2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball

Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2006–07 record	18–15 (9–9 CAA)
Head coach	Jim Larranaga
Assistant coach	Scott Cherry
Assistant coach	James Johnson
Assistant coach	Chris Caputo
Home arena	Patriot Center

	Conf				Overall
2006–07 CAA men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU†	16	–	2	.889	28	–	7	.800
Old Dominion	15	–	3	.833	24	–	9	.727
Hofstra	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Drexel	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
George Mason	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Northeastern	9	–	9	.500	13	–	19	.406
Towson	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
William & Mary	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Georgia State	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
UNC Wilmington	4	–	14	.222	7	–	22	.241
James Madison	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Delaware	3	–	15	.167	5	–	26	.161


† CAA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 41st season of collegiate play on November 11, 2006 at Cleveland State. They are coming off their historic 2005–2006 season where they lost to the Florida Gators in the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Season notes

After playing in the first 2 games, Sammy Hernandez requested a transfer from the team.^[1] He is now enrolled at Florida Atlantic University.

Awards

Second Team All-CAA

Will Thomas

Third Team All-CAA

Folarin Campbell

CAA All-Defensive Team

Will Thomas

CAA Player of the Week

Will Thomas – Nov. 13
Jordan Carter – Jan. 15

CAA Rookie of the Week

Louis Birdsong – Dec. 26

Roster

2006–07 George Mason men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
3.5 !F	33	Birdsong, LouisLouis Birdsong	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mount Saint Joseph’s	Baltimore, MD
1.5 !G	12	Burns, TimTim Burns	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Worcester Academy	Greenfield, MA
1.5 !G	42	Campbell, FolarinFolarin Campbell	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Springbrook	Silver Spring, MD
1.5 !G	2	Carter, JordanJordan Carter	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 175 lb (79 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brebeuf	Indianapolis, IN
3.5 !F	40	Fleming, ChrisChris Fleming	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 240 lb (109 kg)	2.0 !So	Osbourn Park	Manassas, VA
3.5 !F	3	Konate, MakanMakan Konate	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Worcester Academy	Mali
1.5 !G	24	Makings, CharlesCharles Makings	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	St. John's College	Silver Spring, MD
3.5 !F	32	Monroe, DarrylDarryl Monroe	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 275 lb (125 kg)	3.0 !Jr	First Colonial	Virginia Beach, VA
3.5 !F	5	Norwood, GabeGabe Norwood	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	State College	State College, PA
1.5 !G	1	Smith, DreDre Smith	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Lamar	Houston, TX
3.5 !F	34	Thomas, WillWill Thomas	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Mount Saint Joseph’s	Baltimore, MD
3.5 !F	13	Urbina, JesusJesus Urbina	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 235 lb (107 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Amelia Academy	Venezuela
1.5 !G	23	Vaughn, JohnJohn Vaughn	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 179 lb (81 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Laurel	Laurel, MD

Head coach

Jim Larranaga (Providence)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Cherry (North Carolina)
James Johnson (Ferrum)
Chris Caputo (Westfield)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-07-27

Stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Folarin Campbell	32	32	32.7	.376	.307	.722	3.9	3.8	1.3	.3	13.9
Will Thomas	33	33	34.8	.627	.000	.622	6.9	2.2	.6	.6	13.3
John Vaughan	32	13	23.3	.397	.311	.655	2.8	1.1	.6	.0	8.3
Dre Smith	32	18	22.6	.410	.391	.593	2.2	1.3	.8	.1	8.0
Darryl Monroe	33	19	20.9	.563	.000	.471	3.9	1.1	.5	.6	6.1
Jordan Carter	33	24	23.1	.483	.460	.676	2.9	2.2	1.0	.2	5.0
Gabe Norwood	33	9	18.7	.465	.382	.706	2.1	1.8	.7	.2	3.6
Louis Birdsong	30	5	13.6	.488	.000	.762	2.9	.6	.2	.4	3.3
Tim Burns	18	2	6.9	.353	.346	.333	.4	.2	.1	.1	1.9
Chris Fleming	19	3	7.0	.542	.000	.500	.8	.1	.1	.1	1.5
Charles Makings	7	0	2.7	1.000	.000	.500	1.0	.1	.0	.0	1.3
Jesus Urbina	21	6	8.8	.324	.100	.200	2.5	.1	.2	.2	1.1
Sammy Hernandez	2	0	4.5	.500	.000	.000	1.5	.5	.0	.0	1.0
Makan Konate	9	1	2.1	.143	.000	.000	.3	.1	.0	.0	.2

