2006–07 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 2006–07 North Carolina Tar Heels men North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg 100 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 5 4 31–7 11–5 Roy Williams 4th Joe Holladay Steve Robinson C. B. McGrath Dean Smith Center ACC Tournament championsACC Regular Season Co-Champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 2006–07 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Recruiting no no 2006 Wayne Ellington SG Wynnewood, Pennsylvania The Episcopal Academy 6 4 200 05/23/2005 5 5 N/A Will Graves SF Greensboro, North Carolina Dudley HS 6 6 260 01/17/2005 4 3 N/A Ty Lawson PG Clinton, Maryland Oak Hill Academy (VA) 5 11 195 05/12/2005 5 5 N/A Alex Stepheson PF Los Angeles, California Harvard-Westlake HS 6 9 235 10/11/2005 4 4 N/A Deon Thompson C Torrance, California Torrance HS 6 9 245 10/04/2005 4 4 N/A Brandan Wright PF Nashville, Tennessee Brentwood Academy 6 9 205 10/16/2005 5 5 N/A 2006 North Carolina Basketball Commitments 2006 North Carolina Basketball Commits ESPN northcarolina 75 153 1 1 N/A 2011-06-24 yes Roster 2006 North Carolina Tar Heels y yes Dewey Burke 15 G 6 0 185 SR Philadelphia Conestoga Marc Campbell 25 G 5 11 165 SO Raleigh, North Carolina Ravenscroft Mike Copeland 40 F 6 7 225 SO Winston-Salem, North Carolina R. J. Reynolds Wayne Ellington y 2 G 6 4 195 FR Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Episcopal Academy Bobby Frasor y 4 G 6 3 208 SO Blue Island, Illinois Brother Rice Marcus Ginyard y 1 G/F 6 5 218 SO Alexandria, Virginia Bishop O'Connell Will Graves y 13 F 6 6 260 FR Greensboro, North Carolina Dudley Danny Green Danny Green (basketball) y 14 F/G 6 5 210 SO North Babylon, New York St. Mary's Tyler Hansbrough y 50 C 6 9 245 SO Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff Ty Lawson y 5 G 5 11 193 FR Clinton, Maryland Oak Hill Academy Wes Miller y 22 G 5 11 190 SR Charlotte, North Carolina New Hampton School Alex Stepheson y 32 F 6 9 225 FR Los Angeles, California Harvard-Westlake Reyshawn Terry y 3 F 6 8 232 SR Winston-Salem, North Carolina R. J. Reynolds Quentin Thomas 11 G 6 3 185 JR Oakland, California Oakland Technical Senior Deon Thompson y 21 F 6 8 240 FR Torrance, California Torrance Surry Wood 24 F 6 5 205 JR Raleigh, North Carolina Cary Academy Brandan Wright y 34 F 6 9 205 FR Nashville, Tennessee Brentwood Academy Roy Williams Joe HolladaySteve RobinsonC. B. McGrath http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=667867&SPID=12965&DB_OEM_ID=3350&Q_SEASON=2006 October 29, 2012 Schedule and results yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition |- November 1 7:30 pm w yes 2 St Augustine's College Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 110–79 12,230 November 11 5:00 pm w yes 2 Pfeiffer Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 140–101 21,750 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season |- November 14 7:00 pm w yes yes 2 Sacred Heart Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina NIT Season Tip-Off Regional semifinals ESPNU 103–81 7,060 1–0 November 15 7:00 pm w yes yes 2 Winthrop Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina NIT Season Tip-Off Regional Final ESPN 73–66 7,362 2–0 November 19 1:00 pm w yes 2 Gardner-Webb Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina FSN 103–50 19,045 3–0 November 22 9:15 pm l yes yes 2 Gonzaga Madison Square Garden New York City NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals ESPN2 74–82 9,123 3–1 November 24 4:30 pm w yes yes 2 Tennessee 22 Madison Square Garden New York NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game ESPN 101–87 9,498 4–1 November 29 9:00 pm w yes 7 Ohio State 3 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 98–89 21,750 5–1 December 2 12:00 pm w yes 7 Kentucky Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina CBS 75–63 21,147 6–1 December 9 7:00 pm w yes 3 High Point Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 94–69 19,955 7–1 December 16 2:00 pm w yes 3 UNC Asheville Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina FSN 93–62 18,923 8–1 December 19 7:00 pm w yes 2 Florida Atlantic Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPNU 105–52 18,162 9–1 December 22 7:00 pm w yes yes 2 Saint Louis Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri ESPNU 69–48 22,539 10–1 December 28 7:00 pm