2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

The 2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Bruce Pearl, the Volunteers played their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee finished third in the SEC East division standings, then were knocked out of the SEC Tournament in the quarterfinal round. After receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Southeast region, Tennessee reached the Sweet Sixteen before losing to No. 1 seed and eventual National runner-up Ohio State by a single point in the regional semi-final.^[1] The team finished the season with a 24–11 record (10–6 SEC).

2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 25
Record	24–11 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Bruce Pearl (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Tony Jones Steve Forbes Jason Shay
Home arena	Thompson–Boling Arena
Seasons ← 2005–06 2007–08 →

2006–07 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 3 Florida †	13	–	3		.813			35	–	5		.875
Vanderbilt	10	–	6		.625			22	–	12		.647
No. 25 Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			24	–	11		.686
Kentucky	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
Georgia	8	–	8		.500			19	–	14		.576
South Carolina	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
West
Mississippi State	8	–	8		.500			21	–	13		.618
Ole Miss	8	–	8		.500			21	–	14		.600
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			21	–	14		.600
Auburn	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Alabama	7	–	9		.438			20	–	12		.625
LSU	5	–	11		.313			17	–	15		.531
† 2007 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2006–07 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 2 JaJuan Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Cleveland, Tennessee F 4 Wayne Chism 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 246 lb (112 kg) Fr Jackson, Tennessee G 5 Chris Lofton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Maysville, Kentucky G 12 Ramar Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Mount Clemens, Michigan G 23 Dane Bradshaw 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Memphis, Tennessee F 32 Duke Crews 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr Hampton, Virginia	Head coach Bruce Pearl Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2006*	No. 25	Middle Tennessee	W 83–52	1–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 13, 2006*	No. 25	vs. Fordham	W 78–71	2–0	Bridgestone Arena
Nov 14, 2006*	No. 25	vs. UNC Wilmington	W 87–75	3–0	Bridgestone Arena
Nov 19, 2006*	No. 25	Coppin State	W 99–65	4–0	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 23, 2006*		Texas	W 111–105 OT	10–2	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 28, 2006*	No. 21	Tennessee Tech	W 101–77	11–2	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 30, 2006*	No. 21	East Tennessee State	W 93–88	12–2	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
SEC regular season
Jan 7, 2007	No. 19	Mississippi State	W 92–84	13–2 (1–0)	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 10, 2007	No. 16	at Vanderbilt	L 81–82	13–3 (1–1)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 13, 2007*	No. 16	at No. 5 Ohio State	L 66–68	13–4	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 3, 2007		at Georgia	W 71–65	22–9 (10–6)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
SEC tournament
Mar 8, 2007*	No. 22	vs. LSU Quarterfinals	L 67–76 OT	22–10	Georgia Dome  Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2007*	(5 SE) No. 25	vs. (12 SE) Long Beach State First round	W 121–86	23–10	Nationwide Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 18, 2007*	(5 SE) No. 25	vs. (4 SE) Virginia Second Round	W 77–74	24–10	Nationwide Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 22, 2007*	(5 SE) No. 25	vs. (1 SE) No. 1 Ohio State Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 84–85	24–11	Alamodome  San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time[2].

Rankings

Main article: 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings