2006–07 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

2006–07 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

EA Sports Maui Invitational Champions, Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions
Final Four vs. Florida, L 76–66
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#3
AP	#7^[1]
2006–07 record	30–6 (15–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Howland (4th year)
Assistant coach	Donny Daniels
Assistant coach	Scott Garson
Assistant coach	Kerry Keating
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

	Conf				Overall
2006–07 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
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 Oregon†²	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^[2] ¹ Holds tie-breaker, ² Holds second tie-breaker.

The 2006–07 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins finished first in the Pacific-10 Conference standings.^[3] The team reached the Final Four in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row, losing to the Florida Gators.

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid PG	St. Louis, MO	Country Day HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Nikola Dragovic SF	Belgrade, Serbia	Second Secondary School of Economics	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Jul 7, 2006
Nikola Dragovic SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
James Keefe PF	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Santa Margarita HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Nov 18, 2004
James Keefe PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Russell Westbrook SG	Hawthorne, CA	Leuzinger HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Apr 18, 2004
Russell Westbrook SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 21 Rivals: NR
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: "UCLA Commit List for 2006". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "ESPN – UCLA Bruins Basketball Recruiting 2006". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011. "2006 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011.

Roster

No.	Position	Year	Player
0	PG/SG	Fr	Russell Westbrook
2	PG	So	Darren Collison
3	SF/SG	So	Josh Shipp
4	SG	Jr	Arron Afflalo
5	PG/SG	So	DeAndre Robinson
10	PG/SG	Fr	Mustafa Abdul-Hamid
11	C/PF	So	Ryan Wright
12	PF/C	So	Alfred Aboya

No.	Position	Year	Player
13	PF	Fr	James Keefe
14	C	Jr	Lorenzo Mata
20	SG/SF	So	Michael Roll
22	SF/SG	So	David McGrath
23	SF/PF	So	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
24	PG/SG	So	Joey Ellis
41	PF/SF	Fr	Nikola Dragović
55	PG/SG	Jr	Matt Lee

Schedule

Date	Opponent	rank	Location	Result	Overall	Conf.
Exhibition Games
November 2, 2006	Cal Poly Pomona	5	Pauley Pavilion	W 73–43	0–0	0–0
November 9, 2006	Humboldt State	5	Pauley Pavilion	W 87–61	0–0	0–0
Regular season
November 15, 2006	BYU	6	Pauley Pavilion	W 82–69	1–0	0–0
November 20, 2006	Chaminade	5	Maui, HI¹	W 88–63	2–0	0–0
November 21, 2006	^#22 Kentucky	5	Maui, HI¹	W 73–68	3–0	0–0
November 22, 2006	Georgia Tech	5	Maui, HI¹	W 88–73	4–0	0–0
November 28, 2006	Long Beach State	2	Pauley Pavilion	W 88–58	5–0	0–0
December 3, 2006	UC Riverside	2	Pauley Pavilion	W 61–38	6–0	0–0
December 5, 2006	Cal State Fullerton	1	Pauley Pavilion	W 78–54	7–0	0–0
December 9, 2006	^#6 Texas A&M	1	Anaheim, CA²	W 65–62	8–0	0–0
December 16, 2006	Oakland	1	Pauley Pavilion	W 74–53	9–0	0–0
December 19, 2006	Sam Houston State	1	Pauley Pavilion	W 75–61	10–0	0–0
December 23, 2006	Michigan	1	Pauley Pavilion	W 92–55	11–0	0–0
December 28, 2006	Washington State	1	Pauley Pavilion	W 55–52	12–0	1–0
December 31, 2006	^#13 Washington	1	Pauley Pavilion	W 96–74	13–0	2–0
January 4, 2007	Oregon State	1	Gill Coliseum	W 71–56	14–0	3–0
January 6, 2007	^#17 Oregon	1	McArthur Court	L 66–68	14–1	3–1
January 13, 2007	Southern California	3	Galen Center	W 65–64	15–1	4–1
January 18, 2007	Arizona State	2	Pauley Pavilion	W 60–50	16–1	5–1
January 20, 2007	^#12 Arizona	2	Pauley Pavilion	W 73–69	17–1	6–1
January 25, 2007	California	2	Haas Pavilion	W 62–46	18–1	7–1
January 28, 2007	Stanford	2	Maples Pavilion	L 68–75	18–2	7–2
February 1, 2007	^#9 Oregon	5	Pauley Pavilion	W 69–57	19–2	8–2
February 2, 2007	Oregon State	5	Pauley Pavilion	W 82–35	20–2	9–2
February 7, 2007	^#21 Southern California	2	Pauley Pavilion	W 70–65	21–2	10–2
February 10, 2007	West Virginia	2	WVU Coliseum	L 65–70	21–3	10–2
February 15, 2007	Arizona State	7	Wells Fargo Arena	W 67–61	22–3	11–2
February 17, 2007	^#24 Arizona	7	McKale Center	W 81–66	23–3	12–2
February 22, 2007	California	4	Pauley Pavilion	W 85–75	24–3	13–2
February 24, 2007	Stanford	4	Pauley Pavilion	W 75–61	25–3	14–2
March 1, 2007	^#13 Washington State	2	Beasley Coliseum	W 53–45	26–3	15–2
March 3, 2007	Washington	2	Bank of America Arena	L 51–61	26–4	15–3
Pacific-10 Conference Tournament
March 8, 2007	California	3	Staples Center	L 69–76 (OT)	26–5	15–4
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2007	Weber State	7	Sacramento, CA	W 70–42	27–5	15–4
March 17, 2007	Indiana	7	Sacramento, CA	W 54–49	28–5	15–4
March 22, 2007	^#10 Pittsburgh	7	San Jose, CA	W 64–55	29–5	15–4
March 24, 2007	^#2 Kansas	7	San Jose, CA	W 68–55	30–5	15–4
March 31, 2007	^#3 Florida	7	Atlanta, GA	L 66–76	30–6	15–4
*Conference games in green. Opponent rankings from Coaches' Poll. ¹EA Sports Maui Invitational, ²John R. Wooden Classic

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References

↑ "ESPN 2007 final rankings". Archived from the original on January 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
↑ "2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
↑ "Pac-10 conference standings". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
↑ "UCLA Bruins 2006–07 schedule". Archived from the original on November 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-21.

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Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)

Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC

Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin

People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players

Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 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 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2006–07 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

See also

References