2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
American college basketball season
2006–07 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 8 Georgetown †
13
–
3
.813
30
–
7
.811
No. 16 Louisville
12
–
4
.750
24
–
10
.706
No. 12 Pittsburgh
12
–
4
.750
29
–
8
.784
No. 17 Notre Dame
11
–
5
.688
24
–
8
.750
No. 20 Marquette
10
–
6
.625
24
–
10
.706
West Virginia
9
–
7
.563
27
–
9
.750
DePaul
9
–
7
.563
20
–
14
.588
Villanova
9
–
7
.563
22
–
11
.667
Providence
8
–
8
.500
18
–
13
.581
St. John's
7
–
9
.438
16
–
15
.516
Connecticut
6
–
10
.375
17
–
14
.548
*Seton Hall
4
–
12
.250
13
–
16
.448
*South Florida
3
–
13
.188
12
–
18
.400
*Rutgers
3
–
13
.188
10
–
19
.345
*Cincinnati
2
–
14
.125
11
–
19
.367
**Syracuse
0
–
6
.000
2
–
11
.154
† 2007 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 2007[ 1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2007 Big East tournament **Syracuse had 22 regular season games and two postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 10–6, 24–11.
The 2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the college basketball season of 2006-07 , competing in the Big East Conference . The team was led by seventh-year head coach , Mike Brey , and played their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana .
Notre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam tournament and reached their conference games with a 12–1 record. The team finished the season ranked 17th in the Associated Press (AP) Poll, and had a 24–8 record overall (11–5 Big East).
Roster
2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 10, 2006 *
Purdue-Fort Wayne
W 92–49
1–0
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Nov 13, 2006 *
vs. Butler
L 69–71
1–1
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 14, 2006 *
vs. Lafayette
W 92–60
2–1
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 19, 2006 *
The Citadel
W 74–50
3–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Nov 27, 2006 *
Lehigh
W 93–87
4–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Nov 29, 2006 *
Winston-Salem State
W 90–45
5–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 3, 2006 *
at No. 23 Maryland
W 81–74
6–1
Comcast Center College Park, Maryland
Dec 7, 2006 *
No. 4 Alabama
W 99–85
7–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 16, 2006 *
No. 21
Elon
W 94–63
8–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 19, 2006 *
No. 20
Portland
W 86–69
9–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 21, 2006 *
No. 20
Army
W 88–47
10–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 28, 2006 *
No. 19
Rider
W 101–51
11–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 30, 2006 *
No. 19
Stony Brook
W 95–66
12–1
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 3, 2007
No. 17
Louisville
W 78–62
13–1 (1–0)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 6, 2007
No. 17
at Georgetown
L 48–66
13–2 (1–1)
Verizon Center (15,506)Washington, D.C.
Jan 9, 2007
No. 23
No. 21 West Virginia
W 61–58
14–2 (2–1)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 14, 2007
No. 23
Seton Hall
W 88–76
15–2 (3–1)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 17, 2007
No. 20
at Villanova
L 87–102
15–3 (3–2)
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 21, 2007
No. 20
South Florida
W 82–58
16–3 (4–2)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 23, 2007
at St. John's
L 68–71
16–4 (4–3)
Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Jan 27, 2007
Villanova
W 66–63
17–4 (5–3)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 30, 2007
at Syracuse
W 103–91
18–4 (6–3)
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Feb 3, 2007
at South Florida
L 63–69
18–5 (6–4)
Sun Dome Tampa, Florida
Feb 8, 2007
at DePaul
L 66–67
18–6 (6–5)
Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
Feb 15, 2007
Providence
W 81–78
19–6 (7–5)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 18, 2007
at Cincinnati
W 76–64
20–6 (8–5)
Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 20, 2007
DePaul
W 78–54
21–6 (9–5)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 24, 2007
No. 16 Marquette
W 85–73
22–6 (10–5)
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Mar 3, 2007
at Rutgers
W 73–66
23–6 (11–5)
Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey
Big East tournament
Mar 8, 2007 *
No. 20
vs. Syracuse
W 89–83
24–6
Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 9, 2007 *
No. 20
vs. No. 9 Georgetown
L 82–84
24–7
Madison Square Garden New York, New York
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2007 *
(6 MW) No. 17
vs. (11 MW) No. 22 Winthrop First Round
L 64–74[ 2]
24–8
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Rankings
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics