2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2006; through March 2007
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
2007–08 NCAA Division I season
Champion	Ohio State (15–1)
Runners-Up	Wisconsin (13–3)
Season MVP	Alando Tucker – Wisconsin
Tournament
Champions	Ohio State
Runners-up	Wisconsin
Basketball seasons
	← 05–06 07–08 →

2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Ohio State†	15	–	1	.938	35	–	4	.897
No. 6 Wisconsin	13	–	3	.813	30	–	6	.833
Indiana	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Iowa	9	–	7	.563	17	–	14	.548
Purdue	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
Illinois	9	–	7	.563	23	–	12	.657
Michigan State	8	–	8	.500	23	–	12	.657
Michigan	8	–	8	.500	22	–	13	.629
Minnesota	3	–	13	.188	9	–	22	.290
Penn State	2	–	14	.125	13	–	18	.419
Northwestern	2	–	14	.125	11	–	19	.367

† 2007 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 13, 2007 Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season began with the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The season marked the 102nd season of Big Ten play. Ohio State won the Big Ten Conference regular season championship by two games over Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Alando Tucker was named Big Ten Player of the Year.

Ohio State also won the Big Ten tournament by defeating Wisconsin. As a result of the win, Ohio State received the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Six Big Ten teams (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin) were invited to the NCAA tournament. Ohio State advanced to the National Championship game before losing to Florida.

Michigan received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament and lost in the second round.

Preconference schedules

Tournaments

ACC–Big Ten Challenge

ACC team	Big Ten team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
NC State	Michigan	NCSU 74–67 [1]	Raleigh, North Carolina	X
No. 19 Maryland	Illinois	UMD 72–66 [2]	Champaign, Illinois	X
Florida State	No. 13 Wisconsin	WISC 81–66 [3]	Madison, Wisconsin		X
No. 24 Georgia Tech	Penn State	GT 77–73 [4]	Atlanta, Georgia	X
No. 10 Duke	Indiana	Duke 54–51 [5]	Durham, North Carolina	X
Miami	Northwestern	NW 61–59 [6]	Evanston, Illinois		X
Boston College	Michigan State	BC 65–58 [7]	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	X
Virginia	Purdue	PUR 61–59 [8]	West Lafayette, Indiana		X
Virginia Tech	Iowa	VT 69–65 [9]	Blacksburg, Virginia	X
No. 6 North Carolina	No. 1 Ohio State	UNC 98–89 [10]	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	X
Clemson	Minnesota	CLEM 90–68 [11]	Minneapolis, Minnesota	X
Result		ACC		8	3
Winners are in bold. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (Nov. 27). Wake Forest did not play.

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)		Number of first place votes

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Illinois	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV											RV	*
Illinois	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV								RV		RV
Indiana	AP	RV	RV	RV							RV	RV	23	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	*
Indiana	C	RV	RV								RV	RV	24	25T	24	19	RV		RV		RV
Iowa	AP																				*
Iowa	C
Michigan	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV								*
Michigan	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Michigan State	AP			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	*
Michigan State	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	25	25	24	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV		RV
Minnesota	AP																				*
Minnesota	C
Northwestern	AP																				*
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	AP	7	5	4	3 (15)	5	4 (2)	3 (3)	6	6	5	7	5	4	3	2	2 (31)	1 (62)	1 (70)	1 (71)	*
Ohio State	C	4 (1)	4 (1)	3 (1)	1 (11)	4	4 (1)	3 (2)	6	6	5	7	5	4	3	2	1 (17)	1 (29)	1 (30)	1 (30)	2
Penn State	AP																				*
Penn State	C
Purdue	AP		RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV											*
Purdue	C					RV	RV	RV
Wisconsin	AP	9	9	7	12	11	7	4	4	4	3 (1)	2 (21)	2 (22)	2 (24)	4	3	1 (35)	4	3	6	*
Wisconsin	C	9	9	7	13	12	7	5	4	4	4	3 (2)	3 (2)	2 (4)	4	3	2 (10)	5	4	7	11T

AP does not release a post-tournament poll.

