2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball

Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2006–07 record	18–15 (9–9 CAA)
Head coach	Jim Larranaga
Assistant coach	Scott Cherry
Assistant coach	James Johnson
Assistant coach	Chris Caputo
Home arena	Patriot Center

2006–07 CAA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU†	16	–	2	.889	28	–	7	.800
Old Dominion	15	–	3	.833	24	–	9	.727
Hofstra	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Drexel	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
George Mason	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Northeastern	9	–	9	.500	13	–	19	.406
Towson	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
William & Mary	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Georgia State	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
UNC Wilmington	4	–	14	.222	7	–	22	.241
James Madison	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Delaware	3	–	15	.167	5	–	26	.161


† CAA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 41st season of collegiate play on November 11, 2006 at Cleveland State. This season followed their historic 2005–06 season where they advanced to the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. However, the 2006–07 team was much less successful; they finishing with an 18-15 record and were not invited to any post-season tournaments.

Season notes

After playing in the first 2 games, Sammy Hernandez requested a transfer from the team.^[1] He is now enrolled at Florida Atlantic University.

Awards

Second Team All-CAA

Will Thomas

Third Team All-CAA

Folarin Campbell

CAA All-Defensive Team

Will Thomas

CAA Player of the Week

Will Thomas – Nov. 13
Jordan Carter – Jan. 15

CAA Rookie of the Week

Louis Birdsong – Dec. 26

Roster

2006–07 George Mason men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	33	Birdsong, LouisLouis Birdsong	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mount Saint Joseph’s	Baltimore, MD
1.5 !G	12	Burns, TimTim Burns	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Worcester Academy	Greenfield, MA
1.5 !G	42	Campbell, FolarinFolarin Campbell	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Springbrook	Silver Spring, MD
1.5 !G	2	Carter, JordanJordan Carter	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brebeuf	Indianapolis, IN
3.5 !F	40	Fleming, ChrisChris Fleming	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2.0 !So	Osbourn Park	Manassas, VA
3.5 !F	3	Konate, MakanMakan Konate	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Worcester Academy	Mali
1.5 !G	24	Makings, CharlesCharles Makings	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	St. John's College	Silver Spring, MD
3.5 !F	32	Monroe, DarrylDarryl Monroe	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	3.0 !Jr	First Colonial	Virginia Beach, VA
3.5 !F	5	Norwood, GabeGabe Norwood	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	State College	State College, PA
1.5 !G	1	Smith, DreDre Smith	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Lamar	Houston, TX
3.5 !F	34	Thomas, WillWill Thomas	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Mount Saint Joseph’s	Baltimore, MD
3.5 !F	13	Urbina, JesusJesus Urbina	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Amelia Academy	Venezuela
1.5 !G	23	Vaughn, JohnJohn Vaughn	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Laurel	Laurel, MD

Head coach

Jim Larranaga (Providence)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-07-27

Stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Folarin Campbell	32	32	32.7	.376	.307	.722	3.9	3.8	1.3	.3	13.9
Will Thomas	33	33	34.8	.627	.000	.622	6.9	2.2	.6	.6	13.3
John Vaughan	32	13	23.3	.397	.311	.655	2.8	1.1	.6	.0	8.3
Dre Smith	32	18	22.6	.410	.391	.593	2.2	1.3	.8	.1	8.0
Darryl Monroe	33	19	20.9	.563	.000	.471	3.9	1.1	.5	.6	6.1
Jordan Carter	33	24	23.1	.483	.460	.676	2.9	2.2	1.0	.2	5.0
Gabe Norwood	33	9	18.7	.465	.382	.706	2.1	1.8	.7	.2	3.6
Louis Birdsong	30	5	13.6	.488	.000	.762	2.9	.6	.2	.4	3.3
Tim Burns	18	2	6.9	.353	.346	.333	.4	.2	.1	.1	1.9
Chris Fleming	19	3	7.0	.542	.000	.500	.8	.1	.1	.1	1.5
Charles Makings	7	0	2.7	1.000	.000	.500	1.0	.1	.0	.0	1.3
Jesus Urbina	21	6	8.8	.324	.100	.200	2.5	.1	.2	.2	1.1
Sammy Hernandez	2	0	4.5	.500	.000	.000	1.5	.5	.0	.0	1.0
Makan Konate	9	1	2.1	.143	.000	.000	.3	.1	.0	.0	.2

