2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2007 through March 2008
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
2008 NBA Draft
Top draft pick	Eric Gordon
Picked by	Los Angeles Clippers, 7th overall
2007–08 NCAA Division I season
Champion	Wisconsin (16–2)
Runners-Up	Purdue (15–3)
Season MVP	D.J. White - IU
Top scorer	Eric Gordon - IU
Tournament
Champions	Wisconsin
Runners-up	Illinois
Tournament MVP	Marcus Landry - WIS

2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Wisconsin†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
#20 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
#18 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	27	–	9	.750
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	24	–	13	.649
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
Penn State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Iowa	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Illinois	5	–	13	.278	16	–	19	.457
Michigan	5	–	13	.278	10	–	22	.313
Northwestern	1	–	17	.056	8	–	22	.267

† 2008 Big Ten Tournament winner As of March 23, 2008; Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season began with the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The season marked the 103rd season of Big Ten play. Wisconsin won the Big Ten Conference regular season championship by one game over Purdue. Indiana finished in third with Michigan State in fourth. Indiana's D.J. White was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Purdue's Matt Painter was named Coach of the Year.

Wisconsin also won the Big Ten Tournament by defeating surprise championship participant Illinois. As a result of the win, Wisconsin received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Four Big Ten teams (Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, and Michigan State) were invited to the NCAA Tournament. Two teams, Wisconsin and Michigan State, advance to the Sweet Sixteen, both losing in that round.

Ohio State and Minnesota received bids to the National Invitation Tournament with Ohio State winning the tournament.

Preseason

All-Big Ten players

The following players were chosen as preseason All-Big Ten by the media.^[2]

Shaun Pruitt, ILL, SR, C

D.J. White, IND, SR, F

Drew Neitzel, MSU, SR, G (Player of the Year)

Jamar Butler, OSU, SR, G

Geary Claxton, PSU, SR, G/F

Teams

The following teams were selected as the top teams in the conference by the media.^[2]

Michigan State
Indiana
Ohio State

Preconference schedules

ACC–Big Ten Challenge

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Iowa	WF 56–47	Iowa City, IA	X
Georgia Tech	#15 Indiana	IND 83–79	Bloomington, IN		X
Florida State	Minnesota	FSU 75–61	Tallahassee, FL	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 94–52	Charlottesville, VA	X
#7 Duke	#20 Wisconsin	Duke 82–58	Durham, NC	X
#18 Clemson	Purdue	CLEM 61–58	Clemson, SC	X
NC State	#13 Michigan State	MSU 81–58	East Lansing, MI		X
Maryland	Illinois	UMD 69–61	College Park, MD	X
Boston College	Michigan	BC 77–64	Ann Arbor, MI	X
#2 North Carolina	Ohio State	UNC 66–55	Columbus, OH	X
Virginia Tech	Penn State	PSU 66–61	State College, PA		X
RESULT		ACC		8	3

Notes: Miami did not play. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (Nov. 26).

Final standings

Team^[3]	B10 Conference	B10 %	B10 Home	B10 Road	All Games	All Games %	All Home	All Road	All Neutral
Wisconsin	16–2	.889	8–1	8–1	31–5	.861	16–2	10–2	5–1
Purdue	15–3	.833	9–0	6–3	25–9	.735	16–1	6–5	3–3
Indiana	14–4	.778	8–1	6–3	25–8	.758	17–2	7–3	1–3
Michigan State	12–6	.667	9–0	3–6	27–9	.750	17–0	4–6	6–3
Ohio State	10–8	.556	7–2	3–6	24–13	.649	17–3	4–8	3–2
Minnesota	8–10	.444	5–4	3–6	20–14	.588	12–5	4–8	4–1
Penn State	7–11	.389	5–4	2–7	15–16	.484	13–4	2–8	0–4
Iowa	6–12	.333	4–5	2–7	13–19	.406	10–8	3–8	0–3
Illinois	5–13	.278	3–6	2–7	16–19	.457	7–7	3–9	6–3
Michigan	5–13	.278	3–6	2–7	10–22	.313	6–9	2–10	2–3
Northwestern	1–17	.056	0–9	1–8	8–22	.452	5–11	3–10	0–1

