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2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season


FieldValue
title2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
color#072E67
color text#EFE3BB
leagueNCAA Division I
sportBasketball
logo_size125px
no_of_teams12
TVRaycom, ESPN
seasonRegular season
season_champsNorth Carolina (11–5)
Virginia (11–5)
season_champ_nameFirst place (tie)
MVPJared Dudley – Boston College
MVP_linkACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
finalsTournament
finals_link2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
finals_champNorth Carolina (16th)
finals_runner-upNorth Carolina State
finals_MVPBrandan Wright – UNC
finals_MVP_linkMost Valuable Player
seasonslistnamesBasketball
prevseason_year2005–06
nextseason_year2007–08

Virginia (11–5) | conf1-runner-up = | conf2-runner-up = | finals_runner-up = North Carolina State The 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Season began on November 7, 2006, in College Park, Maryland, USA. It started when Maryland played in a non-conference game. The conference schedule began on December 3, 2006, in Charlottesville, Virginia where Virginia defeated 67–62. Following the season the 2007 ACC men's basketball tournament took place in Tampa, Florida with North Carolina claiming the crown.

Final standings

TeamACC Regular SeasonACC %ACC HomeACC RoadAll GamesAll Games %All HomeAll RoadAll Neutral
North Carolina11–5.6887–14–431–7.81616–16–49–2
Virginia11–5.6888–03–521–11.65616–13–62–4
Maryland10–6.6256–24–425–9.73517–25–43–3
Virginia Tech10–6.6256–24–422–12.64713–25–54–5
Boston College10–6.6256–24–421–12.63614–45–62–2
Duke8–8.5004–44–422–11.66715–45–42–3
Georgia Tech8–8.5007–11–720–12.64517–11–82–3
Clemson7–9.4384–43–525–11.69416–46–53–2
Florida State7–9.4385–32–622–13.62916–34–92–1
North Carolina State5–11.3133–52–620–16.55614–63–83–2
Wake Forest5–11.3134–41–715–16.48412–52–91–2
Miami4–12.2503–51–712–20.3758–73–91–4

Notes

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

Statistical leaders

PlayerSchoolPPGPlayerSchoolRPGPlayerSchoolAPGPlayerSchoolSPG
Al ThorntonFSU19.7Jared DudleyBC8.3Ishmael SmithWF6.0
Jared DudleyBC19.0Tyler HansbroughUNC7.9Javaris CrittentonGT6.1
Sean SingletaryUVA19.0Josh McRobertsDuke7.9Ty LawsonUNC5.6
Tyler HansbroughUNC18.4Ekene IbekweMD7.9Tyrese RiceBC5.4
J. R. ReynoldsUVA18.4Kyle VisserWF7.4Sean SingletaryUVA4.7
PlayerSchoolBPGPlayerSchoolFG%PlayerSchool3FG%PlayerSchoolFT%
Ekene IbekweMD2.7Brandan WrightUNC64.6Jack McClintonMia.44.0
Josh McRobertsDuke2.5Ben McCauleyNCSU58.4
Trevor BookerClem.2.2Kyle VisserWF48.4
James GistMD2.1Jared DudleyBC56.2
Tyrelle BlairBC2.1Al ThorntonFSU53.0

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.

