2006–07 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
Appearance
2006–07 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 17–14 (6–10 Big East) |
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Home arena | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion |
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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 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2006–07 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–14 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 6–10 record. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by twenty-first-year head coach Jim Calhoun.[2][3]
Recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Jerome Dyson SG |
Andover, New Hampshire | Proctor Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sep 17, 2005 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Ben Eaves SF |
Worcester, Massachusetts | Worcester Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 24, 2005 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Gavin Edwards C |
Gilbert, Arizona | Mesquite HS | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Mar 31, 2006 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Curtis Kelly PF |
New York City, New York | Rice HS | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Jun 29, 2005 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Jonathan Mandeldove C |
Chatham, Virginia | Hargrave Military Academy | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Sep 18, 2005 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Stanley Robinson PF |
Birmingham, Alabama | Huffman High School-Magnet | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 212 lb (96 kg) | Oct 11, 2005 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Hasheem Thabeet C |
Houston, Texas | Cypress Community Christian | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) | 245 lb (111 kg) | Jun 2, 2006 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Doug Wiggins PG |
East Hartford, Connecticut | East Hartford HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Jan 3, 2005 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 5 Rivals: 4 | ||||||
Sources:
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Roster
[edit]Listed are the student athletes who are members of the 2006–2007 team.[4]
# | Name | Position | Year |
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4 | Jeff Adrien | Forward | So |
24 | Craig Austrie | Guard | So |
11 | Jerome Dyson | Guard | Fr |
2 | Ben Eaves | Forward | So |
33 | Gavin Edwards | Forward | Fr |
35 | Marty Gagne | Guard | Sr |
25 | Rob Garrison | Guard | So |
1 | Marcus Johnson | Forward | So |
14 | Curtis Kelly | Forward | Fr |
32 | Jonathan Mandeldove | Center | Fr |
12 | A. J. Price | Guard | So |
21 | Stanley Robinson | Forward | Fr |
10 | Ben Spencer | Guard | Jr |
34 | Hasheem Thabeet | Center | Fr |
3 | Doug Wiggins | Guard | Fr |
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/1/2006* |
No. 18 | American International | W 75–59 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut | |||||||
11/6/2006* |
No. 18 | Bryant | W 70–45 | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
11/10/2006* SNY |
No. 18 | Quinnipiac | W 53–46 | 1–0 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | ||||||
11/17/2006* |
No. 21 | Central Arkansas Hispanic College Fund Classic |
W 88–59 | 2–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (14,557) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
11/18/2006* SNY |
No. 21 | Fairfield Hispanic College Fund Classic |
W 74–49 | 3–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (14,232) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
11/19/2006* ESPNU |
No. 21 | Ole Miss Hispanic College Fund Classic |
W 77–59 | 4–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (14,813) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
11/26/2006* FSN New York |
No. 18 | Albany | W 86–55 | 5–0 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | ||||||
11/29/2006* FSN New York |
No. 20 | Sacred Heart | W 89–46 | 6–0 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | ||||||
12/3/2006* |
No. 20 | Texas Southern | W 106–55 | 7–0 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | ||||||
12/6/2006* SNY |
No. 19 | Northeastern | W 81–53 | 8–0 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | ||||||
12/17/2006* FSN New York |
No. 14 | Saint Mary's College | W 89–73 | 9–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (14,308) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
12/20/2006* ESPNU |
No. 14 | Pepperdine | W 88–66 | 10–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (15,117) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
12/27/2006* |
No. 12 | Coppin State | W 84–41 | 11–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (15,351) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
12/30/2006 ESPN2 |
No. 12 | at West Virginia | L 71–81 | 11–1 (0–1) |
WVU Coliseum (11,903) Morgantown, West Virginia | ||||||
1/2/2007 SNY |
No. 18 | South Florida | W 69–50 | 12–1 (1–1) |
Hartford Civic Center (15,174) Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
1/6/2007* ESPN |
No. 18 | at No. 19 LSU ESPN College GameDay |
L 49–66 | 12–2 |
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,121) Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
1/10/2007 SNY |
No. 24 | No. 8 Marquette | L 69–73 | 12–3 (1–2) |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | ||||||
1/13/2007 MSG |
No. 24 | at St. John's | W 68–59 | 13–3 (2–2) |
Madison Square Garden (12,178) New York City | ||||||
1/16/2007 ESPN2 |
at No. 6 Pittsburgh | L 54–63 | 13–4 (2–3) |
Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh | |||||||
1/20/2007* CBS |
Indiana | L 73–77 | 13–5 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
1/22/2007 ESPN |
at Louisville | L 54–68 | 13–6 (2–4) |
Freedom Hall (19,876) Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
1/27/2007 FSN New York |
Providence | L 72–84 | 13–7 (2–5) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
1/31/2007 SNY |
at No. 21 DePaul | L 58–66 | 13–8 (2–6) |
Allstate Arena (10,003) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
2/3/2007 MSG |
Rutgers | W 61–50 | 14–8 (3–6) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
2/5/2007 ESPN |
Syracuse Rivalry |
W 67–60 | 15–8 (4–6) |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | |||||||
2/11/2007* CBS |
at Georgia Tech | L 52–65 | 15–9 |
Georgia Dome (19,194) Atlanta | |||||||
2/14/2007 MSG |
Seton Hall | W 67–55 | 16–9 (5–6) |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | |||||||
2/17/2007 ABC |
at Syracuse Rivalry |
L 63–73 | 16–10 (5–7) |
Carrier Dome (32,376) Syracuse, New York | |||||||
2/21/2007 FSN New York |
at Rutgers | W 65–55 | 17–10 (6–7) |
Louis Brown Athletic Center (7,070) Piscataway, New Jersey | |||||||
2/25/2007 CBS |
Louisville | L 69–76 | 17–11 (6–8) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
2/28/2007 ESPN |
Villanova | L 74–78 | 17–12 (6–9) |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut | |||||||
3/3/2007 CBS |
at No. 10 Georgetown Rivalry |
L 46–59 | 17–13 (6–10) |
Verizon Center (18,764) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
3/7/2007 ESPN |
vs. Syracuse First Round/Rivalry |
L 65–78 | 17–14 |
Madison Square Garden (19,594) New York | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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References
[edit]- ^ "2006-07 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12-13-2013.
- ^ 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
- ^ "UCONN Men's Basketball – University of Connecticut Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.