Statistical leaders

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points Per Game			Rebounds Per Game			Assists Per Game			Steals Per Game
Eric Gordon	IND	20.9	D. J. White	IND	10.3	Jamar Butler	OSU	5.9	Chris Kramer	PUR	2.3
D. J. White	IND	17.4	Goran Suton	MSU	8.2	Travis Walton	MSU	4.3	Al Nolen	MINN	1.9
Manny Harris	MICH	16.1	Shaun Pruitt	ILL	7.3	Michael Thompson	NU	4.3	Craig Moore	NU	1.8
Jamar Butler	OSU	15.0	Jamarcus Ellis	IND	7.0	Drew Neitzel	MSU	4.0	Trevon Hughes	WIS	1.8
Kosta Koufos	OSU	14.4	Kosta Koufos	OSU	6.7	Kalin Lucas	MSU	3.8	Damian Johnson	MINN	1.7

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked Shots Per Game			Field Goal Percentage			Three-Point FG Percentage			Free Throw Percentage
Ekpe Udoh	MICH	2.9	D. J. White	IND	60.5	Armon Bassett	IND	45.4	Jamar Butler	OSU	94.3
Kosta Koufos	OSU	1.8	Othello Hunter	OSU	59.6	Robbie Hummel	PUR	44.7	Jason Bohannon	WIS	86.7
Drew Naymick	MSU	1.7	Shaun Pruitt	ILL	57.2	Keaton Grant	PUR	44.0	Robbie Hummel	PUR	86.5
D. J. White	IND	1.6	Raymar Morgan	MSU	55.8	E'Twaun Moore	PUR	43.4	Drew Neitzel	MSU	86.0
Othello Hunter	OSU	1.5	Goran Suton	MSU	55.1	Michael Thompson	NU	43.3	Keaton Grant	PUR	85.1

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices name a player of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week
November 12, 2007	DeShawn Sims, MICH
November 19, 2007	Eric Gordon, IND
November 19, 2007	Raymar Morgan, MSU
November 26, 2007	Kosta Koufos, OSU
December 3, 2007	D. J. White, IND
December 10, 2007	D. J. White, IND
December 17, 2007	Geary Claxton, PSU
December 24, 07	Shaun Pruitt, ILL
December 24, 07	Dan Coleman, MINN
December 31, 2007	Brian Butch, WIS
January 7, 2008	Raymar Morgan, MSU
January 7, 2008	Geary Claxton, PSU
January 14, 2008	D. J. White, IND
January 21, 2008	Keaton Grant, PUR
January 28, 2008	Drew Neitzel, MSU
February 4, 2008	D. J. White, IND
February 4, 2008	E'Twaun Moore, PUR
February 11, 2008	Robbie Hummel, PUR
February 18, 2008	Manny Harris, MICH
February 25, 2008	Cyrus Tate, IA
March 3, 2008	Goran Suton, MSU
March 10, 2008	Jamar Butler, OSU

Conference honors

Two sets of conference award winners are recognized by the Big Ten – one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.^[4]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	D. J. White, IND	D. J. White, IND
Coach of the Year	Matt Painter, PUR	Matt Painter, PUR
Freshman of the Year	Eric Gordon, IND	Eric Gordon, IND
Defensive Player of the Year	Chris Kramer, PUR	None Selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Jason Bohannon, WIS	None Selected
All Big Ten First Team	Eric Gordon, IND	Eric Gordon, IND
	D. J. White, IND	D. J. White, IND
	Drew Neitzel, MSU	Jamar Butler, OSU
	Robbie Hummel, PUR	Robbie Hummel, PUR
	Brian Butch, WIS	Brian Butch, WIS
All Big Ten Second Team	Manny Harris, MICH	Manny Harris, MICH
	Raymar Morgan, MSU	Raymar Morgan, MSU
	Jamar Butler, OSU	Drew Neitzel, MSU
	E'Twaun Moore, PUR	E'Twaun Moore, PUR
	Marcus Landry, WIS	Michael Flowers, WIS
All Big Ten Third Team	Armon Bassett, IND	Shaun Pruitt, ILL
	Tony Freeman, IA	Armon Bassett, IND
	Lawrence McKenzie, MINN	Kosta Koufos, OSU
	Kosta Koufos, OSU	Jamelle Cornley, PSU
	Michael Flowers, WIS	Chris Kramer, PUR
		Marcus Landry, WIS
All Big Ten Honorable Mention	Shaun Pruitt, ILL	Jamarcus Ellis, IND
	DeShawn Sims, MICH	Tony Freeman, IA
	Kalin Lucas, MSU	Kalin Lucas, MSU
	Dan Coleman, MINN	Dan Coleman, MINN
	Kevin Coble, NU	Lawrence McKenzie, MINN
	Jamelle Cornley, PSU	Kevin Coble, NU
	Keaton Grant, PUR	Craig Moore, NU
	Chris Kramer, PUR	Keaton Grant, PUR
	Trevon Hughes, WIS	Trevon Hughes, WIS
All-Freshman Team	Eric Gordon, IND	Not Selected
	Manny Harris, MICH
	Kosta Koufos, OSU
	Robbie Hummel, PUR
	E'Twaun Moore, PUR
All Defensive Team	Ekpe Udoh, MICH	Not Selected
	Travis Walton, MSU
	Chris Kramer, PUR
	Michael Flowers, WIS
	Joe Krabbenhoft, WIS

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

Main article: 2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Bracket

Opening round March 13			Quarterfinals March 14			Semifinals March 15			Championship March 16


			1	Wisconsin	51

			9	Michigan	34
8	Iowa	47

9	Michigan	55
						1	Wisconsin	65

						4	Michigan State	63



			4	Michigan State	67

			5	Ohio State	60



									1	Wisconsin	61

									10	Illinois	48



			2	Purdue	67

			10	Illinois	74
7	Penn State	63

10	Illinois	64
						10	Illinois	54

						6	Minnesota	50



			3	Indiana	58

			6	Minnesota	59
6	Minnesota	55

11	Northwestern	52

Source^[5]

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Wisconsin	Automatic	3	Won First Round vs. #14 Cal St. Fullerton 71–56 Won Second Round vs. #11 Kansas State 72–55 Lost Sweet 16 vs. #10 Davidson 73–56
Michigan State	At-large	5	Won First Round vs. #12 Temple 72–61 Won Second Round vs. #4 Pittsburgh 65–54 Lost Sweet 16 vs. #1 Memphis 92–74
Purdue	At-large	6	Won First Round vs. #11 Baylor 90–79 Lost Second Round vs. #3 Xavier 85–78
Indiana	At-large	8	Lost First Round vs. #9 Arkansas 86–72

NIT

Main article: 2008 National Invitation Tournament

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Ohio State	At-large	1	Won First Round vs. #8 UNC Asheville 84–66 Won Second Round vs. #4 California 73–56 Won Quarterfinals vs. #3 Dayton 74–63 Won NIT Semifinals vs. #2 Mississippi 81–69 Won NIT Final vs. #2 Massachusetts 92–85
Minnesota	At-large	4	Lost First Round vs. #5 Maryland 68–58

2008 NBA Draft

The following Big Ten players were selected in the 2008 NBA Draft

PG	Point guard	SG	Shooting guard	SF	Small forward	PF	Power forward	C	Center

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	7	Gordon, EricEric Gordon	SG	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana (Fr.)
1	23	Koufos, KostaKosta Koufos	C	Greece	Utah Jazz	Ohio State (Fr.)
1	29	White, D.J.D.J. White	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons (traded to Seattle)	Indiana (Sr.)

References

↑ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
1 2 "Michigan State Named Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite by the Media: Spartans' Neitzel earns Preseason Player of the Year accolades". CBS Interactive. October 28, 2007. Retrieved Mar 6, 2009.
↑ "Big Ten 2007–08 men's basketball Final Release" (PDF). Big Ten. April 17, 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved Feb 3, 2009.
↑ "Indiana's White Named Big Ten Player of the Year by Coaches and Media: Purdue's Painter claims Coach of the Year accolades, Boilermakers' Kramer nabs Defensive Player of the Year honors, Hoosier Gordon earns Freshman of the Year laurels, and Wisconsin's Bohannon collects Sixth Man of the Year honor". CBS Interactive. March 10, 2008. Retrieved Mar 6, 2009.
↑ "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008.

Big Ten Conference men's basketball

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Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball

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