2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Season began on November 7, 2006 in College Park, Maryland, USA. It started when Maryland played Hampton in a non-conference game. The conference schedule began on December 3, 2006 in Charlottesville, Virginia where Virginia defeated NC State 67–62. Following the season the 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Tampa, Florida with North Carolina claiming the crown.

2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Raycom, ESPN
Regular season
First place (tie)North Carolina (11–5)
Virginia (11–5)
Season MVPJared DudleyBoston College
Tournament
ChampionsNorth Carolina (16th)
Finals MVPBrandan Wright – UNC
2006–07 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 North Carolina115 .688  317  .816
Virginia115 .688  2111  .656
No. 18 Maryland106 .625  259  .735
Virginia Tech106 .625  2212  .647
Boston College106 .625  2112  .636
Duke88 .500  2211  .667
Georgia Tech88 .500  2012  .625
Clemson79 .438  2511  .694
Florida State79 .438  2213  .629
NC State511 .313  2016  .556
Wake Forest511 .313  1516  .484
Miami (FL)412 .250  1220  .375
2007 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Final standings

Team[1] ACC Regular Season ACC % ACC Home ACC Road All Games All Games % All Home All Road All Neutral
North Carolina 11–5 .688 7–1 4–4 31–7 .816 16–1 6–4 9–2
Virginia 11–5 .688 8–0 3–5 21–11 .656 16–1 3–6 2–4
Maryland 10–6 .625 6–2 4–4 25–9 .735 17–2 5–4 3–3
Virginia Tech 10–6 .625 6–2 4–4 22–12 .647 13–2 5–5 4–5
Boston College 10–6 .625 6–2 4–4 21–12 .636 14–4 5–6 2–2
Duke 8–8 .500 4–4 4–4 22–11 .667 15–4 5–4 2–3
Georgia Tech 8–8 .500 7–1 1–7 20–12 .645 17–1 1–8 2–3
Clemson 7–9 .438 4–4 3–5 25–11 .694 16–4 6–5 3–2
Florida State 7–9 .438 5–3 2–6 22–13 .629 16–3 4–9 2–1
North Carolina State 5–11 .313 3–5 2–6 20–16 .556 14–6 3–8 3–2
Wake Forest 5–11 .313 4–4 1–7 15–16 .484 12–5 2–9 1–2
Miami 4–12 .250 3–5 1–7 12–20 .375 8–7 3–9 1–4

Notes

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

Statistical leaders

Points Per GameRebounds Per GameAssists Per GameSteals Per Game
PlayerSchoolPPGPlayerSchoolRPGPlayerSchoolAPGPlayerSchoolSPG
Al ThorntonFSU19.7Jared DudleyBC8.3Ishmael SmithWF6.0Jamon GordonVT2.8
Jared DudleyBC19.0Tyler HansbroughUNC7.9Javaris CrittentonGT6.1Zabian DowdellVT2.1
Sean SingletaryUVA19.0Josh McRobertsDuke7.9Ty LawsonUNC5.6Javaris CrittentonGT2.0
Tyler HansbroughUNC18.4Ekene IbekweMD7.9Tyrese RiceBC5.4D. J. StrawberryMD2.0
J. R. ReynoldsUVA18.4Kyle VisserWF7.4Sean SingletaryUVA4.7Vernon HamiltonClem.1.9
Blocked Shots Per GameField Goal PercentageThree-Point FG PercentageFree Throw Percentage
PlayerSchoolBPGPlayerSchoolFG%PlayerSchool3FG%PlayerSchoolFT%
Ekene IbekweMD2.7Brandan WrightUNC64.6Jack McClintonMia.44.0Jack McClintonMia.89.5
Josh McRobertsDuke2.5Ben McCauleyNCSU58.4Sean SingletaryUVA87.2
Trevor BookerClem.2.2Kyle VisserWF48.4Jon ScheyerDuke84.6
James GistMD2.1Jared DudleyBC56.2J. R. ReynoldsUVA83.2
Tyrelle BlairBC2.1Al ThorntonFSU53.0Zabian DowdellVT80.6

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.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week
November 13, 2006 Mamadi Diane, UVA Ishmael Smith, WF
November 20, 2006 D. J. Strawberry, MD Brandan Wright, UNC
November 27, 2006 Gavin Grant, NCSU Brandan Wright, UNC
December 4, 2006 Jack McClinton, Mia. Wayne Ellington, UNC
December 11, 2006 Jared Dudley, BC Trevor Booker, Clem.
December 18, 2006 Mike Jones, MD Brandan Wright, UNC
December 25, 2006 Jamon Gordon, VT Jon Scheyer, Duke
January 2, 2007 Sean Singletary, UVA Brandan Wright, UNC
Josh McRoberts, Duke
January 8, 2007 Sean Singletary, UVA Brandan Wright, UNC
January 15, 2007 Zabian Dowdell, VT Javaris Crittenton, GT
January 22, 2007 J. R. Reynolds, UVA Jon Scheyer, Duke
Dwayne Collins, Mia.
January 29, 2007 Zabian Dowdell, VT Ty Lawson, UNC
February 5, 2007 Jared Dudley, BC Brandon Costner, NCSU
February 12, 2007 Jared Dudley, BC Brandan Wright, UNC
Javaris Crittenton, GT
February 19, 2007 D. J. Strawberry, MD Greivis Vásquez, MD
February 26, 2007 D. J. Strawberry, MD Jon Scheyer, Duke
March 5, 2007 Al Thornton, FSU Javaris Crittenton, GT
March 12, 2007 Brandan Wright, UNC None Selected

ACC-Big Ten Challenge

November 27

November 28

November 29

Conference honors

ACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season.

Player of the Year

Jared Dudley, Boston College[2]

Rookie of the Year

Brandan Wright, North Carolina[3]

Coach of the Year

Dave Leitao, Virginia[4]

Defensive Player of the Year

Jamon Gordon, Virginia Tech[5]

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Honorable Mention: Ben McCauley, So., NCSU; James Mays, Jr., Clem.; DeMarcus Nelson, Jr., Duke; James Gist, Jr., MD; Ekene Ibekwe, Sr., MD[6]

All-ACC Freshman team

All-ACC Defensive team

ACC tournament

See 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

Postseason

NCAA tournament

ACC Record: 7–7

1 North Carolina (3–1) – Elite Eight

W 16 Eastern Kentucky 86–65
W 9 Michigan State 81–67
W 5 USC 74–64
L 2 Georgetown 84–96 (OT)

4 Virginia (1–1)

W 13 Albany 84–57
L 5 Tennessee 74–77

4 Maryland (1–1)

W 13 Davidson 82–70
L 5 Butler 59–62

5 Virginia Tech (1–1)

W 12 Illinois 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 (0–1)

L 7 UNLV 63–67

NIT

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 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
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References

  1. "ACC 2006–07 men's basketball Final Release" (PDF). ACC. April 8, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
  2. "BC's Jared Dudley Named ACC Player of the Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  3. "North Carolina's Brandan Wright named ACC Rookie of the Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  4. "Virginia's Dave Leitao Selected ACC Men's Basketball Coach Of The Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  5. "Jamon Gordon Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year". ACC. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  6. "ACSMA Announces 2007 ACC Men's Basketball All-ACC Teams". ACC. March 5, 2007. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
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