2006–07 UCF Golden Knights men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2006–07 UCF Golden Knights UCF Golden Knights logo.png 150px Conference USA C-USA 22–9 11–5 Kirk Speraw Mike Jaskulski Craig Brown Dwight Evans UCF Arena UCF Holiday Classic Champions The 2006–07 UCF Golden Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competed in Conference USA. They played their home games at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, and were led by head coach Kirk Speraw, who was in his 14th season with the team. The team went 22-9, 11-5 in C-USA play. In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 14–15, 7–7 in C-USA play.http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ucf/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0506-ucf-mbb-stats 2006-07 UCF Men's Basketball Season Schedule/Results & Leaders 2013-01-03 https://archive.today/20130216010917/http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ucf/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0506-ucf-mbb-stats 2013-02-16 dead Due to the Knights' turnaround from the previous year, Speraw was named the 2007 Conference USA Coach of the Year.https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2010/01/22/the-speraw-file-taking-a-closer-look-at-kirk-speraws-tenure-at-ucf/ The Speraw File: Taking a closer look at Kirk Speraw's tenure at UCF Orlando Sentinel 2010-01-22 2011-01-31 2012-09-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120921032429/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-01-22/sports/os-ucf-speraw-box-0123-20100122_1_conference-usa-ucf-record-kenny-arnold live The 2006–07 season marked the last year that the Knights played in the original UCF Arena, now known as The Venue at UCF. Starting the next season, the team moved into the new UCF Arena. Roster 2006 UCF Knights y Jermaine Taylor basketball y 1 G/F 6 4 190 SO Tavares, FL Lavell Payne 2 F 6 8 210 SR Fort Lauderdale, FL Dave Noel 3 G 6 3 205 JR Boynton Beach, FL Mike O'Donnell 4 G 6 0 185 JR Largo, FL Chip Cartwright 5 G 6 0 160 JR Houston, TX Drew Speraw 10 yes G 6 2 175 SO Oviedo, FL Mike Battle 11 G 6 4 205 JR Waldorf, MD Taylor Young 12 yes G 6 1 185 FR Orlando, FL Kenrick Zondervan 13 F 6 9 215 SO Hoofddorp, Holland Tony Davis 20 F 6 7 195 FR Sarasota, FL Stanley Billings 21 C 6 11 230 JR Orlando, FL Andre Thornton 22 F 6 6 230 FR Memphis, TN Adam Gill 25 C 6 9 225 JR Springboro, OH Josh Peppers y 30 F 6 6 210 SR Memphis, TN Jacob Loucks 34 F 6 7 210 JR Clearwater, FL http://www.ucfathletics.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ucf/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607-mg-section1 March 2007 Kirk Speraw (Iowa) Mike Jaskulski (St. Norbert) Craig Brown (Florida) Dwight Evans (Birmingham–Southern) Schedule and results yes yes yes no no |- !colspan=8| Exhibition November 9, 2006 1:00 pm yes St. Leo UCF Arena Orlando, FL 102–54 1–0 |- !colspan=8| Regular season (non-conference play) |- November 15, 2006 7:30 pm yes Rollins UCF Arena Orlando, FL 83–80 OT 2,886 1–0 November 18, 2006 7:30 pm yes Stetson UCF Arena Orlando, FL 73–60 1,851 2–0 November 21, 2006 7:30 pm yes Bethune-Cookman UCF Arena Orlando, FL 81–46 1,829 3–0 November 24, 2006 7:30 pm yes Florida Tech UCF Arena Orlando, FL 81–37 1,704 4–0 November 27, 2006 7:30 pm yes Jacksonville UCF Arena Orlando, FL 99–62 1,951 5–0 December 9, 2006 7:30 pm yes FAU UCF Arena Orlando, FL 87–65 2,879 6–0 December 12, 2006 8:00 pm yes yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 63–74 10,059 6–1 December 19, 2006 2:00 pm yes yes Utah Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout 67–61 750 7–1 December 20, 2006 4:00 pm yes yes Appalachian State Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout 64–75 750 7–2 December 21, 2006 2:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Tech Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout 73–66 200 8–2 December 29, 2006 7:30 pm yes New Jersey Tech UCF Arena Orlando, FL UCF Holiday Classic 75–63 1,725 9–2 December 30, 2006 7:30 pm yes Texas-Pan American UCF Arena Orlando, FL UCF Holiday Classic 88–62 1,688 10–2 January 3, 2007 7:30 pm yes yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 87–96 2,204 10–3 January 6, 2007 8:00 pm yes yes South Dakota State Frost Arena Brookings, SD 72–61 1,587 11–3 |- !colspan=8| Regular season (C-USA conference play) |- January 10, 2007 9:00 pm yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL CSS 64–74 OT 4,817 11–4 0–1 January 13, 2007 7:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 78–71 3,537 12–4 1–1 January 17, 2007 7:30 pm SMU UCF Arena Orlando, FL 64–56 3,151 13–4 2–1 January 20, 2007 7:30 pm Rice UCF Arena Orlando, FL 72–67 3,807 14–4 3–1 January 24, 2007 8:00 pm yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX 70–73 OT 3,914 14–5 3–2 January 27, 2007 4:00 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX CSTV 67–64 9,944 15–5 4–2 January 31, 2007 7:00 pm Memphis 12 UCF Arena Orlando, FL CSS 65–87 4,805 15–6 4–3 February 3, 2007 7:30 pm Tulsa UCF Arena Orlando, FL 63–53 2,419 16–6 5–3 February 7, 2007 7:00 pm yes East Carolina Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC 67–49 3,870 17–6 6–3 February 10, 2007 12:00 pm Marshall UCF Arena Orlando, FL CSS 75–58 2,338 18–6 7–3 February 14, 2007 8:00 pm yes Tulane Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA 80–86 1,563 18–7 7–4 February 17, 2007 8:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 74–63 1,074 19–7 8–4 February 21, 2007 8:00 pm Southern Miss UCF Arena Orlando, FL CSTV 59–56 2,448 20–7 9–4 February 24, 2007 8:00 pm yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 64–66 OT 5,714 20–8 9–5 February 28, 2007 7:30 pm Houston UCF Arena Orlando, FL 75–72 OT 4,090 21–8 10–5 March 3, 2007 7:30 pm East Carolina UCF Arena Orlando, FL 77–64 3,725 22–8 11–5 |- !colspan=8| C-USA tournament |- March 8, 2007 1:00 pm yes Rice FedExForum Memphis, TN CSTV 51–53 8,384 22–9 |- | colspan="8" | *Non-conference game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |} References Category:UCF Knights men's basketball seasons UCF UCF Knights UCF Knights Category:2006 in Orlando, Florida Category:2007 in Orlando, Florida