2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2006–07 George Mason Patriots George Mason Patriots wordmark.svg Colonial Athletic Association CAA 18–15 9–9 Jim Larranaga Scott Cherry James Johnson Chris Caputo Patriot Center 1 The 2006–07 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 41st season of collegiate play on November 11, 2006 at Cleveland State. This season followed their historic 2005–06 season where they advanced to the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. However, the 2006–07 team was much less successful; they finishing with an 18-15 record and were not invited to any post-season tournaments. Season notes After playing in the first 2 games, Sammy Hernandez requested a transfer from the team.http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9372/ Sammy Hernandez to Seek Transfer – The Mason Gazette – George Mason University 2008-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20080202174739/http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9372/ 2008-02-02 dead He enrolled at Florida Atlantic University. Awards Second Team All-CAA Will Thomas Third Team All-CAA Folarin Campbell CAA All-Defensive Team Will Thomas CAA Player of the Week Will Thomas – Nov. 13 Jordan Carter – Jan. 15 CAA Rookie of the Week Louis Birdsong – Dec. 26 Roster 2006 George Mason Patriots y y Louis Birdsong 33 F 6 6 230 FR Baltimore, MD Mount Saint Joseph’s Tim Burns 12 G 6 3 185 SR Greenfield, MA Worcester Academy Folarin Campbell 42 G 6 4 205 JR Silver Spring, MD Springbrook y Jordan Carter 2 G 6 0 175 JR Indianapolis, IN Brebeuf Chris Fleming 40 F 6 7 240 SO Manassas, VA Osbourn Park Makan Konate 3 F 6 7 215 SR Mali Worcester Academy Charles Makings 24 G 6 2 210 SR Silver Spring, MD St. John's College Darryl Monroe 32 F 6 7 275 JR Virginia Beach, VA First Colonial y Gabe Norwood 5 F 6 5 190 SR State College, PA State College y Dre Smith 1 G 6 0 185 SO Houston, TX Lamar Will Thomas basketball 34 F 6 7 230 JR Baltimore, MD Mount Saint Joseph’s y Jesus Urbina 13 F 6 7 235 JR yes Venezuela Amelia Academy John Vaughn 23 G 6 3 179 SO yes Laurel, MD Laurel Jim Larranaga (Providence) Scott Cherry (North Carolina) James Johnson (Ferrum) Chris Caputo (Westfield) https://web.archive.org/web/20120204165804/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gema-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-07-27 Stats Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Folarin Campbell 32 32 32.7 .376 .307 .722 3.9 3.8 1.3 .3 13.9 Will Thomas 33 33 34.8 .627 .000 .622 6.9 2.2 .6 .6 13.3 John Vaughan 32 13 23.3 .397 .311 .655 2.8 1.1 .6 .0 8.3 Dre Smith 32 18 22.6 .410 .391 .593 2.2 1.3 .8 .1 8.0 Darryl Monroe 33 19 20.9 .563 .000 .471 3.9 1.1 .5 .6 6.1 Jordan Carter 33 24 23.1 .483 .460 .676 2.9 2.2 1.0 .2 5.0 Gabe Norwood 33 9 18.7 .465 .382 .706 2.1 1.8 .7 .2 3.6 Louis Birdsong 30 5 13.6 .488 .000 .762 2.9 .6 .2 .4 3.3 Tim Burns 18 2 6.9 .353 .346 .333 .4 .2 .1 .1 1.9 Chris Fleming 19 3 7.0 .542 .000 .500 .8 .1 .1 .1 1.5 Charles Makings 7 0 2.7 1.000 .000 .500 1.0 .1 .0 .0 1.3 Jesus Urbina 21 6 8.8 .324 .100 .200 2.5 .1 .2 .2 1.1 Sammy Hernandez 2 0 4.5 .500 .000 .000 1.5 .5 .0 .0 1.0 Makan Konate 9 1 2.1 .143 .000 .000 .3 .1 .0 .0 .2 Game log yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots| Non-conference regular season November 11, 2006 3:00pm yes yes Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 79–74 1–0 Thomas 25 Thomas 10 Norwood, Thomas 5 3,004 November 18, 2006 4:00pm yes 2006–07 Wichita State State Shockers Wichita State University Wichita State Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Final Four Banner Unveiling ESPN2 66–72 1–1 Vaughan 21 Thomas 10 Thomas 4 9,804 November 21, 2006 7:00pm yes yes 2006–07 Hampton Pirates Hampton University Hampton Convocation Center Hampton, VA 55–46 2–1 Campbell 22 Thomas 7 Campbell, Monroe 3 1,992 November 25, 2006 2:00pm yes yes Creighton Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, NE 56–58 2–2 Vaughan 22 Urbina 10 Campbell 4 15,445 November 27, 2006 7:00pm yes 2006–07 Florida International Golden Panthers Florida International University Florida International Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 65–39 3–2 Smith 20 Monroe 8 Campbell 4 4,310 December 3, 2006 1:30pm yes yes 2006–07 Bucknell Bison Bucknell University Bucknell Verizon Center Washington, D.C. BB&T Classic Comcast 57–60 3–3 Campbell 20 Urbina 7 Thomas 4 16,924 December 6, 2006 7:00pm yes yes 2006–07 Radford Highlanders Radford University Radford Dedmon Center Radford, VA 62–60 4–3 Campbell 21 Thomas 10 Campbell 6 3,123 December 9, 2006 12:00pm yes yes Duke 7 Cameron Indoor Durham, NC ESPN 53–69 4–4 Campbell, Thomas 13 Vaughan 6 Campbell 6 9,314 December 21, 2006 7:00pm yes yes Holy Cross DCU Center Worcester, MA 58–46 5–4 Campbell 18 Birdsong 11 Campbell 3 3,114 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|CAA regular season December 28, 2006 7:00pm yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA CN8 49–61 5–5 0–1 Thomas 19 Thomas 8 Campbell 2 2,506 December 30, 