Basketball season
The 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2007 ended with the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 's championship game on April 7, 2008, in the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas .
Season headlines
Behind Mario Chalmers ' clutch three-pointer at the end of regulation, the Kansas Jayhawks won an overtime battle against the Memphis Tigers to take their third NCAA tournament title, twenty years after Danny Manning led the Jayhawks to their last championship. Bill Self sheds the title of "best coach never to go to a Final Four " in dramatic fashion.
For the first time since teams were seeded for the NCAA tournament , all four number one seeds (Kansas , Memphis , North Carolina , and UCLA ) advanced to the Final Four.[ 1]
In February, Kelvin Sampson agreed to a buyout and was relieved of his duties as coach of Indiana University following a recruiting scandal concerning impermissible phone calls. Dan Dakich was named interim coach, but the damage had been done as the Hoosiers (ranked No. 14 at the time Sampson was fired) go 3–4 the rest of the season and bow out to Arkansas in a listless performance in the first round of the NCAA tournament .[ 2] Marquette coach Tom Crean to tackle the major rebuilding job ahead.
Sophomore Stephen Curry put on a shooting display as the Davidson Wildcats upset Gonzaga , Georgetown and Wisconsin - then narrowly succumbed to eventual champion Kansas 59–57 - to go to their first Elite Eight since 1969. Curry scored 40, 30, 33 and 25 points in the four games and was named the Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player.[ 3]
North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's Michael Beasley engaged in a season-long battle for National player of the year honors. Hansbrough swept the POY awards, while Beasley won all Freshman of the Year awards and joined Hansbrough as a unanimous first-team All-American .Memphis flirted with being the first undefeated team since 1976. They started the season 26–0, but on February 23 cross-state rival Tennessee defeated the Tigers 66–62 on Memphis' home floor in a battle of the #1 and #2 teams.[ 4] Derrick Rose .[ 5] After beating Memphis, Tennessee attained the #1 ranking for the first time in school history.[ 6] Vanderbilt .
The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 5. Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina was the leading vote-getter (71 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Roy Hibbert of Georgetown (62 votes), Chris Lofton of Tennessee (61), Drew Neitzel of Michigan State (31) and Darren Collison of UCLA (31).[ 7]
The Drake Bulldogs — picked in the preseason to finish ninth in the 10-team Missouri Valley Conference [ 8] Adam Emmenecker , a three-year walk-on who would go on to capture both the MVC's regular-season and tournament Most Valuable Player awards.
On February 4, career coaching wins leader Bob Knight retired as head coach of Texas Tech ,[ 9] Pat . Knight would reappear as a studio host for ESPN in the postseason.
A severe storm ripped a hole in the Georgia Dome , wreaking havoc on the SEC tournament . After game delays and a venue change , the Georgia Bulldogs scored an unlikely championship run that included winning two games in one day.[ 10]
At Arizona , coach Lute Olson took an unexpected leave of absence just prior to the season's start. Kevin O'Neill , assistant coach and supposed Olson successor, was named interim coach. Olson announced he would return for 2008–09 and did not retain O'Neill on his staff as rumors of a disagreement between the two swirled.[ 11]
The first College Basketball Invitational was held, offering a post-season alternative to teams not selected for the NCAA tournament or NIT . Tulsa defeats Bradley in a best of three series to take the inaugural title.
Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser died at 56 of an apparent heart attack the July before the season began.[ 12] Dino Gaudio was named successor and led the Deacons through an emotional year punctuated by an upset of Duke .Lester Hudson of Tennessee-Martin recorded the first-ever quadruple-double in NCAA history. Against Central Baptist College , Hudson scored 25 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out 10 assists and recorded 10 steals in a 116–74 win.[ 13] On January 23, Baylor beat Texas A&M 116–110 in five overtimes in the season's longest (and perhaps wildest) game.[ 14]
Houston's Rob McKiver scored 52 points (including seven three-pointers) in a game against Southern Mississippi to set the single-game scoring high for the season.[ 15] Stephen Curry broke the NCAA record for three-pointers made in a season, connecting on 162. The previous record had been held by Butler 's Darrin Fitzgerald set in 1987.[ 16]
Mike Krzyzewski ,[ 17] Eddie Sutton [ 18] North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough , Tennessee's Chris Lofton , Vanderbilt's Shan Foster , Virginia's Sean Singletary , Western Kentucky's Courtney Lee , Utah State's Jaycee Carroll , Colorado's Richard Roby , UNC Greensboro's Kyle Hines , High Point's Arizona Reid , Rider's Jason Thompson , Hofstra's Antoine Agudio , New Orleans' Bo McCalebb and VMI's Reggie Williams all eclipsed the career 2000-point mark during the season.Effective this season, the Mid-Continent Conference changed its name to The Summit League .
Presbyterian , Cal State Bakersfield , Florida Gulf Coast , South Carolina Upstate and North Carolina Central , all moved up to Division I competition.Conference realignments: IPFW , North Dakota State and South Dakota State began play in the Summit League , while UC Davis competed in the Big West Conference for the first time. All four programs were independent in 2006–07. Valparaiso began play in the Horizon League after leaving the Summit League . Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina Upstate joined the Atlantic Sun Conference .
Charles Barkley , Arnie Ferrin , Danny Manning , Billy Packer , Jim Phelan , Nolan Richardson and Dick Vitale were inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame .[ 19] Billy Packer announced his last Final Four after 34 years of broadcasting the event.[ 20]
Major rule changes
Beginning in 2007–08, the following rules changes were implemented:[ 21]
During free throws, eliminated the first lane space nearest the basket on each side of the lane and used the second, third and fourth lane space on each side as an alignment for free throws. This rule had been used in NCAA women's basketball since the 2001–02 season.
Use of courtside monitor allowed for determining whether a flagrant foul occurred or to assess the situation during a fight.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls November 5, 2007.[ 22]
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 2007–08 season.
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Thirty conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament. Conference tournament winners received an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament . The Ivy League was the only NCAA Division I conference that did not hold a conference tournament, instead sending its regular-season champion, Cornell ,[ 23]
Conference
Regular
Conference
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
America East Conference UMBC [ 24] Marqus Blakely , Vermont [ 25] 2008 America East men's basketball tournament Binghamton University Events Center (Binghamton, New York )UMBC [ 26]
Atlantic 10 Conference Xavier [ 27] Gary Forbes , Massachusetts [ 28] 2008 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey )Temple [ 29]
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina [ 30] Tyler Hansbrough , North Carolina [ 31] 2008 ACC men's basketball tournament Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina )North Carolina [ 32]
Atlantic Sun Conference Belmont [ 33] Thomas Sanders , Gardner-Webb [ 34] 2008 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament Allen Arena Nashville, Tennessee )Belmont [ 35]
Big 12 Conference Kansas [ 36] Texas [ 37] Michael Beasley , Kansas State [ 38] 2008 Big 12 men's basketball tournament Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri )Kansas [ 39]