WeekPlayer of the weekRookie of the week
November 13, 2006Mamadi Diane, UVAIshmael Smith, WF
November 20, 2006D. J. Strawberry, MDBrandan Wright, UNC
November 27, 2006Gavin Grant, NCSUBrandan Wright, UNC
December 4, 2006Jack McClinton, Mia.Wayne Ellington, UNC
December 11, 2006Jared Dudley, BCTrevor Booker, Clem.
December 18, 2006Mike Jones, MDBrandan Wright, UNC
December 25, 2006Jamon Gordon, VTJon Scheyer, Duke
January 2, 2007Sean Singletary, UVABrandan Wright, UNC
Josh McRoberts, Duke
January 8, 2007Sean Singletary, UVABrandan Wright, UNC
January 15, 2007Zabian Dowdell, VTJavaris Crittenton, GT
January 22, 2007J. R. Reynolds, UVAJon Scheyer, Duke
Dwayne Collins, Mia.
January 29, 2007Zabian Dowdell, VTTy Lawson, UNC
February 5, 2007Jared Dudley, BCBrandon Costner, NCSU
February 12, 2007Jared Dudley, BCBrandan Wright, UNC
Javaris Crittenton, GT
February 19, 2007D. J. Strawberry, MDGreivis Vásquez, MD
February 26, 2007D. J. Strawberry, MDJon Scheyer, Duke
March 5, 2007Al Thornton, FSUJavaris Crittenton, GT
March 12, 2007Brandan Wright, UNCNone Selected

ACC-Big Ten Challenge

November 27

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.

Player of the Year

Jared Dudley, Boston College

Rookie of the Year

Brandan Wright, North Carolina

Coach of the Year

Dave Leitao, Virginia

Defensive Player of the Year

Jamon Gordon, Virginia Tech

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

First Team

  • Jared Dudley, Sr., Boston College
  • Tyler Hansbrough, So., North Carolina
  • Al Thornton, Sr., Florida State
  • Sean Singletary, Jr., Virginia
  • Zabian Dowdell, Sr., Virginia Tech

Second Team

  • J. R. Reynolds, Sr., Virginia
  • D. J. Strawberry, Sr., Maryland
  • Tyrese Rice, So., Boston College
  • Josh McRoberts, So., Duke
  • Brandan Wright, Fr., North Carolina

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

All-ACC Freshman team

  • Brandan Wright, North Carolina
  • Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech
  • Brandon Costner, North Carolina State
  • Jon Scheyer, Duke
  • Ty Lawson, North Carolina

All-ACC Defensive team

  • Jamon Gordon, Sr., Virginia Tech
  • Zabian Dowdell, Sr., Virginia Tech
  • Ekene Ibekwe, Sr., Maryland
  • D. J. Strawberry, Sr., Maryland
  • Josh McRoberts, So., Duke

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 9 Michigan State 81–67 ::W 5 USC 74–64 ::L 2 Georgetown 84–96 (OT) **4 [Virginia](2006-07-virginia-cavaliers-men-s-basketball-team)** (1–1) ::W 13 Albany 84–57 ::L 5 Tennessee 74–77 **4 [Maryland](2006-07-maryland-terrapins-men-s-basketball-team)** (1–1) ::W 13 Davidson 82–70 ::L 5 Butler 59–62 **5 [Virginia Tech](2006-07-virginia-tech-hokies-men-s-basketball-team)** (1–1) ::W 12 [Illinois](2006-07-illinois-fighting-illini-men-s-basketball-team) 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](2006-07-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-men-s-basketball-team)** (0–1) ::L 7 UNLV 63–67 ### NIT *Main article: [2007 National Invitation Tournament](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](2006-07-syracuse-orange-men-s-basketball-team) 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 ## References 1. (April 8, 2007). ["ACC 2006–07 men's basketball Final Release"](http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/06-07-final-notes.pdf). *ACC*. 2. (March 6, 2007). ["BC's Jared Dudley Named ACC Player of the Year"](http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aal.html). *ACC*. 3. (March 6, 2007). ["North Carolina's Brandan Wright named ACC Rookie of the Year"](http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aah.html). *ACC*. 4. (March 6, 2007). ["Virginia's Dave Leitao Selected ACC Men's Basketball Coach Of The Year"](http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aai.html). *ACC*. 5. (March 6, 2007). ["Jamon Gordon Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year"](http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aak.html). *ACC*. 6. (March 5, 2007). ["ACSMA Announces 2007 ACC Men's Basketball All-ACC Teams"](http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030507aaq.html). *ACC*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006–07_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_men's_basketball_season) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006–07_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_men's_basketball_season?action=history). ::
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