2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
2006–07 record 23–12 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Bruce Weber
Assistant coach Wayne McClain
Assistant coach Jay Price
Assistant coach Tracy Webster
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 2005–06 2007–08 »

The 2006–07 season was head coach Bruce Weber's fourth at the University of Illinois. The team finished with 9–7 conference and 21–10 overall records. The Illini advanced to the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament and were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Contents

2006–07 Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
1 Trent Meacham G 6–2 195 So Champaign, IL
2 Chris Hicks G 6–2 195 Fr Chicago, IL
3 Chester Frazier G 6–2 195 So Baltimore, MD
5 Brian Carlwell C 6–10 296 Fr Maywood, IL
25 Calvin Brock G 6–5 200 So Chicago, IL
31 Jamar Smith G 6–3 185 So Peoria, IL
33 Rich McBride G 6–3 205 Sr Springfield, IL
34 C.J. Jackson F 6–8 265 Fr Buena Vista, GA
41 Warren Carter F 6–8 220 Sr Dallas, TX
42 Brian Randle F 6–8 220 Jr East Peoria, IL
44 Marcus Arnold F 6–8 245 Sr Chicago, IL
50 Richard Semrau C 6–10 240 Fr Grafton, OH
55 Shaun Pruitt C 6–10 245 So Aurora, IL 
Indicates Red Shirt Year

2006–07 Results

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Record
11/13/06* 7:00 PM Austin Peay Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL W 80–35  16,618 1–0
11/15/06* 7:00 PM Jackson State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL W 76–55  16,618 2–0
11/17/06* 7:00 PM Georgia Southern Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 85–50  16,618 3–0
11/19/06* 4:00 PM Florida A&M Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL W 84–63  16,618 4–0
11/21/06* 7:00 PM Savannah State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL W 81–34  16,618 5–0
11/24/06* 7:30 PM vs. Miami (OH) Sears Centre • Hoffman Estates, IL WCIA W 51–49  7,388 6–0
11/25/06* 7:30 PM vs. Bradley Sears Centre • Hoffman Estates, IL WCIA W 75–71  8,532 7–0
11/28/06* 6:00 PM #19 Maryland Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN L 66–72  16,618 7–1
12/2/06* 4:00 PM vs. #16 Arizona US Airways Center • Phoenix, AZ ESPN L 72–84  15,507 7–2
12/6/06* 7:00 PM IUPUI Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 87–59  16,618 8–2
12/9/06* 1:00 PM Illinois-Chicago United Center • Chicago, IL ESPN Plus W 71–66  16,424 9–2
12/17/06* 4:00 PM Belmont Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 77–51  16,618 10–2
12/19/06* 8:00 PM vs. Missouri Scottrade Center • St. Louis, MO ESPN W 73–70  22,153 11–2
12/21/06* 7:00 PM Idaho State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 71–60  16,618 12–2
12/29/06* 8:00 PM vs. Xavier U.S. Bank Arena • Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 L 59–65  13,256 12–3
1/3/07 7:00 PM at Michigan Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI ESPN Plus L 61–71  11,023 12–4 (0–1)
1/7/07 1:00 PM #6 Ohio State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN L 44–62  16,618 12–5 (0–2)
1/10/07 7:00 PM Iowa Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 74–70  16,618 13–5 (1–2)
1/14/07 12:30 PM at Michigan State Breslin Student Events Center • East Lansing, MI CBS L 57–63  14,759 13–6 (1–3)
1/17/07 6:00 PM at Minnesota Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 64–52  11,020 14–6 (2–3)
1/20/07 1:00 PM #3 Wisconsin Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN L 64–71  16,618 14–7 (2–4)
1/23/07 6:00 PM #24 Indiana Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN W 51–43  16,618 15–7 (3–4)
1/27/07 1:30 PM at Purdue Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN ESPN Plus L 47–64  14,123 15–8 (3–5)
1/30/07 8:00 PM Michigan State Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN W 57–50  16,618 16–8 (4–5)
2/3/07 7:00 PM Minnesota Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 59–49  16,618 17–8 (5–5)
2/7/07 6:00 PM at Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL ESPN2 W 58–43  7,129 18–8 (6–5)
2/10/07 12:00 PM at Indiana Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN CBS L 61–65  17,316 18–9 (6–6)
2/18/07 2:00 PM Northwestern Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPN Plus W 48–37  16,618 19–9 (7–6)
2/21/07 8:00 PM Michigan Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL ESPNU W 54–42  16,618 20–9 (8–6)
2/24/07 1:00 PM at Penn State Bryce Jordan Center • State College, PA ESPN W 68–50  12,034 21–9 (9–6)
3/3/07 11:00 AM at Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA ESPN Plus L 53–60  15,500 21–10 (9–7)
Big Ten Tournament
3/8/07 4:05 PM vs. Penn State United Center • Chicago, IL ESPN2 W 66–60  16,219 22–10
3/9/07 8:10 PM vs. Indiana United Center • Chicago, IL ESPN Plus W 58–54 OT 22,081 23–10
3/10/07 3:05 PM vs. Wisconsin United Center • Chicago, IL CBS L 41–53  20,471 23–11
NCAA Tournament
3/16/07 6:00 PM vs. Virginia Tech Nationwide Arena • Columbus, OH CBS L 52–54  19,916 23–12
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll.

References

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Team
Head coaches
Elwood Brown · F. L. Pinckney · Fletcher Lane · Herb Juul · T. E. Thompson · Ralph Jones · Frank Winters · J. Craig Ruby · Douglas Mills · Harry Combes · Harv Schmidt · Gene Bartow · Lou Henson · Lon Kruger · Bill Self · Bruce Weber
National players of the year
Championships
Helm's Foundation (National): 1915
Big Ten (Regular season): 1915, 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Big Ten (Tournament): 2003, 2005
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Bold Italic connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, underline connotes Big Ten regular season championship, * means Big Ten Tournament championship