2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season explained

2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
Color:	072E67
Color Text:	EFE3BB
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	125px
No Of Teams:	12
Tv:	Raycom, ESPN
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	North Carolina (11–5) Virginia (11–5)
Season Champ Name:	First place (tie)
Mvp:	Jared Dudley – Boston College
Mvp Link:	ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	North Carolina (16th)
Finals Runner-Up:	North Carolina State
Finals Mvp:	Brandan Wright – UNC
Finals Mvp Link:	Most Valuable Player
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Year:	2005–06
Nextseason Year:	2007–08

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

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
	11–5	.688	8–0	3–5	21–11	.656	16–1	3–6	2–4
	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
	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
	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 game		Rebounds per game		Assists per game		Steals per game
Player	School	PPG		Player	School	RPG		Player	School	APG		Player	School	SPG
		19.7				8.3				6.0				2.8
		19.0				7.9				6.1				2.1
		19.0				7.9				5.6				2.0
		18.4				7.9				5.4				2.0
		18.4				7.4				4.7				1.9

Blocked shots per game		Field goal percentage		Three-point FG percentage		Free throw percentage
Player	School	BPG		Player	School	FG%		Player	School	3FG%		Player	School	FT%
		2.7				64.6				44.0				89.5
		2.5				58.4								87.2
		2.2				48.4								84.6
		2.1				56.2								83.2
		2.1				53.0								80.6

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

• N.C. State 74, Michigan 67

November 28

• Maryland 72, Illinois 66
• Wisconsin 81, Florida State 66
• Georgia Tech 77, Penn State 73
• Duke 54, Indiana 51
• Northwestern 61, Miami 59

November 29

• Boston College 65, Michigan State 58
• Purdue 61, Virginia 59
• Virginia Tech 69, Iowa 65
• North Carolina 98, Ohio State 89
• Clemson 90, Minnesota 68
  • Wake Forest did not play.
  • ACC won 8–3

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

• Jared Dudley, Sr., Boston College
• Tyler Hansbrough, So., North Carolina
• Al Thornton, Sr., Florida State
• Sean Singletary, Jr., Virginia
• Zabian Dowdell, Sr., Virginia Tech

Second Team

• J. R. Reynolds, Sr., Virginia
• D. J. Strawberry, Sr., Maryland
• Tyrese Rice, So., Boston College
• Josh McRoberts, So., Duke
• Brandan Wright, Fr., North Carolina

Third Team

• Kyle Visser, Sr., Wake Forest
• Javaris Crittenton, Fr., Georgia Tech
• Brandon Costner, Fr., North Carolina State
• Jamon Gordon, Sr., Virginia Tech
• Jack McClinton, So., Miami

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

• Brandan Wright, North Carolina
• Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech
• Brandon Costner, North Carolina State
• Jon Scheyer, Duke
• Ty Lawson, North Carolina

All-ACC Defensive team

• Jamon Gordon, Sr., Virginia Tech
• Zabian Dowdell, Sr., Virginia Tech
• Ekene Ibekwe, Sr., Maryland
• D. J. Strawberry, Sr., Maryland
• Josh McRoberts, So., Duke

ACC tournament

See 2007 ACC men's basketball tournament

Postseason

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball 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

See main article: 2007 National Invitation Tournament.

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

Notes and References

1. News: ACC 2006–07 men's basketball Final Release. ACC. April 8, 2007. February 1, 2009. October 31, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081031183329/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/06-07-final-notes.pdf. dead.
2. News: BC's Jared Dudley Named ACC Player of the Year. March 6, 2007. ACC. February 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231162305/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aal.html. December 31, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
3. News: North Carolina's Brandan Wright named ACC Rookie of the Year. March 6, 2007. ACC. February 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231162119/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aah.html. December 31, 2010. dead.
4. News: Virginia's Dave Leitao Selected ACC Men's Basketball Coach Of The Year. March 6, 2007. ACC. February 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215013/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aai.html. March 7, 2012. dead.
5. News: Jamon Gordon Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year. March 6, 2007. ACC. February 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231163407/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030607aak.html. December 31, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
6. News: ACSMA Announces 2007 ACC Men's Basketball All-ACC Teams. March 5, 2007. ACC. February 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204144622/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030507aaq.html. December 4, 2008. dead.