The 2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the college basketball season of 2006-07, competing in the Big East Conference. The team was led by seventh-year head coach, Mike Brey, and played their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.
2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 17 |
Record | 24–8 (11–5 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Edmund P. Joyce Center |
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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. |
Notre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam tournament and reached their conference games with a 12–1 record. The team finished the season ranked 17th in the Associated Press (AP) Poll, and had a 24–8 record overall (11–5 Big East).
Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2006* |
Purdue-Fort Wayne | W 92–49 | 1–0 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Nov 13, 2006* |
vs. Butler | L 69–71 | 1–1 |
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||||
Nov 14, 2006* |
vs. Lafayette | W 92–60 | 2–1 |
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||||
Nov 19, 2006* |
The Citadel | W 74–50 | 3–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Nov 27, 2006* |
Lehigh | W 93–87 | 4–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Nov 29, 2006* |
Winston-Salem State | W 90–45 | 5–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Dec 3, 2006* |
at No. 23 Maryland | W 81–74 | 6–1 |
Comcast Center College Park, Maryland | |||||||
Dec 7, 2006* |
No. 4 Alabama | W 99–85 | 7–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Dec 16, 2006* |
No. 21 | Elon | W 94–63 | 8–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Dec 19, 2006* |
No. 20 | Portland | W 86–69 | 9–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Dec 21, 2006* |
No. 20 | Army | W 88–47 | 10–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Dec 28, 2006* |
No. 19 | Rider | W 101–51 | 11–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Dec 30, 2006* |
No. 19 | Stony Brook | W 95–66 | 12–1 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Jan 3, 2007 |
No. 17 | Louisville | W 78–62 | 13–1 (1–0) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Jan 6, 2007 |
No. 17 | at Georgetown | L 48–66 | 13–2 (1–1) |
Verizon Center (15,506) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
Jan 9, 2007 |
No. 23 | No. 21 West Virginia | W 61–58 | 14–2 (2–1) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Jan 14, 2007 |
No. 23 | Seton Hall | W 88–76 | 15–2 (3–1) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Jan 17, 2007 |
No. 20 | at Villanova | L 87–102 | 15–3 (3–2) |
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Jan 21, 2007 |
No. 20 | South Florida | W 82–58 | 16–3 (4–2) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Jan 23, 2007 |
at St. John's | L 68–71 | 16–4 (4–3) |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
Jan 27, 2007 |
Villanova | W 66–63 | 17–4 (5–3) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Jan 30, 2007 |
at Syracuse | W 103–91 | 18–4 (6–3) |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | |||||||
Feb 3, 2007 |
at South Florida | L 63–69 | 18–5 (6–4) |
Sun Dome Tampa, Florida | |||||||
Feb 8, 2007 |
at DePaul | L 66–67 | 18–6 (6–5) |
Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 15, 2007 |
Providence | W 81–78 | 19–6 (7–5) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Feb 18, 2007 |
at Cincinnati | W 76–64 | 20–6 (8–5) |
Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 20, 2007 |
DePaul | W 78–54 | 21–6 (9–5) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Feb 24, 2007 |
No. 16 Marquette | W 85–73 | 22–6 (10–5) |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | |||||||
Mar 3, 2007 |
at Rutgers | W 73–66 | 23–6 (11–5) |
Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey | |||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 8, 2007* |
No. 20 | vs. Syracuse | W 89–83 | 24–6 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||||
Mar 9, 2007* |
No. 20 | vs. No. 9 Georgetown | L 82–84 | 24–7 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 2007* |
(6 MW) No. 17 | vs. (11 MW) No. 22 Winthrop First Round |
L 64–74[2] | 24–8 |
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Rankings
editReferences
edit- ^ "2006-07 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12-13-2013.
- ^ "Winthrop victory notches first tourney win for Big South". ESPN. March 16, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2022.