2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2007 Big Ten Tournament winner; As of March 13, 2007; Rankings from AP Poll

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten regular season; and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, National Runner-up
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#1
2006–07 record	35–4 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thad Matta (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Alan Major
Assistant coach	John Groce
Assistant coach	Dan Peters
Home arena	Jerome Schottenstein Center
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The 2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team played against Florida for the 2006–07 NCAA tournament championship.

Preseason

Recruiting

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mike Conley, Jr. PG	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence North HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jun 29, 2005
Mike Conley, Jr. PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Daequan Cook SG	Dayton, OH	Dunbar HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Mar 23, 2005
Daequan Cook SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
David Lighty SF	Cleveland, OH	Villa Angela-St. Joseph HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Apr 29, 2005
David Lighty SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Greg Oden C	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence North HS	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Jun 29, 2005
Greg Oden C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Junior College/Transfers
Othello Hunter PF	Winston-Salem, NC	Hillsborough CC	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jul 18, 2007
Othello Hunter PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 2 Rivals: 2
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Roster

2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G	14	Jamar Butler	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Shawnee High School	Lima, OH
G	1	Mike Conley, Jr.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis, IN
G	23	Daequan Cook	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Dunbar High School	Dayton, OH
F	3	Ivan "Big Smooth" Harris	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Oak Hill Academy	Springfield, OH
F	45	Othello Hunter	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	R.J. Reynolds HS/Hillsborough CC	Winston-Salem, NC
F	12	Ron Lewis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Brookhaven HS/Bowling Green State	Columbus, Ohio
G/F	23	David Lighty	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Villa Angela-St. Joseph HS	Cleveland, OH
C	15	Kyle Madsen (I)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS So	Dublin Coffman High School	Dublin, OH
C	20	Greg Oden	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Fr	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis, IN
G	13	Danny Peters	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	New Albany High School	New Albany, OH
F/C	42	Matt Terwilliger	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Troy High School	Troy, OH
G	34	Mark Titus	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Brownsburg High School	Brownsburg, IN

Head coach

Thad Matta (Butler)

Assistant coach(es)

Alan Major (Purdue)
Dan Peters (Kent State)

Strength and conditioning coach(es)

Dave Richardson (Louisiana–Monroe)

Athletic trainer(s)

Vince O'Brien (Ohio State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-04-04

