2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The 200708 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October, 2007 followed by the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The conference season began in January, 2008 and concluded in March. The season marked the 103rd season of Big Ten play.

2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2007
through March 2008
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
2007–08 NCAA Division I season
ChampionWisconsin (16–2)
Runners-UpPurdue (15–3)
Season MVPD.J. White - IU
Top scorerEric Gordon - IU
Tournament
ChampionsWisconsin
  Runners-upIllinois
Finals MVPMarcus Landry - WIS
2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Wisconsin162 .889  315  .861
No. 20 Purdue153 .833  259  .735
Indiana144 .778  258  .758
No. 18 Michigan State126 .667  279  .750
Ohio State108 .556  2413  .649
Minnesota810 .444  2014  .588
Penn State711 .389  1516  .484
Iowa612 .333  1319  .406
Illinois513 .278  1619  .457
Michigan513 .278  1022  .313
Northwestern117 .056  822  .267
2008 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 23, 2008; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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.[2] Purdue's Matt Painter was named Coach of the Year.[3]

The Big Ten Tournament was held from March 13–16, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Wisconsin won the tournament championship by defeating surprise championship participant No. 10-seeded Illinois. As a result of the win, Wisconsin received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA 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.[4]

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.[4]

  1. Michigan State
  2. Indiana
  3. Ohio State

Regular season

ACC–Big Ten Challenge

Date Time ACC team B1G team Score Location Television Attendance Challenge
leader
Nov 26 7:00 pm Wake Forest Iowa 56–47 Carver–Hawkeye ArenaIowa City, Iowa ESPN2 9,120 ACC (1–0)
Nov 27 7:00 pm Georgia Tech No. 15 Indiana 83–79 Assembly HallBloomington, Indiana ESPN 17,230 Tied (1–1)
7:30 pm Florida State Minnesota 75–61 Donald L. Tucker CenterTallahassee, Florida ESPN2 9,349 ACC (2–1)
8:00 pm Virginia Northwestern 94–52 John Paul Jones ArenaCharlottesville, Virginia ESPNU ACC (3–1)
9:00 pm No. 7 Duke No. 20 Wisconsin 82–58 Cameron Indoor StadiumDurham, North Carolina ESPN 9,314 ACC (4–1)
9:30 pm No. 18 Clemson Purdue 61–58 Littlejohn ColiseumClemson, South Carolina ESPN2 7,350 ACC (5–1)
Nov 28 7:00 pm NC State No. 10 Michigan State 81–58 Breslin CenterEast Lansing, Michigan ESPN 14,759 ACC (5–2)
7:30 pm Maryland Illinois 69–61 Comcast CenterCollege Park, Maryland ESPN2 17,950 ACC (6–2)
8:00 pm Boston College Michigan 77–64 Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan ESPNU 8,716 ACC (7–2)
9:00 pm No. 1 North Carolina Ohio State 66–55 Value City ArenaColumbus, Ohio ESPN ACC (8–2)
9:30 pm Virginia Tech Penn State 66–61 Bryce Jordan CenterUniversity Park, Pennsylvania ESPN2 ACC (8–3)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.
Game Times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov. 26).
Miami did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Final standings

Team[5] 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

Points Per Game
Rebounds Per Game
Assists Per Game
Steals Per Game
PlayerSchoolPPGPlayerSchoolRPGPlayerSchoolAPGPlayerSchoolSPG
Eric GordonIND20.9D. J. WhiteIND10.3Jamar ButlerOSU5.9Chris KramerPUR2.3
D. J. WhiteIND17.4Goran SutonMSU8.2Travis WaltonMSU4.3Al NolenMINN1.9
Manny HarrisMICH16.1Shaun PruittILL7.3Michael ThompsonNU4.3Craig MooreNU1.8
Jamar ButlerOSU15.0Jamarcus EllisIND7.0Drew NeitzelMSU4.0Trevon HughesWIS1.8
Kosta KoufosOSU14.4Kosta KoufosOSU6.7Kalin LucasMSU3.8Damian JohnsonMINN1.7
Blocked Shots Per Game
Field Goal Percentage
Three-Point FG Percentage
Free Throw Percentage
PlayerSchoolBPGPlayerSchoolFG%PlayerSchool3FG%PlayerSchoolFT%
Ekpe UdohMICH2.9D. J. WhiteIND60.5Armon BassettIND45.4Jamar ButlerOSU94.3
Kosta KoufosOSU1.8Othello HunterOSU59.6Robbie HummelPUR44.7Jason BohannonWIS86.7
Drew NaymickMSU1.7Shaun PruittILL57.2Keaton GrantPUR44.0Robbie HummelPUR86.5
D. J. WhiteIND1.6Raymar MorganMSU55.8E'Twaun MoorePUR43.4Drew NeitzelMSU86.0
Othello HunterOSU1.5Goran SutonMSU55.1Michael ThompsonNU43.3Keaton GrantPUR85.1

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
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
Dan Coleman, MINN
December 31, 2007 Brian Butch, WIS
January 7, 2008 Raymar Morgan, MSU
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
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

All-Big Ten Conference honors and awards

Two sets of conference award winners are recognized by the Big Ten – one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.[6]

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

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[7]

NCAA Tournament

Team Bid Type Seed Results
WisconsinAutomatic3Won First Round vs. No. 14 Cal St. Fullerton 71–56
Won Second Round vs. No. 11 Kansas State 72–55
Lost Sweet 16 vs. #10 Davidson 73–56
Michigan StateAt-large5Won First Round vs. #12 Temple 72–61
Won Second Round vs. #4 Pittsburgh 65–54
Lost Sweet 16 vs. #1 Memphis 92–74
PurdueAt-large6Won First Round vs. #11 Baylor 90–79
Lost Second Round vs. #3 Xavier 85–78
IndianaAt-large8Lost First Round vs. #9 Arkansas 86–72

NIT

Team Bid Type Seed Results
Ohio StateAt-large1Won 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
MinnesotaAt-large4Lost First Round vs. #5 Maryland 68–58

2008 NBA Draft

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

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

References

  1. "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
  2. "Indiana's White Named Big Ten Player of the Year by Coaches and Media". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  3. "Big Ten names White Player of the Year, Painter Coach of the Year". 13 WTHR Indianapolis. March 11, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  4. "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. Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  5. "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 February 3, 2009.
  6. "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. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  7. "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
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