2006 12:00pm yes Mississippi State Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Comcast 59–63 6–5 Thomas 22 Thomas 9 Norwood 3 7,846 January 3, 2007 7:00pm William & Mary Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 63–67 6–6 0–2 Thomas 20 Campbell 5 Norwood 5 4,409 January 6, 2007 2:00pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA Comcast 63–65 6–7 0–3 Thomas 21 Thomas 9 Campbell 4 7,372 January 8, 2007 7:00pm 2006–07 UNC-Wilmington Seahawks UNC-Wilmington UNC-Wilmington Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 55–34 7–7 1–3 Carter 11 Thomas 8 Carter 4 4,120 January 11, 2007 7:00pm yes 2006–07 Towson Tigers Towson University Towson Towson Center Towson, MD ESPNU 73–44 8–7 2–3 Campbell 16 Carter, Monroe 7 Campbell 9 2,479 January 13, 2007 2:00pm 2006–07 James Madison Dukes James Madison University James Madison Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 73–52 9–7 3–3 Vaughan 16 Thomas 9 Carter 5 8,044 January 16, 2007 7:00pm yes William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA MASN 76–63 10–7 4–3 Thomas 19 Vaughan 6 Carter, Thomas 4 2,729 January 20, 2007 4:00pm 2006–07 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern University Northeastern Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 78–53 11–7 5–3 Thomas 20 Campbell 8 Carter, Norwood 5 6,928 January 24, 2007 7:00pm Virginia Commonwealth Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Comcast 62–75 11–8 5–4 Campbell 19 Campbell 9 Carter, Thomas 4 7,579 January 27, 2007 2:00pm yes 2006–07 James Madison Dukes James Madison University James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA Comcast 59–41 12–8 6–4 Campbell 17 Campbell, Thomas 6 Campbell, Thomas 4 5,151 January 29, 2007 7:00pm yes 2006–07 UNC-Wilmington Seahawks UNC-Wilmington UNC-Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC MASN 58–65 12–9 6–5 Campbell 17 Vaughan 7 Campbell 6 4,986 January 31, 2007 7:00pm 2006–07 Delaware Blue Hens University of Delaware Delaware Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 89–59 13–9 7–5 Campbell 21 Campbell, Monroe, Vaughan 5 Campbell, Carter, Norwood 4 4,553 February 3, 2007 6:00pm Old Dominion Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPNU 56–66 13–10 7–6 Campbell 23 Monroe, Thomas 11 Campbell 3 9,804 February 8, 2007 7:00pm yes Virginia Commonwealth Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA ESPNU 49–63 13–11 7–7 Thomas 17 Thomas 12 Carter, Monroe, Thomas 3 7,585 February 10, 2007 4:00pm 2006–07 Hofstra Pride Hofstra University Hofstra Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPN 60–68 13–12 7–8 Campbell 14 Monroe, Thomas 6 Campbell 5 7,800 February 14, 2007 7:00pm yes 2006–07 Delaware Blue Hens University of Delaware Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE MASN 66–46 14–12 8–8 Thomas 14 Thomas 9 Monroe 4 2,778 February 17, 2007 4:00pm yes 2006–07 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State University Kent State Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Homecoming/ESPN Bracket Busters ESPN360 62–68 14–13 Monroe, Thomas 12 Thomas 10 Monroe, Thomas 5 9,073 February 20, 2007 7:00pm 2006–07 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State University Georgia State Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 60–54 15–13 9–8 Carter 14 Monroe, Thomas 8 Thomas 6 4,567 February 24, 2007 1:00pm yes 2006–07 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern University Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston 50–73 15–14 9–9 Campbell, Thomas 8 Carter 9 Norwood, Smith, Thomas 2 2,214 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|CAA tournament March 2, 2007 8:30pm 6 yes 2006–07 James Madison Dukes James Madison University James Madison 11 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA First Round 73–62 16–14 Smith 26 Birdsong 7 Campbell 8 5,176 March 3, 2007 8:30pm 6 yes 2006–07 Hofstra Pride Hofstra University Hofstra 3 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Quarterfinals Cox 64–61 17–14 Campbell 16 Monroe 10 Campbell 6 6,311 March 4, 2007 5:30pm 6 yes Old Dominion 2 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Semifinals 79–63 18–14 Smith 19 Birdsong 9 Campbell 4 11,200 March 5, 2007 7:00pm 6 yes Virginia Commonwealth 1 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Championship ESPN 59–65 18–15 Smith 12 Monroe 5 Campbell 4 11,200 Coaches' Poll Eastern Time Recruiting The following is a list of players signed for the 2007–08 season: no no 2007 Vlad Moldoveanu PF Bucharest, Romania St. John’s College 6 9 185 10/11/2006 3 3 Cam Long SG Woodbridge, Virginia Freedom 6 3 175 09/18/2006 2 2 Isaiah Tate SG Hyattsville, Maryland DeMatha 6 2 175 08/24/2006 2 2 Jay Threatt PG Highland Springs, Virginia Highland Springs 5 8 165 05/09/2007 2 2007 George Mason Basketball Commitments 2007 George Mason Basketball Commits ESPN 2244 2009-02-09 yes References George Mason Category:George Mason Patriots men's basketball seasons George Mason Patriots men's basketball George Mason Patriots men's basketball