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2006–07 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

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2006–07 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 UCLA 15 3   .833 30 6   .833
No. 13 Washington State 13 5   .722 26 8   .765
No. 23 USC1 11 7   .611 25 12   .676
No. 10 Oregon2 11 7   .611 29 8   .784
Arizona 11 7   .611 20 11   .645
Stanford 10 8   .556 18 13   .581
Washington 8 10   .444 19 13   .594
California 6 12   .333 16 17   .485
Oregon State 3 15   .167 11 21   .344
Arizona State 2 16   .111 8 22   .267
Conference tournament winner
As of March 18, 2007
Rankings from AP poll[1]
1 Holds tie-breaker, 2 Holds second tie-breaker.

The 2006–07 Oregon Ducks experienced what many would argue as one of their most memorable and successful seasons in school history. Freshman Tajuan Porter, who was not heavily recruited, along with senior and leader Aaron Brooks helped lead the Ducks to a successful season. They began their season by completing their non-conference schedule at a perfect 12–0, including a come-from-behind win at Rice and an important east-coast win at then ranked #19 Georgetown. The Ducks suffered their first loss of the season against USC but were able to bounce back and defeat then ranked #1 UCLA marking the second time in school history the Ducks had defeated a #1 Bruins team. Towards the end of the season Oregon suffered a streak in which they lost 6 of 8 games, the skid dropped the Ducks from #7 to #23 in the AP Poll. However the Ducks managed to bounce back, winning 9 games in a row, including a sweep of the Pac-10 Championship Tournament – in dominating fashion – first round wins over Miami University (Ohio), Winthrop University, and a Sweet Sixteen victory over UNLV. Their final game of the season was a 77–85 loss to eventual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament champions, Florida.

The team also featured Malik Hairston, who was drafted in 2008.

References

  1. ^ "2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2007.