2006–07 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball men's basketball team finished with a 22–12 record (SEC East: 10–6, 2nd) and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores were ranked No. 19 in the final ESPN/USA Today (Coaches) poll.

2006–07 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
2006–07 record22–12 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
2006–07 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
No. 3 Florida133 .813  355  .875
Vanderbilt106 .625  2212  .647
No. 25 Tennessee106 .625  2411  .686
Kentucky97 .563  2212  .647
Georgia88 .500  1914  .576
South Carolina412 .250  1416  .467
West
Mississippi State88 .500  2113  .618
Ole Miss88 .500  2114  .600
Arkansas79 .438  2114  .600
Auburn79 .438  1714  .548
Alabama79 .438  2012  .625
LSU511 .313  1715  .531
SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The team was led by head coach Kevin Stallings and played its home games at Memorial Gymnasium.

Preseason outlook

Entering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in a strong SEC East, behind the defending national champion Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee.[1] They returned three starters: swingmen Shan Foster and Derrick Byars and point guard Alex Gordon. Foster was their leading scorer last season and was the third-leading returning scorer in the SEC. Vanderbilt lost two starters: Julian Terrell, their top rebounder (7.2 rpg), and rising-junior DeMarre Carroll, their second-leading scorer (12.1 ppg). Terrell graduated, while Carroll unexpectedly decided to transfer to Missouri shortly after the 2005–06 season ended, a decision influenced by the fact that Mizzou's new head coach Mike Anderson is his uncle.[2]

Junior Shan Foster was named by the league's coaches to the preseason all-SEC first team.[3]

Regular season

The Commodores got off to a rocky 1–3 start that included an embarrassing home loss to Furman (15–16 final record, 8–10 Southern Conference). After that, Vanderbilt won 17 of their next 22 games, culminating in an 83–70 home win over then-No. 1 Florida (33–5, SEC East: 14–2, 1st). They entered the NCAA Tournament winning only 2 of their last 5 games, including two losses to Arkansas (21–14, SEC West: 7–9, 3rd), but one of the wins was a come-from-behind 67–65 home win over Kentucky (22–12, SEC East: 9–7, 4th), their fourth straight win over the Wildcats.

Vanderbilt finished the regular season tied for 2nd with Tennessee (24–11, SEC East: 10–6) in the SEC East, four games behind eventual national champion Florida (35–5, SEC East: 14–2, 1st).

NCAA tournament

The Commodores were the No. 6 seed in the East Regional and lost 66–65 to No. 2 seeded Georgetown (30–6, Big East: 13–3, 1st) at East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Commodores defeated No. 11 seeded George Washington (23–9, A-10: 11–5, 3rd) in the first round, 77–44, and No. 3 seeded Washington State (26–7, Pac-10: 13–5, 2nd), 78–74, in two overtimes, at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, before losing to Georgetown.

Awards

Following the end of the regular season, head coach Kevin Stallings was named SEC Coach of the Year by his fellow SEC coaches, while senior Derrick Byars was named SEC Player of the Year by the league coaches (the AP chose Chris Lofton of Tennessee). Stallings has now led the Commodores to 20 wins in three of the last four seasons. Byars led the Commodores in scoring with 17.0 points per game and was a unanimous selection to the All-SEC first team. Junior Shan Foster, who averaged 15.6 points per game, was named to the All-SEC second team.[4]

Including NCAA Tournament games, Vanderbilt finished the season 7–3 against teams ranked in the Top 25. Only North Carolina and UCLA had more wins against ranked opponents

Roster and individual statistics

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown High School GP Min Ppg Rpg Apg
0 Jermaine Beal G 6–3 205 Freshman DeSoto, Texas DeSoto 34 16.8 3.8 1.8 1.8
2 David Rodriguez G 6–2 180 Sophomore Sarasota, Florida Out-of-Door Academy 2 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
3 Alex Gordon G 5’11 164 Junior Pensacola, Florida Pensacola 34 24.0 7.8 2.4 3.3
4 Derrick Byars G-F 6–7 230 Senior Memphis, Tennessee Ridgeway 34 31.4 17.0 4.9 3.4
11 Alan Metcalfe F 6–9 265 Junior St. Helens, England Notre Dame Academy (Virginia) 21 7.5 2.6 1.9 0.1
14 Aubrey Hammond G 6–4 184 Junior Charlottesville, Virginia Woodberry Forest School 13 4.2 0.8 0.5 0.2
20 Dan Cage G 6–5 215 Senior Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 34 28.9 11.2 3.3 2.2
31 JeJuan Brown F 6–7 226 Freshman Biloxi, Mississippi Biloxi 34 13.3 3.1 2.5 0.6
32 Shan Foster G-F 6–6 200 Junior Kenner, Louisiana Bonnabel 34 32.4 15.6 4.6 2.3
34 George Drake G 6–4 213 Freshman Calera, AL Calera 33 10.3 2.7 1.4 0.6
41 Ross Neltner F 6–9 247 Junior Fort Thomas, Kentucky Highlands 34 25.0 9.2 5.7 2.2
54 Ted Skuchas C 6–11 242 Senior Audubon, Pennsylvania Germantown Academy 34 15.5 4.0 2.6 0.4