Big East Conference Georgetown [ 40] Luke Harangody , Notre Dame [ 41] 2008 Big East men's basketball tournament Madison Square Garden New York City, New York )Pittsburgh [ 42]
Big Sky Conference Portland State [ 43] Jeremiah Dominguez , Portland State [ 44] 2008 Big Sky men's basketball tournament Rose Garden Portland, Oregon )Portland State [ 45]
Big South Conference UNC Asheville [ 46] Winthrop [ 47] Arizona Reid , High Point [ 48] 2008 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Campus Sites
Winthrop [ 49]
Big Ten Conference Wisconsin [ 50] D. J. White , Indiana [ 51] 2008 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana )Wisconsin [ 52]
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton ,[ 53] Cal State Northridge [ 53] UC Santa Barbara [ 53] Scott Cutley , Cal State Fullerton &Alex Harris , UC Santa Barbara [ 54] 2008 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California )Cal State Fullerton [ 55]
Colonial Athletic Association VCU [ 56] Eric Maynor , VCU [ 57] 2008 CAA men's basketball tournament Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia )George Mason [ 58]
Conference USA Memphis [ 59] Chris Douglas-Roberts , Memphis [ 60] 2008 Conference USA men's basketball tournament FedExForum Memphis, Tennessee )Memphis [ 61]
Horizon League Butler [ 62] Mike Green , Butler [ 63] 2008 Horizon League men's basketball tournament Campus Sites
Butler [ 64]
Ivy League Cornell [ 65] Louis Dale , Cornell [ 66] No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rider [ 67] Siena [ 68] Jason Thompson , Rider [ 69] 2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament Times Union Center Albany, New York )Siena [ 70]
Mid-American Conference Kent State [ 71] Western Michigan [ 72] Al Fisher , Kent State [ 73] 2008 MAC men's basketball tournament Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio )Kent State [ 74]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Morgan State [ 75] Jamar Smith , Morgan State [ 76] 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina )Coppin State [ 77]
Missouri Valley Conference Drake [ 78] Adam Emmenecker , Drake [ 79] 2008 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri )Drake [ 80]
Mountain West Conference BYU [ 81] Lee Cummard , BYU &J. R. Giddens , New Mexico [ 82] 2008 MWC men's basketball tournament Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada )UNLV [ 83]
Northeast Conference Robert Morris [ 84] Tony Lee , Robert Morris [ 85] 2008 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Campus Sites
Mount St. Mary's [ 86]
Ohio Valley Conference Austin Peay [ 87] Lester Hudson , Tennessee-Martin [ 88] 2008 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee )Austin Peay [ 89]
Pacific-10 Conference UCLA [ 90] Kevin Love , UCLA [ 91] 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament Staples Center Los Angeles, California )UCLA [ 92]
Patriot League American [ 93] Greg Sprink , Navy [ 94] 2008 Patriot League men's basketball tournament Campus Sites
American [ 95]
Southeastern Conference Tennessee [ 96] Mississippi State [ 97] Shan Foster , Vanderbilt [ 98] 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament Georgia Dome and Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia )Georgia [ 99]
Southern Conference Appalachian State [ 100] Chattanooga [ 101] Davidson [ 102] Stephen Curry , Davidson [ 103] 2008 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, South Carolina )Davidson [ 104]
Southland Conference Lamar [ 105] Stephen F. Austin [ 106] Josh Alexander , Stephen F. Austin [ 107] 2008 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Leonard E. Merrell Center Katy, Texas )Texas-Arlington [ 108]
Southwestern Athletic Conference Alabama State [ 109] Andrew Hayles , Alabama State [ 110] 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Fair Park Arena Birmingham, Alabama )Mississippi Valley State [ 111]
The Summit League Oral Roberts [ 112] George Hill , IUPUI [ 113] 2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament John Q. Hammons Arena Tulsa, Oklahoma )Oral Roberts [ 114]
Sun Belt Conference South Alabama [ 115] Arkansas-Little Rock [ 116] Louisiana-Lafayette [ 117] Courtney Lee , Western Kentucky [ 118] 2008 Sun Belt men's basketball tournament Mitchell Center Mobile, Alabama )Western Kentucky [ 119]
West Coast Conference Gonzaga [ 120] Jeremy Pargo , Gonzaga [ 121] 2008 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, California )San Diego [ 122]