w yes 2 Rutgers Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN2 87–48 20,997 11–1 December 31 3:00 pm w yes 2 Dayton Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina FSN 81–51 19,967 12–1 January 3 8:00 pm w yes 2 Penn Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN 102–64 19,378 13–1 January 7 7:00 pm w 2 Florida State Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina FSN 84–58 21,010 14–1 1–0 January 10 9:00 pm w 1 Virginia Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 79–69 21,569 15–1 2–0 January 13 3:30 pm l yes 1 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ABC 88–94 9,847 15–2 2–1 January 17 7:00 pm w yes 4 Clemson 19 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPN 77–55 10,000 16–2 3–1 January 20 9:00 pm w 4 Georgia Tech Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN College GameDay ESPN 77–61 21,750 17–2 4–1 January 24 7:00 pm w yes 4 Wake Forest Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina ESPN 88–60 14,351 18–2 5–1 January 27 1:00 pm w yes yes 4 Arizona 17 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona CBS 92–64 14,596 19–2 5–1 January 31 7:00 pm w 3 Miami (FL) Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN 105–64 21,132 20–2 6–1 February 3 3:30 pm l yes 3 NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina ABC 79–83 19,700 21–3 6–2 February 7 9:00 pm w yes 5 Duke 16 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina Raycom/ESPN 79–73 9,314 22–3 7–2 February 10 1:30 pm w 5 Wake Forest Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 104–67 21,750 23–3 8–2 February 13 8:00 pm l 4 Virginia Tech Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 80–81 OT 21,750 23–4 8–3 February 17 9:00 pm w yes 4 Boston College 21 Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN College GameDay ESPN 77–72 8,606 23–4 9–3 February 21 9:00 pm w 5 NC State Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 83–64 21,750 24–4 10–3 February 25 5:30 pm l yes 5 Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland FSN 87–89 17,950 24–5 10–4 March 1 9:00 pm l yes 8 Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta Raycom/ESPN2 77–84 9,191 24–6 10–5 March 4 4:00 pm w 8 Duke 14 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina CBS 86–72 21,750 25–6 11–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC tournament |- March 9 12:00 pm w yes 8 1 9 Florida State St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Quarterfinals 73–58 22,269 26–6 March 10 1:30 pm w yes 8 1 4 Boston College St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Semifinals Raycom/ESPN 71–56 22,269 27–6 March 11 1:00 pm w yes 8 1 10 NC State St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Championship Raycom/ESPN 89–80 22,269 28–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament |- March 15 9:50 pm w yes yes 4 1 E Eastern Kentucky 16 E Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina First round CBS 86–65 14,148 29–6 March 17 8:20 pm w yes yes 4 1 E 9 E Michigan State Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina Second Round CBS 81–67 14,148 30–6 March 23 9:57 pm w yes yes 4 1 E 5 E USC 23 Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Sweet Sixteen CBS 74–64 19,557 31–6 March 25 5:05 pm l yes yes 4 1 E 2 E Georgetown 8 Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Elite Eight CBS 84–96 OT 19,557 31–7 |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" | colspan=9 | *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time."2006–07 Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20110519181729/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/unc-m-baskbl-sched-2006.html 2011-05-19 ." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on May 3, 2008. |} Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 2007 1 8 Brandan Wright Golden State Warriors 2007 2 44 Reyshawn Terry Orlando Magic 2009 1 13 Tyler Hansbrough Indiana Pacers 2009 1 18 Ty Lawson Denver Nuggets 2009 1 28 Wayne Ellington Minnesota Timberwolves 2009 2 46 Danny Green Cleveland Cavaliershttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=2009 2009 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2011-01-03 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133340/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2009&lg=N 2011-01-01 References North Carolina Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball