2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

2006–07 Horizon League men's basketball standings
	† 2007 Horizon League Tournament winner ; As of August 1, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions; Wooden Tradition Winner; Horizon League Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Horizon League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 21
2006–07 record	29–7 (13–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Todd Lickliter;
Assistant coaches	Matthew Graves; LaVall Jordan; Brad Stevens;
MVP	Brandon Crone
Captain	Brandon Crone; Brian Ligon
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Todd Lickliter, serving his 6th year. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The Bulldogs won the 2007 Horizon League Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship and earned an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 5 seed in the Midwest Region. They beat 12 seed Old Dominion 57–46 and 4 seed Maryland before falling to 1 seed and eventual national champion Florida 65–57 in overtime in the Sweet Sixteen

Roster[]

2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	1	Julian Betko	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Ružomberok, Slovakia
F	34	Pete Campbell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Muncie, IN
F	33	Brandon Crone (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Frankfort, IN
F/C	50	Elliot Engelmann	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Downers Grove, IL
G	4	A. J. Graves	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Jr	Switz City, IN
G	10	Mike Green	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Philadelphia, PA
F	24	Brian Ligon (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	St. Petersburg, FL
G	23	Marcus Nellems	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Fort Wayne, IN
G	14	Nick Rodgers (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Noblesville, IN
G	5	Ben Slaton (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Columbus, IN
G/F	32	Drew Streicher	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Washington, IN
G/F	21	Willie Veasley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Freeport, IL

Head coach

Todd Lickliter (Butler)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12 May 2010

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 10, 2006* 9:30		at Tulane	W 77–37	1–0	Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA
Nov 13, 2006* 6:00, ESPNU		vs. Notre Dame NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Opening Round	W 71–69	2–0	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Nov 14, 2006* 9:00, ESPN		vs. Indiana NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Quarterfinals	W 60–55	3–0	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Nov 18, 2006*		Illinois-Springfield	W 62–56	4–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Nov 22, 2006* 7:00, ESPN2		vs. No. 21 Tennessee NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Semifinals	W 56–44	5–0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Nov 24, 2006* 7:00, ESPN2		vs. No. 23 Gonzaga NIT Pre-Season Tip-Off Championship	W 79–71	6–0	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Nov 25, 2006* 7:00		Kent State	W 83–80 ^2OT	7–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, In
Nov 29, 2006* 8:05	No. 18	at Valparaiso	W 60–47	8–0	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
Dec 2, 2006 8:00	No. 18	Cleveland St.	W 70–45	9–0 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Dec 6, 2006* 7:00	No. 14	Ball State	W 65–41	10–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Dec 9, 2006* 7:05	No. 14	at Indiana St.	L 64–72	10–1	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
Dec 16, 2006* 1:00	No. 18	vs. Purdue Wooden Tradition	W 68–65	11–1	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Dec 22, 2006* 7:05	No. 16	Evansville	W 76–65	12–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League Play
Dec 30, 2006 8:00	No. 15	at Milwaukee	W 55–50	13–1 (2–0)	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI
Jan 6, 2007 2:00	No. 13	Wright State	W 73–42	14–1 (3–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Jan 10, 2007 8:00	No. 12	at UIC	L 67–73 ^OT	14–2 (3–1)	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
Jan 13, 2007* 2:00	No. 12	South Dakota St.	W 67–39	15–2	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Jan 17, 2007 7:00	No. 15	Youngstown St.	W 67–39	16–2 (4–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Jan 20, 2007 2:00	No. 15	Green Bay	W 80–59	17–2 (5–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Jan 25, 2007 8:00	No. 15	at Loyola	W 70–66 ^OT	18–2 (6–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Center Chicago, IL
Jan 27, 2007 4:05	No. 11	at Detroit	W 68–58	19–2 (7–1)	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
Jan 29, 2007 7:00	No. 11	UIC	W 71–45	20–2 (8–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Jan 31, 2007 7:05	No. 11	at Youngstown St.	W 71–58	21–2 (9–1)	Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
Feb 3, 2007 2:00	No. 11	Milwaukee	W 66–47	22–2 (10–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Feb 8, 2007 7:00	No. 9	at Cleveland St.	W 92–50	23–2 (11–1)	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Feb 10, 2007 7:00	No. 9	at Wright St.	L 65–77	23–3 (11–2)	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
Feb 13, 2007* 7:00	No. 12	Florida Gulf Coast	W 79–65	24–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Feb 17, 2007* 4:00, ESPN2	No. 12	No. 16 Southern Illinois BracketBuster	L 64–68	24–4	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Feb 19, 2007 8:05	No. 15	at Green Bay	W 68–58	25–4 (12–2)	Resch Center Green Bay, WI
Feb 22, 2007 9:00, ESPNU	No. 15	Loyola	L 71–75	25–5 (12–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Feb 24, 2007 2:00	No. 15	Detroit	W 56–36	26–5 (13–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League Tournament
Mar 3, 2007 5:00, ESPNU	(2) No. 16	vs. (3) Loyola Semifinals	W 67–66 ^OT	27–5	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
Mar 6, 2007 9:00, ESPN	(2) No. 17	at (1) Wright St. Championship	L 55–60	27–6	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2007* 2:40, CBS	(5 MW) No. 19	vs. (12 MW) Old Dominion First Round	W 57–46^[1]	28–6	HSBC Arena Buffalo, NY
Mar 17, 2007* 3:20, CBS	(5 MW) No. 19	vs. (4 MW) No. 18 Maryland Second Round	W 62–59^[2]	29–6	HSBC Arena Buffalo, NY
Mar 23, 2007* 7:10, CBS	(5 MW) No. 19	vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Florida Sweet Sixteen	L 57–65^[3]	29–7	Edward Jones Dome Saint Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	WK 17	Final
AP	–	–	RV	19	15	18	16	15	13	12	18	14	13	10	13	15	18	19	21
Coaches	–	–	RV	18	14	18	16	15	13	12	15	11	11	9	12	15	16	17	19

References[]

[1] "Old Dominion vs. Butler Box Score, March 15, 2007".

[2] "Maryland vs. Butler Box Score, March 17, 2007".

[3] "Florida vs. Butler Box Score, March 23, 2007".

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2006–07 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball

NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Wooden Tradition Winner Horizon League Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Horizon League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 21
2006–07 record	29–7 (13–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Todd Lickliter
Assistant coaches	Matthew Graves LaVall Jordan Brad Stevens
MVP	Brandon Crone
Captain	Brandon Crone Brian Ligon
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2005–06 2007–08 →

2006–07 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Butler	13	–	3	.813	29	–	7	.806
†Wright State*	13	–	3	.813	23	–	10	.697
Loyola (IL)	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Green Bay	7	–	9	.438	18	–	15	.545
Youngstown State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
UIC	7	–	9	.438	14	–	18	.438
Detroit	6	–	10	.375	11	–	19	.367
Milwaukee	6	–	10	.375	9	–	22	.290
Cleveland State	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323

† 2007 Horizon League Tournament winner As of August 1, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll