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2006–07 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

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2006–07 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record22–12 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
Seasons
2006–07 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 3 Florida 13 3   .813 35 5   .875
Vanderbilt 10 6   .625 22 12   .647
No. 25 Tennessee 10 6   .625 24 11   .686
Kentucky 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
Georgia 8 8   .500 19 14   .576
South Carolina 4 12   .250 14 16   .467
West
Mississippi State 8 8   .500 21 13   .618
Ole Miss 8 8   .500 21 14   .600
Arkansas 7 9   .438 21 14   .600
Auburn 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Alabama 7 9   .438 20 12   .625
LSU 5 11   .313 17 15   .531
2007 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

Preseason outlook

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1*
7:00 pm
Northern State W 98–94 
Memorial Gymnasium (9,016)
Nashville, Tennessee
Regular season
November 15*
8:00 pm, FSN
No. 8 Georgetown L 70–86  0–1
Memorial Gymnasium (12,414)
Nashville, Tennessee
November 21*
8:00 pm, FSN
at Wake Forest L 78–88  0–2
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (7,258)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 25*
7:00 pm
Elon W 81–70  1–2
Memorial Gymnasium (10,253)
Nashville, Tennessee
November 28*
7:00 pm
Furman L 62–70  1–3
Memorial Gymnasium (10,284)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 2*
7:00 pm
Toledo W 98–93 OT 2–3
Memorial Gymnasium (10,177)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 5*
8:00 pm, CSS
ETSU W 104–62  3–3
Memorial Gymnasium (10,012)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 7*
8:00 pm, CSS
Lipscomb W 59–50  4–3
Memorial Gymnasium (10,855)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 9*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 25 Georgia Tech W 73–64  5–3
Memorial Gymnasium (12,221)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 16*
7:00 pm
Nicholls State W 76–40  6–3
Memorial Gymnasium (9,513)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 19*
9:00 am
vs. UPR-Mayagüez
San Juan Shoot-out
W 102–59  7–3
Mario Morales Coliseum (200)
Guaynabo, PR
December 20*
1:00 pm
vs. Tennessee Tech
San Juan Shoot-out
W 75–62  8–3
Mario Morales Coliseum (200)
Guaynabo, PR
December 21*
3:00 pm
vs. Appalachian State
San Juan Shoot-out
L 79–87 OT 8–4
Mario Morales Coliseum (200)
Guaynabo, PR
December 29*
7:00 pm
Alabama A&M W 86–47  9–4
Memorial Gymnasium (9,739)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 2*
7:00 pm, CSS
at Rice W 74–69  10–4
Autry Court (1,776)
Houston
January 6
5:30 pm, FSN
at Auburn L 65–68  10–5
(0–1)
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (6,088)
Auburn, AL
January 10
7:00 pm
No. 16 Tennessee W 82–81  11–5
(1–1)
Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 13
3:00 pm
at Georgia L 73–85  11–6
(1–2)
Stegeman Coliseum (7,311)
Athens, Georgia
January 17
7:00 pm
No. 10 Alabama W 94–73  12–6
(2–2)
Memorial Gymnasium (13,672)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 20
3:00 pm, LFS
at No. 25 Kentucky W 72–67  13–6
(3–2)
Rupp Arena (24,284)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 24
7:00 pm
at No. 21 LSU W 64–53  14–6
(4–2)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,006)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 27
12:00 pm, LFS
Mississippi W 85–80  15–6
(5–2)
Memorial Gymnasium (11,812)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 31
6:00 pm, LFS
at No. 1 Florida L 64–74  15–7
(5–3)
O'Connell Center (12,370)
Gainesville, Florida
February 3
6:00 pm, FSN
Georgia W 66–61  16–7
(6–3)
Memorial Gymnasium (13,511)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 10
12:00 pm, LFS
at Tennessee L 57–84  16–8
(6–4)
Thompson–Boling Arena (21,493)
Knoxville, Tennessee
February 14
7:00 pm
South Carolina W 78–68  17–8
(7–4)
Memorial Gymnasium (12,588)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 17
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 1 Florida W 83–70  18–8
(8–4)
Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 21
7:00 pm
No. 17 at Mississippi State L 70–83  18–9
(8–5)
Humphrey Coliseum (9,832)
Starkville, Mississippi
February 25
1:00 pm, LFS
No. 17 Kentucky W 67–65  19–9
(9–5)
Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 28
6:30 pm
No. 19 at South Carolina W 99–90 OT 20–9
(10–5)
Colonial Center (11,852)
Columbia, South Carolina
March 3
12:00 pm
No. 19 Arkansas L 67–82  20–10
(10–6)
Memorial Gymnasium (13,285)
Nashville, Tennessee
SEC tournament
March 9
2:15 pm, LFS
(E2) vs. (W3) Arkansas
Quarterfinals
L 71–72  20–11
Georgia Dome (17,068)
Atlanta
NCAA tournament
March 15*
3:55 pm, CBS
(6 E) vs. (11 E) George Washington
First Round
W 77–44  21–11
ARCO Arena (16,338)
Sacramento, California
March 17*
4:40 pm, CBS
(6 E) vs. (3 E) No. 13 Washington State
Second Round
W 78–74 2OT 22–11
ARCO Arena (16,407)
Sacramento, California
March 23*
6:27 pm, CBS
(6 E) vs. (2 E) No. 9 Georgetown
Sweet Sixteen
L 65–66  22–12
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

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  1. ^ "VU Makes Appearance at SEC Hoops Media Days". CSTV.com. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
  2. ^ "DeMarre Carroll Leaving Vanderbilt". CSTV.com. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
  3. ^ "Foster wins preseason honors". InsideVandy.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2007.
  4. ^ "Coaches say Byars SEC's best". Tennessean.com. Retrieved March 8, 2007. [dead link]