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
November 1* 1:00 PM, no	#4	Findlay	W 80–57		Value City Arena Columbus, OH
November 5* 1:00 PM, no	#4	Walsh	W 87–62		Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Regular Season
November 10* 8:00 PM, no	#4	VMI BCA Classic	W 107–69	1–0	Value City Arena (13,219) Columbus, OH
November 11* 8:00 PM, no	#4	Loyola (IL) BCA Classic	W 87–75	2–0	Value City Arena (13,269) Columbus, OH
November 12* 8:00 PM, no	#4	Kent State BCA Classic	W 81–59	3–0	Value City Arena (12,883) Columbus, OH
November 17* 7:00 PM, no	#4	Eastern Kentucky	W 74–45	4–0	Value City Arena (18,882) Columbus, OH
November 20* 8:00 PM, no	#3	San Francisco	W 82–60	5–0	Value City Arena (14,592) Columbus, OH
November 24* 8:00 PM, no	#3	vs. Youngstown State	W 91–57	6–0	Nationwide Arena (17,463) Columbus, OH
November 29* 9:00 PM, no	#1	at #6 North Carolina ACC – Big Ten Challenge	L 89–98	6–1	Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
December 2* 4:00 PM, no	#1	Valparaiso	W 78–58	7–1	Value City Arena (17,311) Columbus, OH
December 9* 2:00 PM, no	#4	Cleveland State	W 78–57	8–1	Value City Arena (17,158) Columbus, OH
December 16* 3:56 PM, no	#4	vs. Cincinnati John R. Wooden Tradition	W 72–50	9–1	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,356) Indianapolis, IN
December 19* 8:00 PM, no	#3	Iowa State	W 75–56	10–1	Value City Arena (18,905) Columbus, OH
December 23* 4:00 PM, no	#3	at #4 Florida	L 60–86	10–2	O'Connell Center (12,621) Gainesville, FL
December 30* 8:00 PM, no	#6	Coppin State	W 91–54	11–2	Value City Arena (18,943) Columbus, OH
January 2 8:00 PM, no	#6	Indiana	W 74–67	12–2 (1–0)	Value City Arena (18,813) Columbus, OH
January 6 1:00 PM, no	#6	at Illinois	W 62–44	13–2 (2–0)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
January 9 8:05 PM, no	#5	at #4 Wisconsin	L 69–72	13–3 (2–1)	Kohl Center (17,190) Madison, WI
January 13* 1:00 PM, no	#5	#20 Tennessee	W 68–66	14–3 (2–1)	Value City Arena (18,817) Columbus, OH
January 17 8:00 PM, no	#7	Northwestern	W 73–41	15–3 (3–1)	Value City Arena (18,903) Columbus, OH
January 20 8:00 PM, no	#7	Iowa	W 82–63	16–3 (4–1)	Value City Arena (18,963) Columbus, OH
January 24 7:00 PM, no	#5	at Northwestern	W 59–50	17–3 (5–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,646) Evanston, IL
January 27 9:00 PM, no	#5	Michigan State	W 66–64	18–3 (6–1)	Value City Arena (18,965) Columbus, OH
January 31 7:00 PM, no	#4	at Purdue	W 78–60	19–3 (7–1)	Mackey Arena (13,961) West Lafayette, IN
February 3 4:00 PM, no	#4	at Michigan State	W 63–54	20–3 (8–1)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
February 6 7:00 PM, no	#3	Michigan	W 76–63	21–3 (9–1)	Value City Arena (18,927) Columbus, OH
February 10 12:15 PM, no	#3	Purdue	W 63–56	22–3 (10–1)	Value City Arena (18,988) Columbus, OH
February 14 7:00 PM, no	#2	at Penn State	W 64–62	23–3 (11–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (10,027) University Park, PA
February 18 12:00 PM, no	#2	at Minnesota	W 85–67	24–3 (12–1)	Williams Arena (13,026) Minneapolis, MN
February 21 8:00 PM, no	#1	Penn State	W 68–60	25–3 (13–1)	Value City Arena (18,957) Columbus, OH
February 25 4:00 PM, no	#1	#2 Wisconsin	W 49–48	26–3 (14–1)	Value City Arena (19,044) Columbus, OH
March 3 4:00 PM, no	#1	at Michigan	W 65–61	27–3 (15–1)	Crisler Arena (13,751) Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten Tournament
March 9 11:00 AM, no	#1	Michigan Quarterfinal	W 72–62	28–3	United Center (18,103) Chicago, IL
March 10 12:40 PM, no	#1	Purdue Semifinal	W 63–52	29–3	United Center (20,471) Chicago, IL
March 11 2:30 PM, no	#1	#4 Wisconsin Championship game	W 66–49	30–3	United Center (17,538) Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
March 15 7:10 PM, no	#2 (1)	vs. (16) Central Connecticut State First Round – South Regional	W 78–57	31–3	Rupp Arena (20,752) Lexington, KY
March 17 1:10 PM, no	#2 (1)	vs. (9) Xavier Second Round – South Regional	W 78–71 ^OT	32–3	Rupp Arena (20,882) Lexington, KY
March 22 9:18 PM, no	#2 (1)	vs. (5) Tennessee Sweet Sixteen – South Regional	W 85–84	33–3	Alamodome (26,776) San Antonio, TX
March 24 3:40 PM, no	#2 (1)	vs. #5 (2) Memphis Elite Eight – South Regional	W 92–76	34–3	Alamodome (26,260) San Antonio, TX
March 31 6:07 PM, no	#2 (1)	vs. #8 (2) Georgetown Final Four	W 67–60	35–3	Georgia Dome (53,510) Atlanta, GA
April 2 9:21 PM, no	#2 (1)	vs. #3 (1) Florida National Championship Game	L 75–84	35–4	Georgia Dome (51,458) Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	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	Final
AP	7	5	4	3	5	4	3	6	6	5	7	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1		2

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2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Ohio State†	15	–	1	.938	35	–	4	.897
#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]