), The Bronx, N.Y.
Big East All-Rookie Team:
- Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati, G, Fr., 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), 190 lb (86 kg), Indianapolis, Ind.
- Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut, C, Fr., 7 ft 3 in (221 cm), 263 lb (119 kg), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Jerome Dyson, Connecticut, G, Fr., 6 ft 3 in (191 cm), 190 lb (86 kg), Potomac, Md.
- DaJuan Summers, Georgetown, F, Fr., 6 ft 8 in (203 cm), 236 lb (107 kg), Baltimore, Md.
- Édgar Sosa, Louisville, G, Fr., 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 175 lb (79 kg), New York, N.Y.
- Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, F, Fr., 6 ft 8 in (203 cm), 246 lb (112 kg), Schererville, Ind.
- Tory Jackson, Notre Dame, G, Fr., 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 195 lb (88 kg), Saginaw, Mich.
- Eugene Harvey, Seton Hall, G, Fr., 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), 184 lb (83 kg), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Paul Harris, Syracuse, F, Fr., 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), 230 lb (104 kg), Niagara Falls, N.Y.
- Scottie Reynolds, Villanova, G, Fr., 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 195 lb (88 kg), Herndon, Va.
- Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia, F, Fr., 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), 230 lb (104 kg), Newark, N.J.
All-Americans
The following players were selected to the 2007 Associated Press All-America teams.
Third Team All-America:
- Jeff Green, Georgetown, Key Stats: 14.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.2 bpg, 51.3 FG%, 37.5 3P%, 528 points
AP Honorable Mention
- Roy Hibbert, Georgetown
- Dominic James, Marquette
- Demetris Nichols, Syracuse
- Curtis Sumpter, Villanova
See also
- 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
- 2006–07 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
- 2006–07 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
- 2006–07 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team
- 2006–07 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team
References
- ^ "2006-07 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12-13-2013.
- ^ FanHouse
- ^ "Syracuse to vacate wins, lose 12 scholarships; Boeheim suspended". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA investigation costs Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim 108 wins, drops him to 6th all-time". syracuse.com. March 6, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ "Syracuse basketball's 101 vacated wins will include memorable 2006 Big East title". syracuse.com. October 17, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ syracuse.com (October 19, 2016). "Syracuse basketball can't keep wins, but it can keep Big East, NCAA banners". syracuse.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "2004-05 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 21, 2025.