# 2006–07 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by head coach Lute Olson, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

## Recruiting class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Chase Budinger SF | Encinitas, California | La Costa Canyon High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Aug 17, 2005 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Jordan Hill PF | Patterson, North Carolina | The Patterson School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | May 15, 2005 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Nic Wise PG | Kingwood, Texas | Kingwood High School | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Feb 5, 2003 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 19 Rivals: 25 ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2006 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Ivan Radenovic | Kirk Walters | |
| PF | Jordan Hill | Mohamed Tangara | Bret Brielmaier |
| SF | Chase Budinger | Fendi Onobun | David Bagga |
| SG | Marcus Williams | Jawann McClellan | J.P. Prince |
| PG | Mustafa Shakur | Daniel Dillon | Nic Wise |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 12, 2006* 5:00 pm, FSAZ | No. 10 | at Virginia | L 90–93 | 0–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (15,219) Charlottesville, VA |
| November 15, 2006* 7:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 16 | Northern Arizona | W 101–79 | 1–1 | McKale Center (13,511) Tucson, AZ |
| November 19, 2006* 2:00 pm, FSAZ | No. 16 | New Mexico State | W 102–87 | 2–1 | McKale Center (13,650) Tucson, AZ |
| November 22, 2006* 7:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 15 | Samford | W 86–57 | 3–1 | McKale Center (13,220) Tucson, AZ |
| November 28, 2006* 8:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 16 | UNLV | W 89–75 | 4–1 | McKale Center (13,180) Tucson, AZ |
| December 2, 2006* 3:15 pm, ESPN | No. 16 | Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge | W 84–72 | 5–1 | U.S. Airways Center (15,507) Phoenix, AZ |
| December 5, 2006* 7:30 pm, ESPN | No. 15 | vs. Louisville Jimmy V Classic | W 72–65 | 6–1 | Madison Square Garden (10,611) New York, NY |
| December 9, 2006* 7:30 pm | No. 15 | at San Diego State | W 69–48 | 7–1 | Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl (12,414) San Diego, CA |
| December 17, 2006* 8:00 pm, FSAZ | No. 11 | Houston | W 87–62 | 8–1 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| December 20, 2006* 6:30 pm, FSN | No. 9 | No. 18 Memphis Fiesta Bowl Classic | W 79–71 | 9–1 | McKale Center (14,568) Tucson, AZ |
| December 28, 2006 6:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 7 | California | W 94–85 | 10–1 (1–0) | McKale Center (14,562) Tucson, AZ |
| December 30, 2006 12:00 pm, FSN | No. 7 | Stanford | W 89–75 | 11–1 (2–0) | McKale Center (14,571) Tucson, AZ |
| January 4, 2007 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 7 | at No. 20 Washington | W 96–87 | 12–1 (3–0) | Bank of American Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| January 6, 2007 8:00 pm, FSAZ | No. 7 | at Washington State | L 73–77 $^{OT}$ | 12–2 (3–1) | Beasley Coliseum (7,181) Pullman, WA |
| January 11, 2007 6:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 8 | Oregon State | W 83–72 | 13–2 (4–1) | McKale Center (14,428) Tucson, AZ |
| January 14, 2007 6:00 pm, FSN | No. 8 | No. 17 Oregon | L 77–79 | 13–3 (4–2) | McKale Center (14,562) Tucson, AZ |
| January 18, 2007 8:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 12 | at USC | L 73–80 | 13–4 (4–3) | Galen Center (9,725) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 20, 2007 2:00 pm, FSN | No. 12 | at No. 2 UCLA | L 69–73 | 13–5 (4–4) | Pauley Pavilion (12,249) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 24, 2007 7:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 19 | No. 6 Arizona State | W 71–47 | 14–5 (5–4) | McKale Center (14,572) Tucson, AZ |
| January 27, 2007* 11:00 am, CBS | No. 19 | No. 4 North Carolina | L 64–92 | 14–6 | McKale Center (14,596) Tucson, AZ |
| February 1, 2007 6:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 22 | No. 17 Washington State | L 66–72 | 14–7 (5–5) | McKale Center (13,922) Tucson, AZ |
| February 3, 2007 11:30 am, FSN | No. 22 | Washington | W 84–55 | 15–7 (6–5) | McKale Center (14,118) Tucson, AZ |
| February 8, 2007 8:30 pm, FSAZ | | at Oregon State | W 72–66 | 16–7 (7–5) | Gill Coliseum (5,928) Corvallis, OR |
| February 10, 2007 1:30 pm, ABC | | at No. 15 Oregon | W 77–74 | 17–7 (8–5) | McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR |
| February 15, 2007 8:30 pm, FSAZ | No. 24 | No. 23 USC | L 75–80 | 17–8 (8–6) | McKale Center (14,623) Tucson, AZ |
| February 17, 2007 11:00 am, CBS | No. 24 | No. 7 UCLA | L 66–81 | 17–9 (8–7) | McKale Center (14,611) Tucson, AZ |
| February 25, 2007 6:00 pm, FSN | | at Arizona State | W 61–58 | 18–9 (9–7) | Wells Fargo Arena (13,244) Tempe, AZ |
| March 1, 2007 8:30 pm, FSAZ | | at California | W 70–65 | 19–9 (10–7) | Haas Pavilion (9,168) Berkeley, CA |
| March 3, 2007 1:30 pm, ABC | | at Stanford | W 85–80 $^{OT}$ | 20–9 (11–7) | Maples Pavilion (7,204) Stanford, CA |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2007 1:20 pm, FSN | | vs. No. 18 Oregon Quarterfinal | L 50–69 | 20–10 | Staples Center (16,318) Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2007* 8:20 pm, CBS | No. (8) | vs. No. (9) Purdue First Round | L 63–72 | 20–11 | New Orleans Arena (13,585) New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Awards
### Chase Budinger

* Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
* Pac-10 All-Freshman First Team
* Pac-10 Player of the Week – November 11, 2006

### Marcus Williams

* Pac-10 All-Conference

### Ivan Radenovic

* Pac-10 Player of the Week – January 1, 2007
* Pac-10 Player of the Week – March 5, 2007