2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Season began on November 7, 2006 in College Park, Maryland, USA. It started when Maryland played Hampton in a non-conference game. The conference schedule began on December 3, 2006 in Charlottesville, Virginia where Virginia defeated NC State 67–62. Following the season the 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Tampa, Florida with North Carolina claiming the crown.

1 Final standings
- 1.1 Notes
2 Statistical leaders
3 Players of the week
4 ACC-Big Ten Challenge
5 Conference honors
6 ACC Tournament
7 Postseason
- 7.1 NCAA Tournament
- 7.2 NIT
8 References

Final standings

Team^[1]	ACC Regular Season	ACC %	ACC Home	ACC Road	All Games	All Games %	All Home	All Road	All Neutral
North Carolina	11–5	.688	7–1	4–4	31–7	.816	16–1	6–4	9–2
Virginia	11–5	.688	8–0	3–5	21–11	.656	16–1	3–6	2–4
Maryland	10–6	.625	6–2	4–4	25–9	.735	17–2	5–4	3–3
Virginia Tech	10–6	.625	6–2	4–4	22–12	.647	13–2	5–5	4–5
Boston College	10–6	.625	6–2	4–4	21–12	.636	14–4	5–6	2–2
Duke	8–8	.500	4–4	4–4	22–11	.667	15–4	5–4	2–3
Georgia Tech	8–8	.500	7–1	1–7	20–12	.645	17–1	1–8	2–3
Clemson	7–9	.438	4–4	3–5	25–11	.694	16–4	6–5	3–2
Florida State	7–9	.438	5–3	2–6	22–13	.629	16–3	4–9	2–1
North Carolina State	5–11	.313	3–5	2–6	20–16	.556	14–6	3–8	3–2
Wake Forest	5–11	.313	4–4	1–7	15–16	.484	12–5	2–9	1–2
Miami	4–12	.250	3–5	1–7	12–20	.375	8–7	3–9	1–4

Notes

UNC and UVA shared the regular season title.
Teams tied in the standings are ranked by non-conference record.

Statistical leaders

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points Per Game			Rebounds Per Game			Assists Per Game			Steals Per Game
Al Thornton	FSU	19.7	Jared Dudley	BC	8.3	Ishmael Smith	WF	6.0	Jamon Gordon	VT	2.8
Jared Dudley	BC	19.0	Tyler Hansbrough	UNC	7.9	Javaris Crittenton	GT	6.1	Zabian Dowdell	VT	2.1
Sean Singletary	UVA	19.0	Josh McRoberts	Duke	7.9	Ty Lawson	UNC	5.6	Javaris Crittenton	GT	2.0
Tyler Hansbrough	UNC	18.4	Ekene Ibekwe	MD	7.9	Tyrese Rice	BC	5.4	D. J. Strawberry	MD	2.0
J. R. Reynolds	UVA	18.4	Kyle Visser	WF	7.4	Sean Singletary	UVA	4.7	Vernon Hamilton	Clem.	1.9

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked Shots Per Game			Field Goal Percentage			Three-Point FG Percentage			Free Throw Percentage
Ekene Ibekwe	MD	2.7	Brandan Wright	UNC	64.6	Jack McClinton	Mia.	44.0	Jack McClinton	Mia.	89.5
Josh McRoberts	Duke	2.5	Ben McCauley	NCSU	58.4				Sean Singletary	UVA	87.2
Trevor Booker	Clem.	2.2	Kyle Visser	WF	48.4				Jon Scheyer	Duke	84.6
James Gist	MD	2.1	Jared Dudley	BC	56.2				J. R. Reynolds	UVA	83.2
Tyrelle Blair	BC	2.1	Al Thornton	FSU	53.0				Zabian Dowdell	VT	80.6

Players of the week

Throughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. The MVP of the ACC Tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.

