2006–07 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Lorenzo Romar, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

2006–07 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record19–13 (8–10 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
Seasons
2006–07 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 UCLA 15 3   .833 30 6   .833
No. 13 Washington State 13 5   .722 26 8   .765
No. 23 USC1 11 7   .611 25 12   .676
No. 10 Oregon2 11 7   .611 29 8   .784
Arizona 11 7   .611 20 11   .645
Stanford 10 8   .556 18 13   .581
Washington 8 10   .444 19 13   .594
California 6 12   .333 16 17   .485
Oregon State 3 15   .167 11 21   .344
Arizona State 2 16   .111 8 22   .267
Conference tournament winner
As of March 18, 2007
Rankings from AP poll[1]
1 Holds tie-breaker, 2 Holds second tie-breaker.

The Huskies were 18–12 overall in the regular season and 8–10 in conference play, seventh in the standings.[2] Washington had only one road win in league play (over last place Arizona State), and ended the regular season with home wins over USC and second-ranked UCLA, the regular season champion.[3][4]

At the conference tournament in Los Angeles, Washington defeated tenth seed Arizona State in the first round,[5][6][7] but lost to rival Washington State by ten points in a quarterfinal;[8] it was the fifth straight loss to the Cougars.[7][9]

Postseason results edit

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Wed, March 7
8:30 pm, FSN
vs. (10) Arizona State
First round
W 59–51  19–12
Staples Center (15,119)
Los Angeles, California
Thu, March 8
8:30 pm, FSN
vs. No. 11 (2) Washington State
Quarterfinal
L 64–74  19–13
Staples Center (16,585)
Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References edit

  1. ^ "2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
  2. ^ "Pac-10 men's basketball final standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 4, 2007. p. D1.
  3. ^ "Huskies humble No. 2 Bruins". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 4, 2007. p. D6.
  4. ^ Nadel, John (March 7, 2007). "Pac-10 features elite group". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C3.
  5. ^ "Huskies postpone season's end". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 8, 2007. p. E5.
  6. ^ Kasses, Glenn (March 8, 2007). "Third time around". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. ^ a b Nadel, John (March 8, 2007). "UW forced Round 3". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  8. ^ Kasses, Glenn (March 9, 2007). "Half again as good". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  9. ^ Harris, Beth (March 9, 2007). "Dawgs gone". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.

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