Conference honors

Two sets of conference award winners are recognized by the Big Ten – one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.^[2]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	Alando Tucker, Wisconsin	Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
Coach of the Year	Thad Matta, Ohio State	Thad Matta, Ohio State
Freshman of the Year	Greg Oden, Ohio State	Greg Oden, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year	Greg Oden, Ohio State	Not Selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Daequan Cook, Ohio State	Not Selected
All-Big Ten first team	Adam Haluska, Iowa	Adam Haluska, Iowa
	Drew Neitzel, Michigan State	Drew Neitzel, Michigan State
	Greg Oden, Ohio State	Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State
	Carl Landry, Purdue	Greg Oden, Ohio State
	Alando Tucker, Wisconsin	Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
All-Big Ten second team	Warren Carter, Illinois	D.J. White, Indiana
	D.J. White, Indiana	Geary Claxton, Penn State
	Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State	Carl Landry, Purdue
	David Teague, Purdue	David Teague, Purdue
	Kammron Taylor, Wisconsin	Kammron Taylor, Wisconsin
All-Big Ten third team	Shawn Pruitt, Illinois	Warren Carter, Illinois
	Roderick Wilmont, Indiana	Shawn Pruitt, Illinois
	Tyler Smith, Iowa	Roderick Wilmont, Indiana
	Dion Harris, Michigan	Tyler Smith, Iowa
	Geary Claxton, Penn State	Dion Harris, Michigan
All Big Ten Honorable Mention	Rich McBride, Illinois	Earl Calloway, Indiana
	Lawrence McKenzie, Minnesota	Dan Coleman, Minnesota
	Tim Doyle, Northwestern	Lawrence McKenzie, Minnesota
	Jamar Butler, Ohio State	Tim Doyle, Northwestern
	Ron Lewis, Ohio State	Jamar Butler, Ohio State
	Jamelle Cornley, Penn State	Daequan Cook, Ohio State
	Brian Butch, Wisconsin	Ron Lewis, Ohio State
	Not Selected	Jamelle Cornley, Penn State
	Not Selected	Michael Flowers, Wisconsin
All-Freshman team	Tyler Smith, Iowa	Not Selected
	Raymar Morgan, Michigan State
	Kevin Coble, Northwestern
	Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State
	Greg Oden, Ohio State
All-Defensive team	Chester Frazier, Illinois	Not Selected
	Travis Walton, Michigan State
	Greg Oden, Ohio State
	Chris Kramer, Purdue
	Michael Flowers, Wisconsin

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

Bracket

Opening round March 8			Quarterfinals March 9			Semifinals March 10			Championship March 11

			1	Ohio State	72

			8	Michigan	62
8	Michigan	49

9	Minnesota	40
						1	Ohio State	63

						5	Purdue	52



			4	Iowa	55

			5	Purdue	74



									1	Ohio State	66

									2	Wisconsin	49



			2	Wisconsin	70

			7	Michigan State	57
7	Michigan State	62

10	Northwestern	57
						2	Wisconsin	53

						6	Illinois	41



			3	Indiana	54

			6	Illinois	58^OT
6	Illinois	66

11	Penn State	60

NCAA tournament

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Ohio State	Automatic	1	Won First Round vs. No. 16 Central Connecticut State 78–57 Won Second Round vs. No. 9 Xavier 78–71 OT Won Sweet Sixteen vs. No. 5 Tennessee 85–84 Won Elite Eight vs. No. 2 Memphis 92–76 Won Final Four vs. No. 2 Georgetown 67–60 Lost National Championship vs. No. 1 Florida 75–84
Wisconsin	At-Large	2	Won First Round vs. No. 15 Texas A&M–CC 76–63 Lost Second Round vs. No. 7 UNLV 68–74
Indiana	At-Large	7	Won First Round vs. No. 10 Gonzaga 70–57 Lost Second Round vs. No. 2 UCLA 49–54
Michigan State	At-Large	9	Won First Round vs. No. 8 Marquette 61–49 Lost Second Round vs. No. 1 North Carolina 67–81
Purdue	At-Large	9	Won First Round vs. No. 8 Arizona 72–63 Lost Second Round vs. No. 1 Florida 67–74
Illinois	At-Large	12	Lost First Round vs. No. 5 Virginia Tech 52–54

NIT

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Michigan	At-large	3	Won vs. No. 6 Utah State Lost vs. No. 2 Florida State

2007 NBA draft

The following Big Ten players were selected in the 2007 NBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Position	team	School/club team
1	2	Greg Oden	C	Portland Trail Blazers	Ohio State (Fr.)
1	4	Mike Conley Jr.	PG	Memphis Grizzlies	Ohio State (Fr.)
1	21	Daequan Cook	SG	Philadelphia 76ers	Ohio State (Fr.)
1	29	Alando Tucker	SF	Phoenix Suns	Wisconsin (Sr.)
2	31	Carl Landry	PF	Seattle SuperSonics	Purdue (Sr.)
2	43	Adam Haluska	SG	New Orleans Hornets	Iowa (Sr.)

References

^ "2007 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 13, 2007.
^ "Wisconsin's Tucker Named Big Ten Player Of The Year By Coaches And Media". Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

[1] "2007 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 13, 2007.

[2] "Wisconsin's Tucker Named Big Ten Player Of The Year By Coaches And Media". Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

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