Western Athletic Conference Utah State [ 123] Nevada [ 124] New Mexico State [ 125] Boise State [ 126] Jaycee Carroll , Utah State [ 127] 2008 WAC men's basketball tournament Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico )Boise State [ 128]
Conference standings
2007–08 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
No. 2 Memphis 16
–
0
1.000
38
–
2
.950
UAB 12
–
4
.750
23
–
11
.676
Houston 11
–
5
.688
24
–
10
.706
Southern Miss 9
–
7
.563
19
–
14
.576
UCF 9
–
7
.563
16
–
15
.516
Tulsa 8
–
8
.500
25
–
14
.641
UTEP 8
–
8
.500
19
–
14
.576
Marshall 8
–
8
.500
16
–
14
.533
Tulane 6
–
10
.375
17
–
15
.531
East Carolina 5
–
11
.313
11
–
19
.367
SMU 4
–
12
.250
10
–
20
.333
Rice 0
–
16
.000
3
–
27
.100
† 2008 C-USA Tournament winnerAP Poll
2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
No. 2 UCLA †16
–
2
.889
35
–
4
.897
No. 11 Stanford 13
–
5
.722
28
–
8
.778
No. 21 Washington State 11
–
7
.611
26
–
9
.743
Arizona State 9
–
9
.500
21
–
13
.618
Oregon 9
–
9
.500
18
–
14
.563
Arizona 8
–
10
.444
19
–
15
.559
Washington 7
–
11
.389
16
–
17
.485
California 6
–
12
.333
17
–
16
.515
Oregon State 0
–
18
.000
6
–
25
.194
USC *0
–
7
.000
0
–
12
.000
† Conference tournament winnerAP
Poll
Division I independents
Nine schools played as Division I independents .[ 141] Chicago State , Longwood , Savannah State , and Texas–Pan American were considered full NCAA Division I schools, as the rest were still in a transition phase from NCAA Division II .[ 141]
Temple and Villanova finished with 3–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
The NCAA Tournament tipped off on March 18, 2008 with the opening round game in Dayton, Ohio , and concluded on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas . Of the 65 teams that were invited to participate, 31 were automatic bids while 34 were at-large bids . The 34 at-large teams came from 10 conferences, with the Big East tying its own 2006 record with eight bids.[ 142] Big 12 , Pacific-10 Conference , and Southeastern Conference , had six teams invited to the tournament. Notably absent from the field were Florida and Ohio State , the champions and runners-up of the 2007 tournament , the first time that both teams from a previous year's finals failed to make the tournament since 1980.[ 143] Kansas defeated Memphis , 75–68 in overtime to win their third NCAA Tournament championship, and Jayhawks guard Mario Chalmers was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player .
The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas was the site of the season-ending Final Four and Championship game for 2007-08.
National Invitation tournament
After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National Invitation Tournament invited teams to participate. Eight teams were given automatic bids for winning their conference regular seasons, and 24 other teams were also invited. The field came from 10 conferences, with the Atlantic 10 having the most teams invited with four. The Atlantic Coast and Missouri Valley Conferences each had three bids, and five other conferences placed two teams in the tournament.[ 144] Last year's NCAA finalists , Ohio State and Florida both made the semifinals, with the Buckeyes winning the tournament, defeating UMass 92–85 in the final. Ohio State center Kosta Koufos was named tournament MVP.
NIT semifinals and final
Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1 and 3
College Basketball Invitational
The inaugural College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament was held starting March 18 and ended with a best-of-three final which saw Tulsa defeat Bradley for the championship. Jerome Jordan of Tulsa was named tournament MVP.
Major upsets
Regular season and conference tournaments
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.[ 159]
Team
Former
Interim
New
Reason
Alcorn State
Samuel West
Larry Smith [ 160] West was fired after a 7–23 season, former Alcorn State star and ex-NBA player Smith was hired
Arizona
Lute Olson
Kevin O'Neill
Lute Olson
Olsen took a leave of absence due to a divorce; but announced he would return in 2008–09. O'Neill left following season. However, Olson would ultimately retire on October 23, 2008, before the 2008–09 season; several days later, Olson revealed (through his personal physician) that he had suffered a stroke during the season.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Van Holt
George Ivory
Holt resigned after going 50–124 in six years.
