2006–07 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

2006–07 Oregon Ducks men's basketball
Pacific-10 Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament Midwest Region 3 Seed
Elite Eight
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2006–07 record 29-8 (11-7 Pac-10)
Head coach Ernie Kent
Assistant coach Mark Hudson
Assistant coach Kenny Payne
Home arena McArthur Court
2006–07 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 UCLA 15 3   .833     30 6   .833
#13 Washington State 13 5   .722     26 8   .765
#23 USC1 11 7   .611     25 12   .676
#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
2007 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2007; Rankings from AP Poll[1]
1 Holds tie-breaker, 2 Holds second tie-breaker.

The 2006–07 Oregon Ducks experienced what many would argue as one of their most memorable and successful seasons in school history. Freshman Tajuan Porter, who was not heavily recruited, along with senior and leader Aaron Brooks helped lead the Ducks to a successful season. They began their season by completing their non-conference schedule at a perfect 12–0, including a come-from-behind win at Rice and an important east-coast win at then ranked #19 Georgetown. The Ducks suffered their first loss of the season against USC but were able to bounce back and defeat then ranked #1 UCLA marking the second time in school history the Ducks had defeated a #1 Bruins team. Towards the end of the season Oregon suffered a streak in which they lost 6 of 8 games, the skid dropped the Ducks from #7 to #23 in the AP Poll. However the Ducks managed to bounce back, winning 9 games in a row, including a sweep of the Pac-10 Championship Tournament – in dominating fashion – first round wins over Miami University (Ohio), Winthrop University, and a Sweet Sixteen victory over UNLV. Their final game of the season was a 77–85 loss to eventual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament champions, Florida.

The team also featured Malik Hairston, who was drafted in 2008.

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