# 2006–07 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2006–07. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 19–13 and 9–7 in MAC play to finish fourth in the MAC East.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Tim O'Shea | Head coach | Boston College | 1984 |
| John Rhodes | Associate Head Coach | Ohio University | 1988 |
| Kevin Kuwik | Assistant coach | Notre Dame | 1996 |
| Brian Townsend | Assistant coach | Michigan | 1991 |
| Doug Dewey | Graduate Assistant | Ohio University | 2006 |

## Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 24, 2006. Ohio was picked second in the MAC East.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

#### East Division

* Akron
* Ohio
* Kent State
* Miami
* Buffalo
* Bowling Green

#### West Division

* Toledo
* Northern Illinois
* Western Michigan
* Ball State
* Eastern Michigan
* Central Michigan

### Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| Preseason All-MAC East | Leon Williams | F | Jr. |
Source

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/11/06* 2:00 pm | Marist | W 83–66 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (2,707) Athens, OH |
| 11/19/06* 3:00 pm | Yale | W 73–65 | 2–0 | Convocation Center (3,582) Athens, OH |
| 11/28/06* 7:00 pm | at Samford | L 66–80 | 2–1 | Pete Hanna Center (1,879) Homewood, AL |
| 12/2/06* 7:00 pm | Marshall | W 84–78 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Convocation Center (2,693) Athens, OH |
| 12/26/06* 7:00 pm | at St. Bonaventure | W 77–72 | 4–1 | Reilly Center (3,018) St. Bonaventure, NY |
| 12/8/06* 7:07 pm | at Louisville Marques Maybin Classic | L 71–74 | 4–2 | Freedom Hall (17,791) Louisville, KY |
| 12/9/06 4:30 pm | vs. Bellarmine Marques Maybin Classic | W 91–74 | 5–2 | Freedom Hall (17,811) Louisville, KY |
| 12/10/06* 8:00 pm | vs. St. Joseph's Marques Maybin Classic | W 79–72 | 6–2 | Freedom Hall (16,788) Louisville, KY |
| 12/21/06* 9:30 pm | vs. Davidson Sleep America Holiday Classic | L 74–83 | 6–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,331) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/22/06* 4:30 pm | vs. North Carolina A&T Sleep America Holiday Classic | W 95–83 | 7–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,133) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/27/06* 7:00 pm | Rhode Island | W 97–69 | 8–3 | Convocation Center (3,379) Athens, OH |
| 12/30/06* 6:00 pm | vs. Cincinnati | W 79–66 | 9–3 | Quicken Loans Arena (3,437) Cleveland, OH |
| 1/3/07* 7:00 pm | at Marshall | L 60–70 | 9–4 | Cam Henderson Center (2,693) Huntington, WV |
| 1/6/07 7:00 pm | Akron | W 77–72 | 10–4 (1–0) | Convocation Center (5,229) Athens, OH |
| 1/11/07 2:00 pm | Bowling Green | W 67–49 | 11–4 (2–0) | Convocation Center (4,081) Athens, OH |
| 1/14/07 2:00 pm | at Kent State | L 65–67 $^{OT}$ | 11–5 (2–1) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (4,263) Kent, OH |
| 1/18/07 7:00 pm | Buffalo | W 67–51 | 12–5 (3–1) | Convocation Center (4,028) Athens, OH |
| 1/21/07 1:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 69–72 $^{OT}$ | 12–6 (3–2) | Millett Hall (2,185) Oxford, OH |
| 1/24/07 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | W 67–61 | 13–6 (4–2) | Convocation Center (4,256) Athens, OH |
| 1/28/07 7:00 pm | at Ball State | L 57–69 | 13–7 (4–3) | John E. Worthen Arena (5,003) Muncie, IN |
| 1/31/07 7:00 pm | Toledo | W 91–80 | 14–7 (5–3) | Convocation Center (5,189) Athens, OH |
| 2/3/07 7:00 pm | at Central Michigan | W 74–73 | 15–7 (6–3) | McGuirk Arena (3,419) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 2/9/08 2:30 pm | at Western Michigan | W 78–73 $^{OT}$ | 16–7 (7–3) | University Arena (2,987) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2/10/07 3:00 pm | Northern Illinois | L 71–81 | 16–8 (7–4) | Convocation Center (6,318) Athens, OH |
