2006–07 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

2006–07 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
2006–07 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	4–27 (1–15 WAC)
Head coach	George Pfeifer (1st season);
Assistant coach	Leroy Washington
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum
	Seasons ← 2005–06 2007–08 →

2006–07 WAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Nevada	14	–	2	.875	29	–	5	.853
New Mexico State †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Fresno State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Utah State	9	–	7	.563	23	–	12	.657
Hawaii	8	–	8	.500	18	–	13	.581
Boise State	8	–	8	.500	17	–	14	.548
Louisiana Tech	7	–	9	.438	10	–	20	.333
San Jose State	4	–	12	.250	5	–	25	.167
Idaho	1	–	15	.063	4	–	27	.129

† 2007 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 2006–07 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Vandals were led by first-year head coach George Pfeifer and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 3–26 overall in the regular season and 1–15 in conference play, ninth in the standings.^[2]^[3]

Riding a twelve-game losing streak after a loss to San Jose State, Idaho drew the eighth seed Spartans again two days later in the play-in round of the conference tournament in Las Cruces, New Mexico,^[3] and won by a point.^[4]^[5] Two days later in the quarterfinal, top-seeded #10 Nevada defeated the Vandals by 32 points.^[6]^[7]

Postseason result

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
WAC Tournament
Tue, March 6 6:30 pm	vs. (8) San Jose State First round	W 50–49	4–26	Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico
Thu, March 8 11:00 am	vs. No. 10 (1) Nevada Quarterfinal	L 56–88	4–27	Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

^ sports-reference.com 2006-07 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
^ "Idaho men drop 11th straight after loss at San Jose". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). March 6, 2007. p. 3B.
^ ^a ^b Meehan, Jim (March 6, 2007). "Vandals get one more shot at Spartans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.
^ "Watson's floater wins it". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 2007. p. 1B.
^ Moody, Darrell (March 7, 2007). "Watson spanks Spartans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ Moody, Darrell (March 9, 2007). "Nevada never gives Vandals decent chance in quarterfinals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C3.
^ Herrera, Pete (March 9, 2007). "End of the road for Idaho". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.

External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 2006–07 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 2007 editions

[1] sports-reference.com 2006-07 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary

[elvstr-2] "Idaho men drop 11th straight after loss at San Jose". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). March 6, 2007. p. 3B.

[vgomsh-3] Meehan, Jim (March 6, 2007). "Vandals get one more shot at Spartans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.

[wtfltrwin-4] "Watson's floater wins it". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 2007. p. 1B.

[wspsp-5] Moody, Darrell (March 7, 2007). "Watson spanks Spartans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.

[nvach-6] Moody, Darrell (March 9, 2007). "Nevada never gives Vandals decent chance in quarterfinals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C3.

[endofrd-7] Herrera, Pete (March 9, 2007). "End of the road for Idaho". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.

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v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25