2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#20
AP	#22
2007–08 record	25–8 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kelvin Sampson Dan Dakich - interim
Assistant coach	Ray McCallum
Assistant coach	Jeff Meyer
Assistant coach	Rob Senderoff
Home arena	Assembly Hall

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 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University during the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Indiana was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Interim Head Coach at the end of the season was Dan Dakich. Indiana University announced on February 22, 2008, that Kelvin Sampson accepted a $750,000 buyout of his contract and resigned as the Indiana University men’s basketball coach.^[2]

On March 10, 2008 D. J. White and Eric Gordon were named to the First Team All-Big Ten and Armon Bassett was named to the third team. White was also named the Conference player of the year.^[3] In the off season, starters Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis were dismissed from the team after they failed to show up for a player meeting with coach Dakich, then failed to show up for a 6 a.m. run the following day.^[4] In December 2008, Eric Gordon stated how the 2007–08 season was ruined by turmoil due to drug use among some players on the team.^[5]

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
Adam Ahlfeld	34	G	6–0	193	Senior	Indianapolis, Indiana
Armon Bassett	1	G	6–1	176	Sophomore	Terre Haute, Indiana
Jordan Crawford	5	G	6–4	195	Freshman	Detroit, Michigan
Jamarcus Ellis	13	G	6–5	200	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Brett Finkelmeier	4	G	6–2	180	Freshman	Carmel, Indiana
Eric Gordon	23	G	6–4	215	Freshman	Indianapolis, Indiana
Eli Holman	32	C	6–9	210	Freshman	Richmond, California
Brandon McGee	24	F	6–7	220	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois
Lance Stemler	22	F	6–8	210	Senior	Columbia, Illinois
Kyle Taber	44	F	6–7	226	Junior	Evansville, Indiana
DeAndre Thomas	2	F	6–8	295	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
D. J. White	3	F	6–9	251	Senior	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mike White	30	F	6–6	232	Senior	Springhill, Louisiana

Coaches: Kelvin Sampson, Jeff Meyer, Dan Dakich, Ray McCallum

Recruiting class

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jordan Crawford SG	Detroit, MI	Hargrave Military Academy (VA)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Nov 15, 2006
Jordan Crawford SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 81
Jamarcus Ellis SG	Chicago, IL	Chipola J.C. (FL)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 14, 2006
Jamarcus Ellis SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Eric Gordon SG	Indianapolis, IN	North Central	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 13, 2006
Eric Gordon SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 98
Eli Holman C	Richmond, CA	Richmond	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sep 2, 2006
Eli Holman C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
Brandon McGee PF	Chicago, IL	Crane	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Aug 8, 2006
Brandon McGee PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
DeAndre Thomas PF	Chicago, IL	Chipola J.C. (FL)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	303 lb (137 kg)	Apr 9, 2007
DeAndre Thomas PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 10 Rivals: 9
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

Schedule and Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
11/12/07* 7:00, BTN	#8	Chattanooga	W 99–77	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/18/07* BTN	#8	Longwood Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 100–49	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/20/07* BTN	#8	N.C. Wilmington Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 95–71	3–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/23/07* 8:30, BTN	#8	vs. Illinois State Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 70–57	4–0	Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL
11/24/07* 8:30, BTN	#8	vs. Xavier Musketeers Chicago Invitational Challenge	L 65–80	4–1	Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL
11/27/07* 7:00, ESPN	#15	Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 83–79	5–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/1/07* 9:30, ESPNU	#15	at #22 Southern Illinois	W 64–51	6–1	SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
12/3/07* 7:00, BTN	#15	Tennessee State	W 84–72	7–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/8/07* 4:00, CBS	#15	Kentucky	W 70–51	8–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/07* 8:00, BTN	#14	Western Carolina	W 100–52	9–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/22/07* 12:00, BTN	#14	Coppin State	W 73–46	10–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/29/07* 7:00, BTN	#14	Chicago State	W 97–59	11–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/2/08 9:00, BTN	#12	at Iowa	W 79–76	12–1 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/8/08 7:00, ESPN	#11	at Michigan	W 78–64	13–1 (2–0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/13/08 4:30, CBS	#11	Illinois Rivalry	W 62–58	14–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/17/08 9:00, ESPN	#10	at Minnesota	W 65–60	15–1 (4–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/20/08 2:00, BTN	#10	Penn State	W 81–65	16–1 (5–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/23/08 9:00, BTN	#8	Iowa	W 65–43	17–1 (6–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/26/08* 1:00, CBS	#8	Connecticut	L 63–68	17–2 (6–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/31/08 9:00, ESPN	#11	at #13 Wisconsin	L 49–62	17–3 (6–1)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/3/08 12:00, BTN	#11	Northwestern	W 75–63	18–3 (7–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/7/08 9:00, ESPN	#13	at Illinois Rivalry	W 83–79 ^2OT	19–3 (8–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/10/08 1:00, CBS	#13	at Ohio State	W 59–53	20–3 (9–1)	Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH
2/13/08 7:00, BTN	#12	#14 Wisconsin	L 66–68	20–4 (9–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/16/08 9:00, ESPN	#12	#9 Michigan State	W 80–61	21–4 (10–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/19/08 7:00, ESPN	#14	#15 Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 77–68	22–4 (11–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/23/08 8:00, BTN	#14	at Northwestern	W 85–82	23–4 (12–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/26/08 7:00, ESPN	#12	Ohio State	W 72–69	24–4 (13–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/2/08 2:00, CBS	#12	at #15 Michigan State	L 103–74	24–5 (13–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
3/5/08 7:00, BTN	#17	Minnesota Senior Night	W 69–55	25–5 (14–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/9/08 2:00, ESPN	#17	at Penn State	L 68–64	25–6 (14–4)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
Big Ten Tournament
3/14/08 9:00, BTN	#20	vs. Minnesota Big Ten Quarterfinals	L 59–58	25–7	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/21/08* 9:40, CBS	#24	vs. Arkansas NCAA Tournament First Round	L 86–72	25–8	RBC Center Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
↑ "Sampson Agrees To Resign, Take $750K". WRTV. 2008-02-23. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
↑ "IU's White: conference player of year". Indianapolis Star. 2008-03-10. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
↑ "Indiana roster in flux after starters Bassett, Ellis kicked off team". espn.com. 2008-04-01. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
↑ "Gordon: Players' drug use wrecked IU season". indystar.com. 2008-12-18. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-18.

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (Practice)

Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions Crossroads Classic A Season on the Brink (film) Crimson Guard "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

Roster

Recruiting class

Schedule and Results

See also

References