| 2/13/07 7:07 pm | at Akron | L 48–79 | 16–9 (7–5) | James A. Rhodes Arena (4,138) Akron, Ohio |
| 2/17/07* 10:05 pm | at New Mexico State | L 72–77 | 16–10 (7–5) | Pan American Center (9,100) Las Cruces, NM |
| 2/21/07 7:00 pm | at Bowling Green | W 88–63 | 17–10 (8–5) | Stroh Center (1,483) Bowling Green, OH |
| 2/24/07 3:00 pm | Kent State | L 71–73 | 17–11 (8–6) | Convocation Center (7,069) Athens, OH |
| 3/1/07 7:00 pm | Miami (OH) | W 52–25 | 18–11 (9–6) | Convocation Center (5,494) Athens, OH |
| 3/9/07 2:00 pm | at Buffalo | L 65–84 | 18–12 (9–7) | Alumni Arena (3,571) Buffalo, NY |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/7/07 3:35 pm | vs. Bowling Green First Round | W 69–59 | 19–12 | Quicken Loans Arena (5,248) Cleveland, OH |
| 3/8/07 2:25 pm | vs. Miami (OH) First Round | L 51–70 | 19–13 | Quicken Loans Arena (4,983) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 2006–07 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2331 | 2250 |
| Scoring Average | 72.84 | 70.31 |
| Field goals – Att | 782–1723 | 818–1822 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 199–585 | – |
| Free throws – Att | 568–785 | – |
| Rebounds | 1093 | 1071 |
| Assists | 422 | |
| Turnovers | 449 | |
| Steals | 260 | |
| Blocked Shots | 65 | |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Jerome Tillman | 32 | 30 | 1037 | 32.4 | 467 | 14.6 | 162 | 289 | 0.561 | 23 | 51 | 0.451 | 120 | 176 | 0.682 | 97 | 164 | 261 | 8.2 | 42 | 93 | 57 | 31 | 15 |
| Leon Williams | 32 | 32 | 927 | 29 | 461 | 14.4 | 162 | 278 | 0.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 201 | 0.682 | 114 | 169 | 283 | 8.8 | 29 | 121 | 61 | 33 | 24 |
| Whitney Davis | 32 | 32 | 1151 | 36 | 390 | 12.2 | 132 | 297 | 0.444 | 34 | 93 | 0.366 | 92 | 133 | 0.692 | 33 | 68 | 101 | 3.2 | 72 | 43 | 71 | 40 | 4 |
| Sonny Troutman | 32 | 32 | 1008 | 31.5 | 386 | 12.1 | 121 | 325 | 0.372 | 26 | 122 | 0.213 | 118 | 143 | 0.825 | 26 | 81 | 107 | 3.3 | 142 | 70 | 116 | 82 | 4 |
| Bubba Walther | 29 | 24 | 916 | 31.6 | 360 | 12.4 | 113 | 286 | 0.395 | 74 | 198 | 0.374 | 60 | 69 | 0.87 | 4 | 72 | 76 | 2.6 | 62 | 42 | 57 | 43 | 10 |
| Stephen King | 32 | 4 | 491 | 15.3 | 121 | 3.8 | 38 | 104 | 0.365 | 31 | 87 | 0.356 | 14 | 18 | 0.778 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 0.9 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Kenneth van Kempen | 32 | 0 | 493 | 15.4 | 98 | 3.1 | 41 | 100 | 0.41 | 6 | 17 | 0.353 | 10 | 22 | 0.455 | 28 | 68 | 96 | 3 | 6 | 80 | 36 | 8 | 5 |
| Antonio Chatman | 15 | 4 | 341 | 22.7 | 42 | 2.8 | 11 | 34 | 0.324 | 5 | 13 | 0.385 | 15 | 16 | 0.938 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 2.1 | 44 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 1 |
| Asown Sayles | 14 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Annen | 26 | 2 | 69 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnnie Jackson | 4 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Hartings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | - | 0 | - | 2331 | 72.8 | 782 | 1723 | 0.454 | 199 | 585 | 0.340 | 568 | 785 | 0.724 | 360 | 733 | 1093 | 34.2 | 422 | 513 | 449 | 260 | 65 |
| Opponents | 32 | - | 0 | - | 2250 | 70.3 | 818 | 1822 | 0.449 | | | - | | | - | | | 1071 | 33.5 | | | | | |
Source

## Awards and honors
### All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| All-MAC First team | Leon Williams | F | Jr. |
| All-MAC Second team | Jerome Tillman | F | So. |
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Sonny Troutman | G | Sr. |
Source