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
's basketball program is one of the most popular and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Yellow Jackets
have been to 2 NCAA Final Fours
and have won 3 ACC Championships
in the past 25 years. The program is most well known for its famous alumni, such as Chris Bosh
, Stephon Marbury
, Kenny Anderson
, John Salley
, Mark Price
, or Jarrett Jack
. Bobby Cremins
built the Georgia Tech basketball program from the basement up and passed the torch to current head coach Paul Hewitt
. Hewitt's teams feed on pressure defense and fast-paced transition offenses.
and guard Javaris Crittenton
. 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.
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
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
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 YoungThaddeus 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 Clio is a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 774 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Clio is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land... |
| 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 Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... |
| 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 Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... |
| 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 Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625... |
| 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
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| November 4, 2006 | Atlanta, GA | 4:00 PM | W 96-52 | ||||
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| 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... 1 |
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... 1 |
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 | |
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| March 8, 2007 | Wake Forest | Tampa, FL | 9:00 PM | L 114-112 | 20-11 | 8-9 | |
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| March 16, 2007 | Chicago, IL | 12:25 PM | L 67-63 | 20-12 | 8-9 | ||
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External links
- Spread on the 2006-2007 Basketball teams in The TechniqueThe TechniqueThe 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...