2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Todd Lickliter, serving his 6th year. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse.

2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Wooden Tradition Winner Horizon League Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Horizon League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 21
Record	29–7 (13–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Todd Lickliter
Assistant coaches	Matthew Graves LaVall Jordan Brad Stevens
MVP	Brandon Crone
Captain	Brandon Crone Brian Ligon
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2005–06 2007–08 →

2006–07 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 21 Butler	13	–	3		.813			29	–	7		.806
Wright State †	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
Loyola (IL)	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Green Bay	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Youngstown State	7	–	9		.438			14	–	17		.452
UIC	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Detroit	6	–	10		.375			11	–	19		.367
Milwaukee	6	–	10		.375			9	–	22		.290
Cleveland State	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
† 2007 Horizon League Tournament winner As of August 1, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The Bulldogs won the 2007 Horizon League Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship and earned an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 5 seed in the Midwest Region. They beat 12 seed Old Dominion 57–46 and 4 seed Maryland before falling to 1 seed and eventual national champion Florida 65–57 in overtime in the Sweet Sixteen

Roster

2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G/F 1 Julian Betko 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Ružomberok, Slovakia F 34 Pete Campbell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Muncie, IN F 33 Brandon Crone (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Frankfort, IN F/C 50 Elliot Engelmann 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Downers Grove, IL G 4 A. J. Graves 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Jr Switz City, IN G 10 Mike Green 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Philadelphia, PA F 24 Brian Ligon (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr St. Petersburg, FL G 23 Marcus Nellems 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Fort Wayne, IN G 14 Nick Rodgers (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Fr Noblesville, IN G 5 Ben Slaton (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Columbus, IN G/F 32 Drew Streicher 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Washington, IN G/F 21 Willie Veasley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Fr Freeport, IL	Head coach Todd Lickliter (Butler) Assistant coach(es) Matthew Graves (Butler) LaVall Jordan (Butler) Brad Stevens (DePauw) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 12 May 2010

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2006* 9:30		at Tulane	W 77–37	1–0	Fogelman Arena (2,110) New Orleans, LA
Nov 13, 2006* 6:00, ESPNU		vs. Notre Dame NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Opening Round	W 71–69	2–0	Conseco Fieldhouse (8,037) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 14, 2006* 9:00, ESPN		vs. Indiana NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Quarterfinals	W 60–55	3–0	Conseco Fieldhouse (9,594) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 18, 2006*		Illinois-Springfield	W 62–56	4–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse (2,272) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 22, 2006* 7:00, ESPN2		vs. No. 21 Tennessee NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Semifinals	W 56–44	5–0	Madison Square Garden (9,123) New York, NY
Nov 24, 2006* 7:00, ESPN2		vs. No. 23 Gonzaga NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Championship	W 79–71	6–0	Madison Square Garden (9,498) New York, NY
Nov 25, 2006* 7:00		Kent State	W 83–80 ^2OT	7–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse (3,657) Indianapolis, In
Nov 29, 2006* 8:05	No. 18	at Valparaiso	W 60–47	8–0	Athletics-Recreation Center (4,578) Valparaiso, IN
Dec 2, 2006 8:00	No. 18	Cleveland St.	W 70–45	9–0 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,405) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 6, 2006* 7:00	No. 14	Ball State	W 65–41	10–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,051) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 9, 2006* 7:05	No. 14	at Indiana St.	L 64–72	10–1	Hulman Center (6,536) Terre Haute, IN
Dec 16, 2006* 1:00	No. 18	vs. Purdue Wooden Tradition	W 68–65	11–1	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,356) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 22, 2006* 7:05	No. 16	Evansville	W 76–65	12–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,027) Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League Play
Dec 30, 2006 8:00	No. 15	at Milwaukee	W 55–50	13–1 (2–0)	U.S. Cellular Arena (4,194) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 6, 2007 2:00	No. 13	Wright State	W 73–42	14–1 (3–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,902) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 10, 2007 8:00	No. 12	at UIC	L 67–73 ^OT	14–2 (3–1)	UIC Pavilion (5,016) Chicago, IL
Jan 13, 2007* 2:00	No. 12	South Dakota St.	W 67–39	15–2	Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,170) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 17, 2007 7:00	No. 15	Youngstown St.	W 67–39	16–2 (4–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (3,660) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 20, 2007 2:00	No. 15	Green Bay	W 80–59	17–2 (5–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,464) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 25, 2007 8:00	No. 15	at Loyola	W 70–66 ^OT	18–2 (6–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Center (4,723) Chicago, IL
Jan 27, 2007 4:05	No. 11	at Detroit	W 68–58	19–2 (7–1)	Calihan Hall (4,637) Detroit, MI
Jan 29, 2007 7:00	No. 11	UIC	W 71–45	20–2 (8–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,766) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 31, 2007 7:05	No. 11	at Youngstown St.	W 71–58	21–2 (9–1)	Beeghly Center (3,773) Youngstown, OH
Feb 3, 2007 2:00	No. 11	Milwaukee	W 66–47	22–2 (10–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,086) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 8, 2007 7:00	No. 9	at Cleveland St.	W 92–50	23–2 (11–1)	Wolstein Center (3,795) Cleveland, OH
Feb 10, 2007 7:00	No. 9	at Wright St.	L 65–77	23–3 (11–2)	Nutter Center (10,827) Dayton, OH
Feb 13, 2007* 7:00	No. 12	Florida Gulf Coast	W 79–65	24–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse (3,181) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 17, 2007* 4:00, ESPN2	No. 12	No. 16 Southern Illinois BracketBuster	L 64–68	24–4	Hinkle Fieldhouse (10,827) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 19, 2007 8:05	No. 15	at Green Bay	W 68–58	25–4 (12–2)	Resch Center (5,307) Green Bay, WI
Feb 22, 2007 9:00, ESPNU	No. 15	Loyola	L 71–75	25–5 (12–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,140) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 24, 2007 2:00	No. 15	Detroit	W 56–36	26–5 (13–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,397) Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League tournament
Mar 3, 2007 5:00, ESPNU	(2) No. 16	vs. (3) Loyola Semifinals	W 67–66 ^OT	27–5	Nutter Center (9,128) Dayton, OH
Mar 6, 2007 9:00, ESPN	(2) No. 17	at (1) Wright St. Championship	L 55–60	27–6	Nutter Center (10,686) Dayton, OH
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 2007* 2:40, CBS	(5 MW) No. 19	vs. (12 MW) Old Dominion First Round	W 57–46^[1]	28–6	HSBC Arena (18,649) Buffalo, NY
Mar 17, 2007* 3:20, CBS	(5 MW) No. 19	vs. (4 MW) No. 18 Maryland Second Round	W 62–59^[2]	29–6	HSBC Arena (18,801) Buffalo, NY
Mar 23, 2007* 7:10, CBS	(5 MW) No. 19	vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Florida Sweet Sixteen	L 57–65^[3]	29–7	Edward Jones Dome (26,307) Saint Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Main article: 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	WK 17	Final
AP	–	–	RV	19	15	18	16	15	13	12	18	14	13	10	13	15	18	19	21
Coaches	–	–	RV	18	14	18	16	15	13	12	15	11	11	9	12	15	16	17	19

References

1. "Old Dominion vs. Butler Box Score, March 15, 2007".
2. "Maryland vs. Butler Box Score, March 17, 2007".
3. "Florida vs. Butler Box Score, March 23, 2007".
4. "2006-2007 Butler Bulldogs Men's Basketball Stats" (PDF). Butler Sports.