2006–07 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2006-07 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2006-07 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Tommy Amaker, the team finished tied for seventh in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team earned an eighth seed and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.^[2] The team earned an invitation to the 2007 National Invitation Tournament.^[3] The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll,^[4] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.^[5] The team had a 1–5 record against ranked opponents, with its lone victory coming against #24 Indiana 58–55 on February 17, 2007 at Crisler Arena.^[6]

Lester Abram served as team captains, and Dion Harris earned team MVP honors.^[7] The team's leading scorers were Harris (469 points), Courtney Sims (401 points) and Abram (319 points). The leading rebounders were Sims (218), Brent Petway (205) and Ekpe Udoh (139).^[8]

Harris won the Big Ten Conference free throw percentage statistical championship with an 87.3% average in conference games.^[9]

In the 2007 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament at the United Center from March 8–11, Michigan was seeded eighth. In the first round, they defeated number 9 Minnesota 49–40 before losing to number 1 Ohio State 72–62 in the second round.^[10]

On March 13, 2007, Michigan defeated six seeded Utah State 68–58 at Crisler Arena in the first round of the 2007 National Invitation Tournament. Then Michigan lost to two-seeded Florida State 87–66 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee in the second round.^[3][6] Amaker was fired as head coach on March 17.