# 2006–07 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team

The 2006–07 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by head coach John Pelphrey, in his fifth season as head coach. They played their home games at the Mitchell Center, and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in first place. They were invited to play in the NIT tournament, but lost in the first round against Syracuse.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 5, 2006* | | West Alabama | W 79–65 | – | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2006* 11:00 p.m. | | vs. UC Irvine Basketball Travelers Classic | W 67–63 | 1–0 | Save Mart Center (10,422) Fresno, California |
| Nov 11, 2006* 10:00 p.m. | | at Fresno State Basketball Travelers Classic | L 63–73 | 1–1 | Save Mart Center Fresno, California |
| Nov 12, 2006* 5:00 p.m. | | vs. Winston–Salem State Basketball Travelers Classic | W 76–58 | 2–1 | Save Mart Center Fresno, California |
| Nov 17, 2006* | | Morehead State | W 70–55 | 3–1 | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Nov 22, 2006* | | West Florida | W 91–71 | 4–1 | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Nov 25, 2006* | | at Bowling Green | L 64–65 | 4–2 | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio |
| Dec 2, 2006* | | Samford | W 59–54 | 5–2 | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Dec 6, 2006* | | at Auburn | L 71–82 | 5–3 | Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama |
| Dec 9, 2006* | | at Mississippi State | L 46–84 | 5–4 | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi |
| Dec 16, 2006* | | Ole Miss Coors Classic | L 72–82 | 5–5 | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Dec 19, 2006* | | Texas College | W 80–56 | 6–5 | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Sun Belt Regular Season ||||||
| Dec 22, 2006 | | at Western Kentucky | L 51–73 | 6–6 (0–1) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Dec 28, 2006 | | at Arkansas State | W 91–78 | 7–6 (1–1) | Convocation Center Jonesboro, Arkansas |
| Jan 2, 2007 | | Middle Tennessee | L 51–59 | 7–7 (1–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 4, 2007 | | Florida International | W 69–52 | 8–7 (2–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 6, 2007 | | Florida Atlantic | W 101–76 | 9–7 (3–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 11, 2007 | | at Troy | W 75–64 | 10–7 (4–2) | Sartain Hall Troy, Alabama |
| Jan 13, 2007 | | Arkansas–Little Rock | W 68–54 | 11–7 (5–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 16, 2007 | | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 73–69 | 12–7 (6–2) | Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Jan 20, 2007 | | at Denver | W 70–64 | 13–7 (7–2) | Magness Arena Denver, Colorado |
| Jan 25, 2007 | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 68–54 | 14–7 (8–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 28, 2007 1:30 p.m. | | North Texas | W 90–89 | 15–7 (9–2) | Mitchell Center (2,325) Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 1, 2007 | | at New Orleans | W 76–58 | 16–7 (10–2) | Human Performance Center New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Feb 3, 2007 | | at Middle Tennessee | W 61–38 | 17–7 (11–2) | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Feb 8, 2007 | | Western Kentucky | W 73–71 | 18–7 (12–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 11, 2007 | | Arkansas State | W 85–67 | 19–7 (13–2) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Feb 14, 2007* 7:00 p.m. | | at Houston ESPN BracketBusters | W 66–61 | 20–7 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 18, 2007 | | at Florida International | L 67–69 | 20–8 (13–3) | Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, Florida |
| Feb 21, 2007 | | at Florida Atlantic | W 85–67 | 20–9 (13–4) | FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida |
| Feb 24, 2007 | | Troy | L 88–92 | 20–10 (13–5) | Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama |
| Sun Belt Conference tournament ||||||
| Mar 4, 2007* | (1) | vs. (9) Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals | L 60–63 | 20–11 | Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana |
| NIT tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 2007* | | at Syracuse First round | L 73–78 | 20–12 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Central Time. ||||||