# 2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the college basketball season of 2006-07, competing in the Big East Conference. The team was led by seventh-year head coach, Mike Brey, and played their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Notre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam tournament and reached their conference games with a 12–1 record. The team finished the season ranked 17th in the Associated Press (AP) Poll, and had a 24–8 record overall (11–5 Big East).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2006* | | Purdue-Fort Wayne | W 92–49 | 1–0 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Nov 13, 2006* | | vs. Butler | L 69–71 | 1–1 | Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Nov 14, 2006* | | vs. Lafayette | W 92–60 | 2–1 | Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Nov 19, 2006* | | The Citadel | W 74–50 | 3–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Nov 27, 2006* | | Lehigh | W 93–87 | 4–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Nov 29, 2006* | | Winston-Salem State | W 90–45 | 5–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Dec 3, 2006* | | at No. 23 Maryland | W 81–74 | 6–1 | Comcast Center College Park, Maryland |
| Dec 7, 2006* | | No. 4 Alabama | W 99–85 | 7–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Dec 16, 2006* | No. 21 | Elon | W 94–63 | 8–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Dec 19, 2006* | No. 20 | Portland | W 86–69 | 9–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Dec 21, 2006* | No. 20 | Army | W 88–47 | 10–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Dec 28, 2006* | No. 19 | Rider | W 101–51 | 11–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Dec 30, 2006* | No. 19 | Stony Brook | W 95–66 | 12–1 | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Jan 3, 2007 | No. 17 | Louisville | W 78–62 | 13–1 (1–0) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Jan 6, 2007 | No. 17 | at Georgetown | L 48–66 | 13–2 (1–1) | Verizon Center (15,506) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 9, 2007 | No. 23 | No. 21 West Virginia | W 61–58 | 14–2 (2–1) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Jan 14, 2007 | No. 23 | Seton Hall | W 88–76 | 15–2 (3–1) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Jan 17, 2007 | No. 20 | at Villanova | L 87–102 | 15–3 (3–2) | Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 21, 2007 | No. 20 | South Florida | W 82–58 | 16–3 (4–2) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Jan 23, 2007 | | at St. John's | L 68–71 | 16–4 (4–3) | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Jan 27, 2007 | | Villanova | W 66–63 | 17–4 (5–3) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Jan 30, 2007 | | at Syracuse | W 103–91 | 18–4 (6–3) | Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York |
| Feb 3, 2007 | | at South Florida | L 63–69 | 18–5 (6–4) | Sun Dome Tampa, Florida |
| Feb 8, 2007 | | at DePaul | L 66–67 | 18–6 (6–5) | Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois |
| Feb 15, 2007 | | Providence | W 81–78 | 19–6 (7–5) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Feb 18, 2007 | | at Cincinnati | W 76–64 | 20–6 (8–5) | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Feb 20, 2007 | | DePaul | W 78–54 | 21–6 (9–5) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Feb 24, 2007 | | No. 16 Marquette | W 85–73 | 22–6 (10–5) | Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Mar 3, 2007 | | at Rutgers | W 73–66 | 23–6 (11–5) | Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 2007* | No. 20 | vs. Syracuse | W 89–83 | 24–6 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Mar 9, 2007* | No. 20 | vs. No. 9 Georgetown | L 82–84 | 24–7 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2007* | (6 MW) No. 17 | vs. (11 MW) No. 22 Winthrop First Round | L 64–74 | 24–8 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||