Week	Player of the week	Rookie of the week
11/13/06	Mamadi Diane, UVA	Ishmael Smith, WF
11/20/06	D. J. Strawberry, MD	Brandan Wright, UNC
11/27/06	Gavin Grant, NCSU	Brandan Wright, UNC
12/4/06	Jack McClinton, Mia.	Wayne Ellington, UNC
12/11/06	Jared Dudley, BC	Trevor Booker, Clem.
12/18/06	Mike Jones, MD	Brandan Wright, UNC
12/25/06	Jamon Gordon, VT	Jon Scheyer, Duke
1/2/07	Sean Singletary, UVA	Brandan Wright, UNC
1/2/07	Josh McRoberts, Duke	Brandan Wright, UNC
1/8/07	Sean Singletary, UVA	Brandan Wright, UNC
1/15/07	Zabian Dowdell, VT	Javaris Crittenton, GT
1/22/07	J. R. Reynolds, UVA	Jon Scheyer, Duke
1/22/07	J. R. Reynolds, UVA	Dwayne Collins, Mia.
1/29/07	Zabian Dowdell, VT	Ty Lawson, UNC
2/5/07	Jared Dudley, BC	Brandon Costner, NCSU
2/12/07	Jared Dudley, BC	Brandan Wright, UNC
2/12/07	Jared Dudley, BC	Javaris Crittenton, GT
2/19/07	D. J. Strawberry, MD	Greivis Vásquez, MD
2/26/07	D. J. Strawberry, MD	Jon Scheyer, Duke
3/5/07	Al Thornton, FSU	Javaris Crittenton, GT
3/12/07	Brandan Wright, UNC	None Selected

ACC-Big Ten Challenge

November 27

N.C. State 74, Michigan 67

November 28

Maryland 72, Illinois 66
Wisconsin 81, Florida State 66
Georgia Tech 77, Penn State 73
Duke 54, Indiana 51
Northwestern 61, Miami 59

November 29

Boston College 65, Michigan State 58
Purdue 61, Virginia 59
Virginia Tech 69, Iowa 65
North Carolina 98, Ohio State 89
Clemson 90, Minnesota 68

- Wake Forest did not play.
- ACC won 8–3

Conference honors

ACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season.

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Kyle Visser, Sr., Wake Forest
Javaris Crittenton, Fr., Georgia Tech
Brandon Costner, Fr., North Carolina State
Jamon Gordon, Sr., Virginia Tech
Jack McClinton, So., Miami

Honorable Mention: Ben McCauley, So., NCSU; James Mays, Jr., Clem.; DeMarcus Nelson, Jr., Duke; James Gist, Jr., MD; Ekene Ibekwe, Sr., MD^[6]

All-ACC Freshman team

All-ACC Defensive team

ACC Tournament

See 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

ACC Record: 7–7

1 North Carolina (3–1) – Elite Eight

W 16 Eastern Kentucky 86–65

W 9 Michigan State 81–67

W 5 USC 74–64

L 2 Georgetown 84–96 (OT)

4 Virginia (1–1)

W 13 Albany 84–57

L 5 Tennessee 74–77

4 Maryland (1–1)

W 13 Davidson 82–70

L 5 Butler 59–62

5 Virginia Tech (1–1)

W 12 Illinois 54–52

L 4 Southern Illinois 48–63

6 Duke (0–1)

L 11 Virginia Commonwealth 77–79

7 Boston College (1–1)

W 10 Texas Tech 84–75

L 2 Georgetown 55–62

10 Georgia Tech (0–1)

L 11 UNLV 63–67

NIT

Main article: 2007 National Invitation Tournament

ACC Record: 8–3

1 Clemson (4–1) – Runner-Up

W 8 East Tennessee State 64–57

W 4 Ole Miss 89–68

W 2 Syracuse 74–70

W 1 Air Force 68–67

L 1 West Virginia 73–78

2 Florida State (2–1)

W 7 Toledo 77–61

W 3 Michigan 87–66

L 1 Mississippi State 71–86

6 North Carolina State (2–1)

W 3 Drexel 63–56

W 7 Marist 69–62

L 1 West Virginia 66–71

References

^ "ACC 2006–07 men's basketball Final Release". ACC. April 8, 2007. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/06-07-final-notes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ "BC's Jared Dudley Named ACC Player of the Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aal.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ "North Carolina's Brandan Wright named ACC Rookie of the Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aah.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ "Virginia's Dave Leitao Selected ACC Men's Basketball Coach Of The Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aai.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ "Jamon Gordon Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aak.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ "ACSMA Announces 2007 ACC Men's Basketball All-ACC Teams". ACC. March 5, 2007. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030507aaq.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

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