| 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Teams | 10 |
| Regular Season | |
| Champion | UCLA |
| Runners-up | Stanford |
| SeasonMVP | Kevin Love,UCLA |
| Top scorer | Ryan Anderson,California |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | UCLA |
| Runners-up | Stanford |
| FinalsMVP | Darren Collison, UCLA |
| Basketball seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2UCLA† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 35 | – | 4 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11Stanford | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21Washington 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 winner As of April 5, 2008 Rankings fromAPPoll *USC vacated 11 conference and 21 overall wins, due to NCAA rules violations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2007–08Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season ended with six teams participating in the2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, two teams playing in theNational Invitation Tournament (NIT) and one team playing in theCollege Basketball Invitational (CBI).
UCLA won the regular season & conference tournament championship andStanford head coachTrent Johnson was named coach of the year.
Only three teams, UCLA,UCLA (#2),Stanford (#11) andWashington State (#21) finished the season in theESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. They were #3, #11, and #21 respectively in the "AP Top 25" polls. In the final post-NCAA tournament coaches' poll, UCLA dropped to #4, Stanford stayed at #11 and Washington State moved to #15.
Hall of Fame basketball coachLute Olson, who had been the head coach of theArizona Wildcats for 24 seasons, had to take a personal leave of absence andKevin O'Neill took over for the season on an interim basis.[1]
Pac-10 teams participated in thePac-10/Big 12 Series. They also took part in other x-season tournament games, including theCollege Basketball Experience Classic, theNIT Season Tip-Off inMadison Square Garden and theAnaheim Classic in theAnaheim Convention Center.Arizona State played in theMaui Invitational Tournament.
Oregon was first in scoring offense, field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage while Washington State was first in scoring defense. Stanford was first rebounding while California was first in free throw percentage in conference games. UCLA was on top in scoring margin. Arizona led the conference in attendance with a total of 241,703 in 17 games, averaging 14,218 (14,545 capacity).
UCLA, the #1 seed team, won the2008 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament at theStaples Center inLos Angeles, California on March 15, in front of a crowd of 18,672. The team defeated #2 seed Stanford and won the school's third tournament championship. The Bruins received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA National Tournament.
| Play-in Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Final March 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #3 UCLA | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Washington | 81 | 9 | California | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | California | 84 | 1 | #3 UCLA | 57 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | USC | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | USC* | 59* | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona State | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #3 UCLA | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #11 Stanford | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #21 Washington State | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Arizona | 87 | 6 | Oregon | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Oregon State | 56 | 3 | #21 Washington State | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | #11 Stanford | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #11 Stanford | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Arizona | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
* Denotes a vacated win, as the result of a January 3, 2010 announcement that USC has vacated all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including its Pac-10 Conference tournament victory over Arizona State (therefore, USC finished the season with a record of 0–12).[2]
Six Pac-10 teams participated in the2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Three teams won their first-round games and all three would go on to play in their regional semi-finals. UCLA would go on to advance to theFinal Four, their 18th Final Four in school history. They would go on to lose to theMemphis Tigers 63–78.
Arizona State and California played in theNIT. Arizona State lost in their regional Quarterfinals againstFlorida 57–70. California lost in the Second round toOhio State 56–73.
Washington played in theCollege Basketball Invitational (CBI), where they would lose their opening round game 71–72 toValparaiso.
Oregon State fired head coachJay John after the Beavers started 0–6 in conference, he only had 1 winning season in five and half years at Oregon State.[3]Kevin Mouton took over in the interim for the remainder of the season.
Two days after losing to Ohio State in the 2008 NIT,California fired head coachBen Braun and would be replaced by former Stanford head coachMike Montgomery.[4]
On April 10, 2008, Stanford basketball coach announced he was leaving the program forLSU.[5] On April 27, formerDuke assistantJohnny Dawkins would becoming the 17th head coach in Stanford basketball history.[6]
In October 2008,Arizona Wildcats hall of fame coachLute Olson would announce his retirement from the sport for health reasons. He ended his career at Arizona with a 589–187 record, four final fours and one national title. The 589 wins would be a conference record and amassed 780–280 overall, which at the time was 10th most in wins all time.[7]Russ Pennell became the interim head coach on October 24.
Kevin Love (C, Freshman), of UCLA was named to the2008 Consensus All-America first team. He was listed on theAssociated Press, theUSBWA, and theSporting News All-American lists to qualify for the "Consensus All-America".Ryan Anderson (PF, Sophomore), of California was a Sporting News Second team All-American.Darren Collison, (PG, Junior) was an Associated Press Third team All-American.
The following players from Pac-10 were honored on theAP All American list:[8]
First Team (Player, School, Ht, Wt, Yr, Key stats)
Second Team (Player, School, Ht, Wt, Yr, Key stats)
Third Team (Player, School, Ht, Wt, Yr, Key stats)
Honorable mention (Player, School)
Regular season honors:
First team
(Name, School, Pos, Yr, Ht, Wt, Hometown (Last School))
Second team
Third team
The 2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference Men's BasketballAll-Academic teams (minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor):
First Team (School, Year, GPA, Major)
Second Team (School, Year, GPA, Major)
Robbie Cowgill, of Washington State, was named a Pacific-10 Conference winter Scholar-Athletes of the Year.