Game log

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
November 1*	Marymount (Exhibition)	W 84–48		Patriot Center
November 11*	at Cleveland State	W 79–74	1–0	Wolstein Center
November 18*	Wichita State (Final Four Banner Unveiling)	L 72–66	1–1	Patriot Center
November 21*	at Hampton	W 55–46	2–1
November 25*	at Creighton	L 58–56	2–2	Qwest Center Omaha
November 27*	Florida International	W 65–39	3–2	Patriot Center
December 3*	vs. Bucknell (BB&T Classic)	L 60–57	3–3	Verizon Center
December 6*	at Radford	W 62–60	4–3	Dedmon Center
December 9*	at #7 Duke	L 69–53	4–4	Cameron Indoor
December 21*	at Holy Cross	W 58–46	5–4	Hart Recreation Center
December 28	at Drexel	L 61–49	5–5 (0–1)	Daskalakis Athletic Center
December 30*	Mississippi State	W 63–59	6–5	Patriot Center
January 3	William & Mary	L 67–63	6–6 (0–2)	Patriot Center
January 6	at Old Dominion	L 65–63	6–7 (0–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center
January 8	UNC-Wilmington	W 55–34	7–7 (1–3)	Patriot Center
January 11	at Towson	W 73–44	8–7 (2–3)	Towson Center
January 13	James Madison	W 73–52	9–7 (3–3)	Patriot Center
January 16	at William & Mary	W 76–63	10–7 (4–3)	Kaplan Arena
January 20	Northeastern	W 78–53	11–7 (5–3)	Patriot Center
January 24	Virginia Commonwealth	L 75–62	11–8 (5–4)	Patriot Center
January 27	at James Madison	W 59–41	12–8 (6–4)	JMU Convocation Center
January 29	at UNC-Wilmington	L 65–58	12–9 (6–5)	Trask Coliseum
January 31	Delaware	W 89–59	13–9 (7–5)	Patriot Center
February 3	Old Dominion	L 66–56	13–10 (7–6)	Patriot Center
February 8	at Virginia Commonwealth	L 63–49	13–11 (7–7)	Stuart C. Siegel Center
February 10	Hofstra	L 68–60	13–12 (7–8)	Patriot Center
February 14	at Delaware	W 66–46	14–12 (8–8)	Bob Carpenter Center
February 17*	Kent State (Homecoming/ESPN Bracket Busters)	L 68–62	14–13	Patriot Center
February 20	Georgia State	W 60–54	15–13 (9–8)	Patriot Center
February 24	at Northeastern	L 73–50	15–14 (9–9)	Matthews Arena
March 2	vs. James Madison (CAA Tournament First Round)	W 73–62	16–14	Richmond Coliseum
March 3	vs. Hofstra (CAA Tournament Quarterfinals)	W 64–61	17–14	Richmond Coliseum
March 4	vs. Old Dominion (CAA Tournament Semifinals)	W 79–63	18–14	Richmond Coliseum
March 5	vs. Virginia Commonwealth (CAA Tournament Finals)	L 65–59	18–15	Richmond Coliseum
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2007–08 season:

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Vlad Moldoveanu PF	Bucharest, Romania	St. John’s College	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 11, 2006
Vlad Moldoveanu PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Cam Long SG	Woodbridge, Virginia	Freedom	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 18, 2006
Cam Long SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Isaiah Tate SG	Hyattsville, Maryland	DeMatha	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 24, 2006
Isaiah Tate SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Jay Threatt PG	Highland Springs, Virginia	Highland Springs	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	May 9, 2007
Jay Threatt PG	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09.

References

↑ Sammy Hernandez to Seek Transfer – The Mason Gazette – George Mason University

George Mason Patriots men's basketball

Venues	Patriot Center (1985–present)

Rivalries	VCU

Culture & lore	History The Patriot

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics