2006-07 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
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The 2006–07 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team went 20-12 (8-9 ACC). Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

's basketball program is one of the most popular and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that...

 have been to 2 NCAA Final Fours
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

 and have won 3 ACC Championships
Atlantic Coast Conference
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 in the past 25 years. The program is most well known for its famous alumni, such as Chris Bosh
Chris Bosh
Christopher Wesson Bosh is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association ....

, Stephon Marbury
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Xavier Marbury is an American professional basketball player.The , point guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves.He was an NBA...

, Kenny Anderson
Kenny Anderson
Kenneth "Kenny" Anderson is a retired American basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Institute of Technology, he played point guard professionally from 1991 to 2006, mostly in the National Basketball Association....

, John Salley
John Salley
John Thomas "Spider" Salley is a retired American professional basketball player, actor and talk show host. He was the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises....

, Mark Price
Mark Price
William Mark Price is a retired American basketball player who played for 12 seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1998...

, or Jarrett Jack
Jarrett Jack
Jarrett Matthew Jack is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA. At 6' 3" tall and weighing 197 lbs , he primarily plays at the guard position...

. Bobby Cremins
Bobby Cremins
Bobby Cremins is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Appalachian State and Georgia Tech.-Early years:...

 built the Georgia Tech basketball program from the basement up and passed the torch to current head coach Paul Hewitt
Paul Hewitt
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. Hewitt's teams feed on pressure defense and fast-paced transition offenses.

Pre-season

Paul Hewitt recruited one of the best recruiting classes in Georgia Tech history bringing in McDonald's All-Americans forward Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Charles Young is an American professional basketball player. Young is a small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Prior to his professional career, he attended Georgia Tech, where he studied management. He is tall and weighs...

 and guard Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Cortez Crittenton is an American professional basketball player who has most recently played for the Dakota Wizards of the NBA D-League. He was previously the starting point guard for the Georgia Tech men's basketball team....

. The team returns Jeremis Smith, Anthony Morrow, Mario West, and Ra'Sean Dickey as strong and experienced veterans to add needed balance to a very age polarized squad.

Roster

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown
Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Cortez Crittenton is an American professional basketball player who has most recently played for the Dakota Wizards of the NBA D-League. He was previously the starting point guard for the Georgia Tech men's basketball team....

1 G 6-5 198 Freshman Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

Matt Causey 2 G 6-0 186 Senior Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia
-Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring...

Ra'Sean Dickey 4 F-C 6-10 250 Junior Clio, South Carolina
Clio, South Carolina
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Mario West
Mario West
Mario Marceé West is an American professional basketball player who plays for Tezenis Verona. He has also played with Atlanta Hawks, New Jersey Nets, and the NBA Development League's Maine Red Claws...

5 G 6-5 210 RS-Senior Douglasville, Georgia
Douglasville, Georgia
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of Douglas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 30,961...

Mouhammad Faye
Mouhammad Faye
Mouhammad Faye is a Senegalese basketball player for the NBA D-League's Rio Grande Valley Vipers.-Early life and high school:...

11 G-F 6-10 208 RS-Freshman Dakar, Senegal
Paco Diaw
Paco Diaw
Paco Diaw is a Senegalese basketball player. He is currently a guard for the Lee University men's basketball team. He is also the younger half-brother of Charlotte Bobcats player Boris Diaw....

12 G 6-6 185 Sophomore Dakar, Senegal
D'Andre Bell 13 G-F 6-5 210 Sophomore Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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Ty Anderson 14 G 6-4 197 Freshman Watkinsville, Georgia
Watkinsville, Georgia
Watkinsville is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,097. The city is the county seat of Oconee County...

Anthony Morrow
Anthony Morrow
Anthony Jarrad Morrow , nicknamed A-Mo, is an American professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association...

23 G 6-5 210 Junior Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

Jeremis Smith 32 F 6-8 236 Junior Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Charles Young is an American professional basketball player. Young is a small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Prior to his professional career, he attended Georgia Tech, where he studied management. He is tall and weighs...

33 F 6-8 217 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
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Brad Sheehan 34 F-C 6-11 220 Freshman Latham, New York
Latham, New York
Latham is a hamlet in Albany County, New York, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 9 in the town of Colonie, a dense suburb north of Albany.-History:...

Zach Peacock 35 F 6-8 235 Freshman Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
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Alade Aminu
Alade Aminu
Abdul Alade Aminu is an American professional basketball player. He attended college at Georgia Tech. His brother is NBA player Al-Farouq Aminu. Aminu graduated from Georgia Tech in 2009 and went undrafted in the 2009 NBA Draft...

41 F 6-10 225 Sophomore Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stone Mountain is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,802 at the 2010 census. It is an outer suburb of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.-Geography:...


Schedule and results

Date Opponent Location Time (EST) Result Overall Conf. Recap
Exhibition Games
November 4, 2006 Atlanta, GA  4:00 PM W 96-52
Regular Season
November 10, 2006 Atlanta, GA 8:00 PM W 83-49 1-0 0-0
November 13, 2006 Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 100-70 2-0 0-0
November 16, 2006 Atlanta, GA 6:00 PM W 103-74 3-0 0-0
November 20, 2006 1 Maui, HI  5:00 PM W 79-61 4-0 0-0
November 21, 2006 #12 Memphis
2006–07 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team
The 2006–07 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2006–07 college basketball season, the 86th season of Tiger basketball...

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Maui, HI 7:00 PM W 92-85 5-0 0-0
November 22, 2006 #5 UCLA
2006-07 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 2006–07 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins finished first in the Pacific-10 Conference standings...

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Maui, HI 10:00 PM L 88-73 5-1 0-0
November 28, 2006 ² Atlanta, GA 8:00 PM W 77-73 6-1 0-0
December 3, 2006 Coral Gables, FL  5:30 PM L 90-82 6-2 0-1
December 9, 2006 Vanderbilt
2006-07 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
The 2006–07 Vanderbilt Commodores men’s basketball team finished with a 22–12 record and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores were ranked No...

 
Nashville, TN  5:00 PM L 73-64 6-3 0-1
December 18, 2006 Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 92-52 7-3 0-1
December 22, 2006 (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the nickname given to an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Bulldogs football team of the University of Georgia. The two Georgia universities are...

)
Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 78-69 8-3 0-1
December 28, 2006 Atlanta, GA 2:00 PM W 85-55 9-3 0-1
December 30, 2006 Atlanta, GA 8:00 PM W 87-43 10-3 0-1
January 3, 2007 Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 97-46 11-3 0-1
January 6, 2007 #23 Clemson, SC  4:00 PM L 75-74 11-4 0-2
January 10, 2007 #11 Duke Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 74-63 12-4 1-2
January 13, 2007 Atlanta, GA 6:00 PM W 88-80 13-4 2-2
January 20, 2007 #4 North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC  9:00 PM L 77-61 13-5 2-3
January 24, 2007 Maryland
2006-07 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team
The 2006–07 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2006–07 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The team was led by 18th-year head coach Gary Williams...

College Park, MD  9:00 PM L 80-65 13-6 2-4
January 28, 2007 #24 Virginia Tech
2006-07 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team
The 2006–07 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing the regular season as the third place team in the conference....

Atlanta, GA 3:30 PM L 73-65 13-7 2-5
January 30, 2007 Winston-Salem, NC  8:00 PM L 85-75 13-8 2-6
February 3, 2007 Clemson Atlanta, GA 1:00 PM W 80-62 14-8 3-6
February 6, 2007 Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 74-65 15-8 4-6
February 11, 2007 UConn³ Atlanta, GA 1:00 PM W 65-52 16-8 4-6
February 13, 2007 Florida St. Tallahassee, FL  8:00 PM W 63-57 17-8 5-6
February 18, 2007 Duke Durham, NC  1:00 PM L 71-62 17-9 5-7
February 21, 2007 Wake Forest Atlanta, GA 7:00 PM W 75-61 18-9 6-7
February 24, 2007 #24 Virginia
2006-07 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
The 2006-07 University of Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference....

Charlottesville, VA  3:30 PM L 73-69 18-10 6-8
March 1, 2007 #8 North Carolina Atlanta, GA 9:00 PM W 84-77 19-10 7-8
March 4, 2007 Boston College
2006–07 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team
The 2006–07 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team plays basketball for the Boston College Eagles in the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2005–06, they went 28–8 ....

Atlanta, GA 3:30 PM W 74-60 20-10 8-8
ACC Tournament
March 8, 2007 Wake Forest Tampa, FL  9:00 PM L 114-112 20-11 8-9
NCAA Tournament
March 16, 2007 Chicago, IL  12:25 PM L 67-63 20-12 8-9
*Conference games in bold. 1EA Sports
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 Maui Invitational
Maui Invitational Tournament
The Maui Invitational Tournament is an annual early-season college basketball tournament that takes place Thanksgiving Week in Lahaina, Hawaii at the Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui. It is hosted by Chaminade University of Honolulu, which participates yearly along with a field of seven...

, ²ACC–Big Ten Challenge game, ³Georgia Dome
Georgia Dome
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. AP Rankings use.

External links

  • Spread on the 2006-2007 Basketball teams in The Technique
    The Technique
    The Technique, also known as the "Nique," is the official student newspaper of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia and has referred to itself as "the South's liveliest college newspaper" since 1945...

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