The 2006–07 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 22–11, 9–7 in Big East play. They received an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 9 seed, where they lost to Kentucky in the first round.
Class of 2006 Villanova Class of 2006 – RivalsVillanova Class of 2006 – Scout
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Roster
Villanova Basketball2006–07 RosterG/F22 Dwayne AndersonSOWashington, DC (St. Thomas More)G/F3 Bilal BennSOPhiladelphia, PA (Hargrave Military Academy)F20 Shane ClarkSOPhiladelphia, PA (Hargrave Military Academy)G4 Ross CondonSRSpringfield, VA (Potomac School)F33 Dante CunninghamSOSilver Spring, MD (Potomac)F/C32 Cassiem DrummondFRWest Orange, NJ (Bloomfield Tech)G12 Mike NardiSRLinden, NJ (St. Patrick's)F21 Andrew OttFRAbington, PA (Germantown Academy)F0 Antonio PenaFRBrooklyn, NY (St. Thomas More)G15 Reggie ReddingFRPhiladelphia, PA (St. Joseph's Prep)G1 Scottie ReynoldsFRHerndon, VA (Herndon)F50 Will SheridanSRBear, DE (Sanford School)F34 Curtis SumpterSRBrooklyn, NY (Bishop Loughlin)F42 Frank TchuisiSODouala, 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. 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 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 4–5February 6, 2007 Saint Joseph (Philadelphia Big 5) Villanova, PA W 56-39 16-7 4-5February 10, 2007 @ Seton Hall East Rutherford, NJ W 78-69 17-7 5-5February 14, 2007 Cincinnati Villanova, PA W 64-48 18-7 6-5February 17, 2007#16 Georgetown Philadelphia, PA L 55-58 18-8 6–6February 19, 2007 @ #16 Marquette Milwaukee, WI L 67-80 18-9 6–7February 24, 2007 Rutgers Villanova, PA W 74-51 19-9 7-7February 28, 2007 @ Connecticut Storrs, CT W 78-74 20-9 8-7March 3, 2007 Syracuse Philadelphia, PA W 78-75 21-9 9–7 March 7, 2007 DePaul New York, NY W 75-67 22-9 9-7March 8, 2007 #9 Georgetown New York, NY L 57-62 22-10 9-7 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.
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