2006–07 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season

The 2006–07 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2006, followed by the start of the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2007 and concluded in March 2007. Toledo won the regular season title with a conference record of 14–2 over second-place Akron. Fourth-seeded Miami defeated Akron in the final.^[1] In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Oregon.^[2]

2006–07 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
Regular season
League champions	Toledo
Runners-up	Akron
Season MVP	Romeo Travis
Tournament
Champions	Miami
Runners-up	Akron
Finals MVP	Tim Pollitz

2006–07 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Kent State	12	–	4		.750			21	–	11		.656
Miami (OH) †	10	–	6		.625			18	–	15		.545
Ohio	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Buffalo	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Bowling Green	3	–	13		.188			13	–	18		.419
West
Toledo	14	–	2		.875			19	–	13		.594
Western Michigan	9	–	7		.563			16	–	16		.500
Central Michigan	7	–	9		.438			13	–	18		.419
Eastern Michigan	6	–	10		.375			13	–	19		.406
Ball State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Northern Illinois	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
† 2007 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason awards

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 24, 2006.^[3]

Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

1. Akron
2. Ohio
3. Kent State
4. Miami
5. Buffalo
6. Bowling Green

West Division

1. Toledo
2. Northern Illinois
3. Western Michigan
4. Ball State
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Central Michigan

Honors

^[4]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-MAC East	Leon Williams, Ohio
	Romeo Travis, Akron
	Yassin Idbihi, Buffalo
	Martin Samarco, Bowling Green
	Nathan Peavy, Miami
Preseason All-MAC West	James Hughes, Northern Illinois
	Giordan Watson, Central Michigan
	Justin Ingram, Toledo
	Skip Mills, Ball State
	Joe Reitz, Western Michigan

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

Main article: 2007 MAC men's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Postseason awards

^[5][6][7]

1. Coach of the Year: Stan Joplin, Toledo
2. Player of the Year: Romeo Travis, Akron
3. Freshman of the Year: David Kool, Western Michigan
4. Defensive Player of the Year: Kashif Payne, Toledo
5. Sixth Man of the Year: Cerdick Middleton, Akron

Honors

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Honor	Recipient
Postseason All-MAC first team	Romeo Travis, Akron
	Tim Pollitz, Miami
	Giordan Watson, Central Michigan
	Justin Ingram, Toledo
	Jerome Tillman, Ohio
Postseason All-MAC second team	Dru Joyce, Akron
	Omni Smith, Kent State
	Leon Williams, Ohio
	Keonta Howell, Toledo
	Joe Reitz, Western Michigan
Postseason All-MAC honorable mention	Skip Mills, Ball State
	Nate Miller, Bowling Green
	Martin Samarco, Bowling Green
	Yassin Idbihi, Buffalo
	Mike Scott, Kent State
	Nathan Peavy, Miami
	Mike McKinney, Northern Illinois
	Sonny Troutman, Ohio
	Florentino Valencia, Toledo
	Shawntes Gary, Western Michigan
All-MAC freshman team	David Kool, Western Michigan
	Rodriguez Sherman, Kent State
	Chris Singletary, Kent State
	Marko Spica, Central Michigan
	Brandon Bowdry, Eastern Michigan

See also

2006–07 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

References

1. "Penno banks Miami of Ohio to NCAA berth". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
2. "Brooks, Ducks escape RedHawks to reach second round". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
3. "ZIPS AND ROCKETS NAMED MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON FAVORITES".
4. "MEN?S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM ANNOUNCED".
5. "MAC ANNOUNCES MEN?S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS".
6. "AKRON?S TRAVIS, WMU?S KOOL PICK UP POSTSEASON HONORS".
7. "TOLEDO?S JOPLIN NAMED MAC COACH OF THE YEAR".