2006–07 schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1*
7:00 pm
Northern State W 9894 
Memorial Gymnasium (9,016)
Nashville, Tennessee
Regular Season
November 15*
8:00 pm, FSN
No. 8 Georgetown L 7086  01
Memorial Gymnasium (12,414)
Nashville, Tennessee
November 21*
8:00 pm, FSN
at Wake Forest L 7888  02
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (7,258)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 25*
7:00 pm
Elon W 8170  12
Memorial Gymnasium (10,253)
Nashville, Tennessee
November 28*
7:00 pm
Furman L 6270  13
Memorial Gymnasium (10,284)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 2*
7:00 pm
Toledo W 9893 OT 23
Memorial Gymnasium (10,177)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 5*
8:00 pm, CSS
ETSU W 10462  33
Memorial Gymnasium (10,012)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 7*
8:00 pm, CSS
Lipscomb W 5950  43
Memorial Gymnasium (10,855)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 9*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 25 Georgia Tech W 7364  53
Memorial Gymnasium (12,221)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 16*
7:00 pm
Nicholls State W 7640  63
Memorial Gymnasium (9,513)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 19*
9:00 am
vs. UPR-Mayagüez
San Juan Shoot-out
W 10259  73
Mario Morales Coliseum (200)
Guaynabo, PR
December 20*
1:00 pm
vs. Tennessee Tech
San Juan Shoot-out
W 7562  83
Mario Morales Coliseum (200)
Guaynabo, PR
December 21*
3:00 pm
vs. Appalachian State
San Juan Shoot-out
L 7987 OT 84
Mario Morales Coliseum (200)
Guaynabo, PR
December 29*
7:00 pm
Alabama A&M W 8647  94
Memorial Gymnasium (9,739)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 2*
7:00 pm, CSS
at Rice W 7469  104
Autry Court (1,776)
Houston
January 6
5:30 pm, FSN
at Auburn L 6568  105
(01)
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (6,088)
Auburn, AL
January 10
7:00 pm
No. 16 Tennessee W 8281  115
(11)
Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 13
3:00 pm
at Georgia L 7385  116
(12)
Stegeman Coliseum (7,311)
Athens, Georgia
January 17
7:00 pm
No. 10 Alabama W 9473  126
(22)
Memorial Gymnasium (13,672)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 20
3:00 pm, LFS
at No. 25 Kentucky W 7267  136
(32)
Rupp Arena (24,284)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 24
7:00 pm
at No. 21 LSU W 6453  146
(42)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,006)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 27
12:00 pm, LFS
Mississippi W 8580  156
(52)
Memorial Gymnasium (11,812)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 31
6:00 pm, LFS
at No. 1 Florida L 6474  157
(53)
O'Connell Center (12,370)
Gainesville, Florida
February 3
6:00 pm, FSN
Georgia W 6661  167
(63)
Memorial Gymnasium (13,511)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 10
12:00 pm, LFS
at Tennessee L 5784  168
(64)
Thompson–Boling Arena (21,493)
Knoxville, Tennessee
February 14
7:00 pm
South Carolina W 7868  178
(74)
Memorial Gymnasium (12,588)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 17
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 1 Florida W 8370  188
(84)
Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 21
7:00 pm
No. 17 at Mississippi State L 7083  189
(85)
Humphrey Coliseum (9,832)
Starkville, Mississippi
February 25
1:00 pm, LFS
No. 17 Kentucky W 6765  199
(95)
Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 28
6:30 pm
No. 19 at South Carolina W 9990 OT 209
(105)
Colonial Center (11,852)
Columbia, South Carolina
March 3
12:00 pm
No. 19 Arkansas L 6782  2010
(106)
Memorial Gymnasium (13,285)
Nashville, Tennessee
SEC Tournament
March 9
2:15 pm, LFS
vs. Arkansas
Quarterfinals
L 7172  2011
Georgia Dome (17,068)
Atlanta
NCAA Tournament
March 15*
3:55 pm, CBS
vs. George Washington
First Round
W 7744  2111
ARCO Arena (16,338)
Sacramento, California
March 17*
4:40 pm, CBS
vs. No. 13 Washington State
Second Round
W 7874 2OT 2211
ARCO Arena (16,407)
Sacramento, California
March 23*
6:27 pm, CBS
vs. No. 9 Georgetown
Sweet Sixteen
L 6566  2212
Continental Airlines Arena (19,557)
East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. "VU Makes Appearance at SEC Hoops Media Days". CSTV.com. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  2. "DeMarre Carroll Leaving Vanderbilt". CSTV.com. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  3. "Foster wins preseason honors". InsideVandy.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  4. "Coaches say Byars SEC's best". Tennessean.com. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
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