Arkansas State
Dickey Nutt
Shawn Forest Al Grushkin
John Brady [ 161] Nutt resigned three wins shy of becoming the Red Wolves' winningest coach. Coincidentally, his resignation came shortly after his brother, Houston Nutt , was forced out as football coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks .
Brown
Craig Robinson
Jesse Agel
Robinson left to take the Oregon State job
Bucknell
Pat Flannery
Dave Paulsen
Flannery retires as coach.
California
Ben Braun
Mike Montgomery
Montgomery goes across the bay from Stanford , where he coached before going to the Golden State Warriors .
Centenary
Rob Flaska
Greg Gary
Detroit
Perry Watson
Kevin Mondro
Ray McCallum
Retired after taking a medical leave of absence during the season.[ 162]
Drake
Keno Davis
Mark Phelps
Davis left to take the Providence job. Phelps was an assistant at Arizona State .
Florida Atlantic
Rex Walters
Mike Jarvis
Walters left for San Francisco , while Jarvis comes back after a self-imposed retitrement.
Grambling
Larry Wright
Rick Duckett
Idaho
George Pfeifer
Don Verlin
Pfeifer was fired following a 12–48 record in two years.
Indiana
Kelvin Sampson
Dan Dakich
Tom Crean
Sampson was embroiled in a cell phone controversy.
James Madison
Dean Keener
Matt Brady
Kent State
Jim Christian
Geno Ford
Ford replaces Christian, who went to TCU .
LSU
John Brady
Butch Pierre
Trent Johnson
Brady was fired in midst of disappointing season, two years after guiding LSU to the Final Four .
Loyola Marymount
Rodney Tention
Bill Bayno
Marist
Matt Brady
Chuck Martin
Brady left to go to JMU . Martin takes his first head coaching job after serving as an assistant at Memphis .
Marquette
Tom Crean
Buzz Williams
Crean resigned to take Indiana job; ex-University of New Orleans coach takes over after serving as an assistant.
UMass
Travis Ford
Derek Kellogg
Ford left for the Oklahoma State job. UMass alum Kellogg was hired off of ex-Minutemen coach John Calipari 's staff at Memphis .
Mercer
Mark Slonaker
Bob Hoffman
Missouri State
Barry Hinson
Cuonzo Martin
NJIT
Jim Casciano
Jim Engles
Team in first year of D-I hoops went 5-24
Oklahoma State
Sean Sutton
Travis Ford
Son of Eddie Sutton resigned.
Oregon State
Jay John
Kevin Mouton
Craig Robinson
John was fired in midst of horrid season.Barack Obama comes in from Brown as permanent coach.
Pepperdine
Vance Walberg
Eric Bridgeland
Tom Asbury
Walberg resigned mid-season with 12–48 overall mark. Former Waves head coach Asbury returned to take the position.
Providence
Tim Welsh
Keno Davis
Rice
Willis Wilson
Ben Braun
After firing at Cal, Braun comes to C-USA .
Sacramento State
Jerome Jenkins
Brian Katz
San Francisco
Jessie Evans
Eddie Sutton
Rex Walters
Sutton won his 800th game this year, coming out of retirement for an interim stint.
South Carolina
Dave Odom
Darrin Horn
Odom retired after the season.
Stanford
Trent Johnson
Johnny Dawkins
Johnson leaves Stanford to take the job at LSU . Duke associate head coach Dawkins takes his first head coaching job.
TCU
Neil Dougherty
Jim Christian
Texas Tech
Bob Knight
Pat Knight
Pat Knight
Winningest coach in D-I resigned, son Pat took over.
Toledo
Stan Joplin
Gene Cross
Western Illinois
Derek Thomas
Jim Molinari
Western Kentucky
Darrin Horn
Ken McDonald
Horn goes to South Carolina .
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