2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball
2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 25
Record	24–11 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Bruce Pearl (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Jones; Steve Forbes; Jason Shay;
Home arena	Thompson–Boling Arena

2006–07 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 3 Florida †	13	–	3	.813	35	–	5	.875
Vanderbilt	10	–	6	.625	22	–	12	.647
No. 25	10	–	6	.625	24	–	11	.686
Kentucky	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
Georgia	8	–	8	.500	19	–	14	.576
South Carolina	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
West
Mississippi State	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Ole Miss	8	–	8	.500	21	–	14	.600
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	21	–	14	.600
Auburn	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	20	–	12	.625
LSU	5	–	11	.313	17	–	15	.531

† 2007 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Bruce Pearl, the Volunteers played their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee finished third in the SEC East division standings, then were knocked out of the SEC Tournament in the quarterfinal round. After receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Southeast region, Tennessee reached the Sweet Sixteen before losing to No. 1 seed and eventual National runner-up Ohio State by a single point in the regional semi-final.^[1] The team finished the season with a 24–11 record (10–6 SEC).

Roster

2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	2	JaJuan Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Cleveland, Tennessee
F	4	Wayne Chism	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	Fr	Jackson, Tennessee
G	5	Chris Lofton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Maysville, Kentucky
G	12	Ramar Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Mount Clemens, Michigan
G	23	Dane Bradshaw	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Memphis, Tennessee
F	32	Duke Crews	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Fr	Hampton, Virginia

Head coach

Bruce Pearl

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2006*	No. 25	Middle Tennessee	W 83–52	1–0	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 13, 2006*	No. 25	vs. Fordham	W 78–71	2–0	Bridgestone Arena
Nov 14, 2006*	No. 25	vs. UNC Wilmington	W 87–75	3–0	Bridgestone Arena
Nov 19, 2006*	No. 25	Coppin State	W 99–65	4–0	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 23, 2006*		Texas	W 111–105 ^OT	10–2	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 28, 2006*	No. 21	Tennessee Tech	W 101–77	11–2	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 30, 2006*	No. 21	East Tennessee State	W 93–88	12–2	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
SEC regular season
Jan 7, 2007	No. 19	Mississippi State	W 92–84	13–2 (1–0)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 10, 2007	No. 16	at Vanderbilt	L 81–82	13–3 (1–1)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 13, 2007*	No. 16	at No. 5 Ohio State	L 66–68	13–4	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 3, 2007		at Georgia	W 71–65	22–9 (10–6)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
SEC tournament
Mar 8, 2007*	No. 22	vs. LSU Quarterfinals	L 67–76 ^OT	22–10	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2007*	(5 SE) No. 25	vs. (12 SE) Long Beach State First round	W 121–86	23–10	Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 18, 2007*	(5 SE) No. 25	vs. (4 SE) Virginia Second Round	W 77–74	24–10	Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 22, 2007*	(5 SE) No. 25	vs. (1 SE) No. 1 Ohio State Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 84–85	24–11	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time^[2].

Rankings

References

^ "Oden blocks Smith's last effort; Buckeyes top Vols". ESPN. March 22, 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
^ Tennessee Season Statistics

[1] "Oden blocks Smith's last effort; Buckeyes top Vols". ESPN. March 22, 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

[2] Tennessee Season Statistics

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Tennessee Volunteers basketball
Venues	Jefferson Hall (1923–1932) Alumni Memorial Gym (1932–1958) Stokely Athletic Center (1958–1987) Thompson–Boling Arena (1987–present)
Rivalries	Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	Gambling scandal "Rocky Top" Smokey
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26