# 2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 2006–07 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fourth season at Illinois. The team finished with 9–7 conference and 21–10 overall records. The Illini advanced to the semifinal round of the Big Ten tournament and were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 11/1/06* 7:00 pm | Lewis | W 83–58 | | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/8/06* 7:00 pm | SIU Edwardsville | W 76–57 | | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| 11/13/06* 7:00 pm | Austin Peay | W 80–35 | 1–0 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/15/06* 7:00 pm | Jackson State | W 76–55 | 2–0 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/17/06* 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Georgia Southern | W 85–50 | 3–0 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/19/06* 4:00 pm | Florida A&M | W 84–63 | 4–0 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/21/06* 7:00 pm | Savannah State | W 81–34 | 5–0 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/24/06* 7:30 pm, WCIA | vs. Miami (OH) Chicago Invitational Challenge | W 51–49 | 6–0 | Sears Centre (7,388) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| 11/25/06* 7:30 pm, WCIA | vs. Bradley Chicago Invitational Challenge | W 75–71 | 7–0 | Sears Centre (8,532) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| 11/28/06* 6:00 pm, ESPN | No. 19 Maryland | L 66–72 | 7–1 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/2/06* 4:00 pm, ESPN | vs. No. 16 Arizona | L 72–84 | 7–2 | US Airways Center (15,507) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/6/06* 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus | IUPUI | W 87–59 | 8–2 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/9/06* 1:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Illinois–Chicago | W 71–66 | 9–2 | United Center (16,424) Chicago, IL |
| 12/17/06* 4:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Belmont | W 77–51 | 10–2 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/19/06* 8:00 pm, ESPN | vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights | W 73–70 | 11–2 | Scottrade Center (22,153) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/21/06* 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Idaho State | W 71–60 | 12–2 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/29/06* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | vs. Xavier | L 59–65 | 12–3 | U.S. Bank Arena (13,256) Cincinnati, OH |
| Big Ten regular season |||||
| 1/3/07 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus | at Michigan | L 61–71 | 12–4 (0–1) | Crisler Arena (11,023) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1/7/07 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 6 Ohio State | L 44–62 | 12–5 (0–2) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/10/07 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Iowa Rivalry | W 74–70 | 13–5 (1–2) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/14/07 12:30 pm, CBS | at Michigan State | L 57–63 | 13–6 (1–3) | Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI |
| 1/17/07 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Minnesota | W 64–52 | 14–6 (2–3) | Williams Arena (11,020) Minneapolis, MN |
| 1/20/07 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 3 Wisconsin | L 64–71 | 14–7 (2–4) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/23/07 6:00 pm, ESPN | No. 24 Indiana Rivalry | W 51–43 | 15–7 (3–4) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/27/07 1:30 pm, ESPN Plus | at Purdue | L 47–64 | 15–8 (3–5) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| 1/30/07 8:00 pm, ESPN | Michigan State | W 57–50 | 16–8 (4–5) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/3/07 7:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Minnesota | W 59–49 | 17–8 (5–5) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/7/07 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Northwestern Rivalry | W 58–43 | 18–8 (6–5) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,129) Evanston, IL |
| 2/10/07 12:00 pm, CBS | at Indiana Rivalry | L 61–65 | 18–9 (6–6) | Assembly Hall (17,316) Bloomington, IN |
| 2/18/07 2:00 pm, ESPN Plus | Northwestern Rivalry | W 48–37 | 19–9 (7–6) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/21/07 8:00 pm, ESPNU | Michigan | W 54–42 | 20–9 (8–6) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/24/07 1:00 pm, ESPN | at Penn State | W 68–50 | 21–9 (9–6) | Bryce Jordan Center (12,034) State College, PA |
| 3/3/07 11:00 am, ESPN Plus | at Iowa Rivalry | L 53–60 | 21–10 (9–7) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| Big Ten tournament |||||
| 3/8/07 4:05 pm, ESPN2 | vs. (11) Penn State Opening round | W 66–60 | 22–10 | United Center (16,219) Chicago, IL |
| 3/9/07 8:10 pm, ESPN Plus | vs. (3) Indiana Quarterfinals | W 58–54 $^{OT}$ | 23–10 | United Center (22,081) Chicago, IL |
| 3/10/07 3:05 pm, CBS | vs. (2) Wisconsin Semifinals | L 41–53 | 23–11 | United Center (20,471) Chicago, IL |
| NCAA tournament |||||
| 3/16/07 6:00 pm, CBS | vs. (5 W) Virginia Tech First round | L 52–54 | 23–12 | Nationwide Arena (19,916) Columbus, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |||||

## Season statistics

Individual 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 | TO | Blk | Stl |
| Carter, Warren | 34 | 34 | 1047 | 30.8 | 466 | 13.7 | 167 | 344 | .485 | 31 | 74 | .419 | 101 | 142 | .711 | 61 | 148 | 209 | 6.1 | 68 | 90 | 32 | 24 |
| Pruitt, Shaun | 35 | 35 | 929 | 26.5 | 399 | 11.4 | 161 | 293 | .549 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 77 | 150 | .513 | 105 | 156 | 261 | 7.5 | 7 | 68 | 16 | 10 |
| McBride, Rich | 31 | 27 | 992 | 32.0 | 298 | 9.6 | 96 | 281 | .342 | 82 | 234 | .350 | 24 | 35 | .686 | 7 | 56 | 63 | 2.0 | 71 | 45 | 4 | 20 |
| Frazier, Chester | 33 | 28 | 1038 | 31.5 | 238 | 7.2 | 72 | 203 | .355 | 34 | 106 | .321 | 60 | 101 | .594 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 4.5 | 148 | 81 | 6 | 48 |
| Randle, Brian | 24 | 23 | 616 | 25.7 | 177 | 7.4 | 66 | 133 | .496 | 11 | 31 | .355 | 34 | 59 | .576 | 35 | 84 | 119 | 5.0 | 26 | 46 | 11 | 23 |
| Meacham, Trent | 35 | 12 | 622 | 17.8 | 175 | 5.0 | 51 | 136 | .375 | 35 | 87 | .402 | 38 | 48 | .792 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 1.0 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 19 |
| Brock, Calvin | 35 | 9 | 671 | 19.2 | 174 | 5.0 | 72 | 162 | .444 | 9 | 30 | .300 | 21 | 36 | .583 | 58 | 69 | 127 | 3.6 | 56 | 40 | 6 | 24 |
| Smith, Jamar | 21 | 6 | 472 | 22.5 | 170 | 8.1 | 53 | 159 | .333 | 38 | 120 | .317 | 26 | 33 | .788 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 1.6 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 19 |
| Arnold, Marcus | 34 | 1 | 317 | 9.3 | 69 | 2.0 | 28 | 60 | .467 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13 | 26 | .500 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 1.3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 8 |
| Carlwell, Brian | 26 | 0 | 183 | 7.0 | 44 | 1.7 | 14 | 31 | .452 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 31 | .516 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 1.4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Semrau, Richard | 5 | 0 | 63 | 12.6 | 18 | 3.6 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson, C.J. | 12 | 0 | 54 | 4.5 | 13 | 1.1 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Hicks, Chris | 12 | 0 | 27 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 56 | 65 | 121 | | | 17 | | |
| Total | 35 | | 7025 | | 2245 | 64.1 | 790 | 1830 | .432 | 241 | 691 | .349 | 424 | 680 | .624 | 437 | 794 | 1231 | 35.2 | 488 | 491 | 99 | 205 |