Game log

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 1* 7:00 p.m.	Marymount Exhibition	W 84–48		Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
November 11* 3:00 p.m.	at Cleveland State	W 79–74	1–0	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
November 18* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	Wichita State Final Four Banner Unveiling	L 72–66	1–1	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
November 21* 7:00 p.m.	at Hampton	W 55–46	2–1	Hampton, VA
November 25* 2:00 p.m.	at Creighton	L 58–56	2–2	Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, NE
November 27* 7:00 p.m.	Florida International	W 65–39	3–2	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
December 3* 1:30 p.m., Comcast	vs. Bucknell BB&T Classic	L 60–57	3–3	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
December 6* 7:00 p.m.	at Radford	W 62–60	4–3	Dedmon Center Radford, VA
December 9* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	at #7 Duke	L 69–53	4–4	Cameron Indoor Durham, NC
December 21* 7:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross	W 58–46	5–4	Hart Recreation Center Worcester, MA
December 28 7:00 p.m., CN8	at Drexel	L 61–49	5–5 (0–1)	Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA
December 30* 12:00 p.m., Comcast	Mississippi State	W 63–59	6–5	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
January 3 7:00 p.m.	William & Mary	L 67–63	6–6 (0–2)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
January 6 2:00 p.m., Comcast	at Old Dominion	L 65–63	6–7 (0–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA
January 8 7:00 p.m., MASN	UNC-Wilmington	W 55–34	7–7 (1–3)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
January 11 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Towson	W 73–44	8–7 (2–3)	Towson Center Towson, MD
January 13 2:00 p.m., MASN	James Madison	W 73–52	9–7 (3–3)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
January 16 7:00 p.m., MASN	at William & Mary	W 76–63	10–7 (4–3)	Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA
January 20 4:00 p.m., MASN	Northeastern	W 78–53	11–7 (5–3)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
January 24 7:00 p.m., Comcast	Virginia Commonwealth	L 75–62	11–8 (5–4)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
January 27 2:00 p.m., Comcast	at James Madison	W 59–41	12–8 (6–4)	JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA
January 29 7:00 p.m., MASN	at UNC-Wilmington	L 65–58	12–9 (6–5)	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
January 31 7:00 p.m., MASN	Delaware	W 89–59	13–9 (7–5)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
February 3 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	Old Dominion	L 66–56	13–10 (7–6)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
February 8 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Virginia Commonwealth	L 63–49	13–11 (7–7)	Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 10 4:00 p.m., ESPN	Hofstra	L 68–60	13–12 (7–8)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
February 14 7:00 p.m., MASN	at Delaware	W 66–46	14–12 (8–8)	Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE
February 17* 4:00 p.m., ESPN360	Kent State Homecoming/ESPN Bracket Busters	L 68–62	14–13	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
February 20 7:00 p.m., MASN	Georgia State	W 60–54	15–13 (9–8)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
February 24 1:00 p.m.	at Northeastern	L 73–50	15–14 (9–9)	Matthews Arena Boston
March 2 8:30 p.m.	vs. James Madison CAA Tournament First Round	W 73–62	16–14	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
March 3 8:30 p.m., Cox	vs. Hofstra CAA Tournament Quarterfinals	W 64–61	17–14	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
March 4 5:30 p.m.	vs. Old Dominion CAA Tournament Semifinals	W 79–63	18–14	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
March 5 7:00 p.m., ESPN	vs. Virginia Commonwealth CAA Tournament Finals	L 65–59	18–15	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2007–08 season:

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Vlad Moldoveanu PF	Bucharest, Romania	St. John’s College	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 11, 2006
Vlad Moldoveanu PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Cam Long SG	Woodbridge, Virginia	Freedom	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 18, 2006
Cam Long SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Isaiah Tate SG	Hyattsville, Maryland	DeMatha	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 24, 2006
Isaiah Tate SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Jay Threatt PG	Highland Springs, Virginia	Highland Springs	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	May 9, 2007
Jay Threatt PG	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09.

References

↑ Sammy Hernandez to Seek Transfer – The Mason Gazette – George Mason University

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Rivalries	VCU

Culture & lore	History The Patriot

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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