2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini 2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 23–12 9–7 Bruce Weber Wayne McClain Jay Price Tracy Webster 4th 6th 4th 3rd Warren Carter Rich McBride Warren Carter Rich McBride Assembly Hall NCAA men's Division I tournament Round of 64 The 2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fourth season at Illinois. The team finished with 9–7 conference and 21–10 overall records. The Illini advanced to the semifinal round of the Big Ten tournament and were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Roster 2006 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Trent Meacham 1 G 6 2 195 SO y Champaign, IL Centennial High School y Chris Hicks 2 G 6 2 195 JR Chicago, IL Whitney Young High School n W Chester Frazier 3 G 6 2 195 SO Baltimore, MD Lake Clifton Eastern High School y Jeremiah Wise 5 G 6 3 185 SO yes Maywood, IL Proviso East High School/Indiana State University n Brian Carlwell 21 C 6 11 265 FR Maywood, IL Proviso East High School y Steve Holdren 22 F 6 5 215 SO Champaign, IL Centennial High School n W Calvin Brock 25 G 6 5 200 SO y Chicago, IL Simeon High School n Jamar Smith 31 G 6 3 185 SO Peoria, IL Richwoods High School y Rich McBride 33 G 6 3 205 SR Springfield, IL Lanphier High School n C C.J. Jackson 34 F 6 8 265 FR y Buena Vista, GA Tri-County High School n Warren Carter 41 F 6 8 220 SR Dallas, TX Lake Highlands High School y Warren Carter (basketball) C Brian Randle 42 F 6 8 220 JR y East Peoria, IL Notre Dame High School y Marcus Arnold 44 F 6 8 245 SR y Chicago, IL Morgan Park High School n Richard Semrau 50 F 6 10 240 FR yes y Grafton, OH Lutheran West High School n Shaun Pruitt 55 C 6 10 245 JR Aurora, IL West Aurora High School y Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Wayne McClain (Illinois State) Jay Price (Kansas) Tracy Webster (Wisconsin) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2006-07 Schedule Source: https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2006-07 2006-07 Men's Basketball Schedule no yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/1/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 Lewis Flyers Lewis Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 83–58 16,618 11/8/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 SIU Edwardsville Cougars SIU Edwardsville Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 76–57 16,618 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season 11/13/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 Austin Peay Governors none Austin Peay Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 80–35 1–0 16,618 11/15/06 7:00 pm yes no Jackson State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 76–55 2–0 16,618 11/17/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN Plus 85–50 3–0 16,618 11/19/06 4:00 pm yes no Florida A&M Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 84–63 4–0 16,618 11/21/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 Savannah State Tigers none Savannah State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 81–34 5–0 16,618 11/24/06 7:30 pm yes yes no Miami (OH) Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Chicago Invitational Challenge WCIA 51–49 6–0 7,388 11/25/06 7:30 pm yes yes no 2006 Bradley Braves Bradley Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Chicago Invitational Challenge WCIA 75–71 7–0 8,532 11/28/06 6:00 pm yes no Maryland 23 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 66–72 7–1 16,618 12/2/06 4:00 pm yes yes no Arizona 16 US Airways Center Phoenix, AZ ESPN 72–84 7–2 15,507 12/6/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN Plus 87–59 8–2 16,618 12/9/06 1:00 pm yes no 2006 Illinois–Chicago Flames Illinois–Chicago United Center Chicago, IL ESPN Plus 71–66 9–2 16,424 12/17/06 4:00 pm yes no Belmont Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN Plus 77–51 10–2 16,618 12/19/06 8:00 pm yes yes no Missouri Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights ESPN 73–70 11–2 22,153 12/21/06 7:00 pm yes no 2006 Idaho State Bengals Idaho State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN Plus 71–60 12–2 16,618 12/29/06 8:00 pm yes yes no Xavier U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 59–65 12–3 13,256 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/3/07 7:00 pm yes no Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI ESPN Plus 61–71 12–4 0–1 11,023 1/7/07 1:00 pm no Ohio State 6 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 44–62 12–5 0–2 16,618 1/10/07 7:00 pm no Iowa Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry ESPN Plus 74–70 13–5 1–2 16,618 1/14/07 12:30 pm yes no Michigan State Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI CBS 57–63 13–6 1–3 14,759 1/17/07 6:00 pm yes no Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 64–52 14–6 2–3 11,020 1/20/07 1:00 pm no Wisconsin 2 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 64–71 14–7 2–4 16,618 1/23/07 6:00 pm no Indiana 23 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry ESPN 51–43 15–7 3–4 16,618 1/27/07 1:30 pm yes no Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN Plus 47–64 15–8 3–5 14,123 1/30/07 8:00 pm no Michigan State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 57–50 16–8 4–5 16,618 2/3/07 7:00 pm no Minnesota Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN Plus 59–49 17–8 5–5 16,618 2/7/07 6:00 pm yes no 2006 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Rivalry Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN2 58–43 18–8 6–5 7,129 2/10/07 12:00 pm yes no Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry CBS 61–65 18–9 6–6 17,316 2/18/07 2:00 pm no Northwestern Assembly Hall Rivalry Champaign, IL ESPN Plus 48–37 19–9 7–6 16,618 2/21/07 8:00 pm no Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPNU 54–42 20–9 8–6 16,618 2/24/07 1:00 pm yes no 2006 Penn State Nittany Lions none Penn State Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA ESPN 68–50 21–9 9–6 12,034 3/3/07 11:00 am yes no Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry ESPN Plus 53–60 21–10 9–7 15,500 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament 3/8/07 4:05 pm yes 6 11 no Penn State United Center Chicago, IL Opening round ESPN2 66–60 22–10 16,219 3/9/07 8:10 pm yes 6 3 no Indiana United Center Chicago, IL Quarterfinals ESPN Plus 58–54 OT 23–10 22,081 3/10/07 3:05 pm yes 6 2 no Wisconsin 3 United Center Chicago, IL Semifinals CBS 41–53 23–11 20,471 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament 3/16/07 6:00 pm yes no Virginia Tech Nationwide Arena 12 W 5 W Columbus, OH First round CBS 52–54 23–12 19,916 Central Time Season statistics Legend   GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game   FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds  Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers  Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high + Individual Player Statistics2006-07 Illinois Season Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20130227000850/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-2006.html 2013-02-27 , FightingIllini.com Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl Carter, Warren 34 34 1047 30.8 466 13.7 167 344 .485 31 74 .419 101 142 .711 61 148 209 6.1 68 90 32 24 Pruitt, Shaun 35 35 929 26.5 399 11.4 161 293 .549 0 0 .000 77 150 .513 105 156 261 7.5 7 68 16 10 McBride, Rich 31 27 992 32.0 298 9.6 96 281 .342 82 234 .350 24 35 .686 7 56 63 2.0 71 45 4 20 Frazier, Chester 33 28 1038 31.5 238 7.2 72 203 .355 34 106 .321 60 101 .594 50 100 150 4.5 148 81 6 48 Randle, Brian 24 23 616 25.7 177 7.4 66 133 .496 11 31 .355 34 59 .576 35 84 119 5.0 26 46 11 23 Meacham, Trent 35 12 622 17.8 175 5.0 51 136 .375 35 87 .402 38 48 .792 6 30 36 1.0 60 40 0 19 Brock, Calvin 35 9 671 19.2 174 5.0 72 162 .444 9 30 .300 21 36 .583 58 69 127 3.6 56 40 6 24 Smith, Jamar 21 6 472 22.5 170 8.1 53 159 .333 38 120 .317 26 33 .788 11 23 34 1.6 39 18 3 19 Arnold, Marcus 34 1 317 9.3 69 2.0 28 60 .467 0 0 .000 13 26 .500 17 28 45 1.3 3 22 9 8 Carlwell, Brian 26 0 183 7.0 44 1.7 14 31 .452 0 0 .000 16 31 .516 19 17 36 1.4 3 10 10 8 Semrau, Richard 5 0 63 12.6 18 3.6 4 14 .286 1 5 .200 9 13 .692 6 5 11 2.2 3 6 0 0 Jackson, C.J. 12 0 54 4.5 13 1.1 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 6 12 18 1.5 3 5 2 1 Hicks, Chris 12 0 27 2.3 4 0.3 1 7 .143 0 4 .000 2 3 .667 0 1 1 0.1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Team 56 65 121 17 Total 35 7025 2245 64.1 790 1830 .432 241 691 .349 424 680 .624 437 794 1231 35.2 488 491 99 205 References Illinois Fighting Illini Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois Illinois