2006–07 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

2006-07 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball
Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2006-07 record 22–11 (9–7 Big East)
Head coach Jay Wright
Assistant coach Brett Gunning
Assistant coach Pat Chambers
Assistant coach Ed Pinckney
Home arena The Pavilion
2006–07 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Georgetown 13 3   .813     30 7   .811
#16 Louisville 12 4   .750     24 10   .706
#12 Pittsburgh 12 4   .750     29 8   .784
#17 Notre Dame 11 5   .688     24 8   .750
#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 6   .000     2 11   .154
2007 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2007[1]
*Did not qualify for 2005 Big East Tournament
**Syracuse:: 22 reg. season games, 2 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(24–11)(10–6); Rankings from AP Poll

The 200607 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2006–07 college basketball season. Villanova was led by head coach Jay Wright. The Wildcats participated in the Big East Conference and played their home games at The Pavilion with some select home games at the Wachovia Center. They finished the season 2211, 97 in Big East play. They received an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 9 seed, where they lost to Kentucky in the first round.

Class of 2006

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Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Casiem Drummond
C
Bloomfield, NJ Bloomfield HS 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jul 7, 2005 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Andrew Ott
C
Fort Washington, PA Germantown Academy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jun 13, 2005 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Antonio Pena
PF
Oakdale, CT St. Thomas More School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Jul 13, 2005 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Reggie Redding
SF
Philadelphia, PA St. Joseph's Prep School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jun 5, 2005 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Scottie Reynolds
PG
Herndon, VA Herndon HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) May 23, 2006 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Overall Recruiting Rankings:'     Scout24     Rivals14 [5]     ESPN – ' 

Roster

Villanova Basketball
2007–08 Roster
G/F 22 Dwayne Anderson SO Washington, DC (St. Thomas More)
G/F 3 Bilal Benn SO Philadelphia, PA (Hargrave Military Academy)
F 20 Shane Clark SO Philadelphia, PA (Hargrave Military Academy)
G 4 Ross Condon SR Springfield, VA (Potomac School)
F 33 Dante Cunningham SO Silver Spring, MD (Potomac)
F/C 32 Cassiem Drummond FR West Orange, NJ (Bloomfield Tech)
G 12 Mike Nardi SR Linden, NJ (St. Patrick's)
F 21 Andrew Ott FR Abington, PA (Germantown Academy)
F 0 Antonio Pena FR Brooklyn, NY (St. Thomas More)
G 15 Reggie Redding FR Philadelphia, PA (St. Joseph's Prep)
G 1 Scottie Reynolds FR Herndon, VA (Herndon)
F 50 Will Sheridan SR Bear, DE (Sanford School)
F 34 Curtis Sumpter SR Brooklyn, NY (Bishop Loughlin)
F 42 Frank Tchuisi SO Douala, Cameroon (St. Benedict's)

Coaching staff

Jay Wright – Head Coach

Brett Gunning – Associate Head Coach

Patrick Chambers – Assistant Coach

Ed Pinckney – Assistant Coach

Schedule

Date Opponent rank Location Time Result Overall Conf.
Regular Season
November 11, 2006 @ Northwood West Palm Beach, FL W 97-60 1–0 0–0
November 17, 206 College of Charleston (Paradise Jam Tournament) U.S. Virgin Islands W 81-68 2–0 0–0
November 19, 2006 @ Xavier (Paradise Jam Tournament) U.S. Virgin Islands L 66-71 2-1 0–0
November 20, 2006 Iowa (Paradise Jam Tournament) U.S. Virgin Islands W 89-60 3-1 0–0
November 25, 2006 Navy Villanova, PA W 70-61 4–1 0–0
November 30, 2006 @ Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY W 72-44 5–1 0–0
December 2, 2006 @ Penn (Philadelphia Big 5) Philadelphia, PA W 99-89 6–1 0–0
December 6, 2006 @ Oklahoma Norman, OK W 67-51 7–1 0–0
December 9, 2006 Drexel Villanova, PA L 76-81 7-2 0–0
December 20, 2006 Rider Broncs Villanova, PA W 108-61 8-2 0–0
December 23, 2006 @ La Salle (Philadelphia Big 5) Philadelphia, PA W 64-51 9-2 0–0
December 30, 2006 Temple (Philadelphia Big 5) Villanova, PA W 83-65 10–2 0–0
January 3, 2007 @ West Virginia Morgantown, WV L 56-67 10-3 0–1
January 6, 2007 DePaul Villanova, PA L 65-73 10-4 0-2
January 8, 2007 @ Georgetown Washington, DC W 56-52 11-4 1–2
January 13, 2007 @ Syracuse Syracuse, NY L 64-75 11-5 1-3
January 17, 2007 #20 Notre Dame Villanova, PA W 102-87 12-5 2–3
January 20, 2007 #23 Texas Philadelphia, PA W 76-69 13–5 2-3
January 23, 2007 @ Providence Providence, RI W 82-73 14-5 3–3
January 27, 2007 Notre Dame South Bend, IN L 63-66 14-6 3–4
January 29, 2007 #7 Pittsburgh Philadelphia, PA L 59-65 14-7 3–5
February 3, 2007 Louisville Philadelphia, PA W 57-53 15-7 4–5
February 6, 2007 Saint Joseph (Philadelphia Big 5) Villanova, PA W 56-39 16-7 4-5
February 10, 2007 @ Seton Hall East Rutherford, NJ W 78-69 17-7 5-5
February 14, 2007 Cincinnati Villanova, PA W 64-48 18-7 6-5
February 17, 2007Georgetown Philadelphia, PA L 55-58 18-8 6–6
February 19, 2007 @ #16 Marquette Milwaukee, WI L 67-80 18-9 6–7
February 24, 2007 Rutgers Villanova, PA W 74-51 19-9 7-7
February 28, 2007 @ Connecticut Storrs, CT W 78-74 20-9 8-7
March 3, 207Syracuse Philadelphia, PA W 78-75 21-9 9–7
Big East Tournament
March 7, 2007DePaul New York, NY W 75-67 22-9 9-7
March 8, 2007Georgetown New York, NY L 57-62 22-10 9-7
NCAA Tournament
March 16, 2007 (8) Kentucky (9) Chicago, IL L 58-67 22-11 9-7
Big East regular season games in bold.Philadelphia Big Five games in italics. • * represent seedings in NCAA Tournament.

References

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