2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 1
2007–08 record36–3 (14–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDean Smith Center
2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 North Carolina142 .875  363  .923
No. 9 Duke133 .813  286  .824
No. 22 Clemson106 .625  2410  .706
Virginia Tech97 .563  2114  .600
Miami (FL)88 .500  2311  .676
Maryland88 .500  1915  .559
Georgia Tech79 .438  1517  .469
Wake Forest79 .438  1713  .567
Florida State79 .438  1915  .559
Virginia511 .313  1716  .515
Boston College412 .250  1417  .452
NC State412 .250  1516  .484
2008 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Marc Campbell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)165 lb (75 kg) RS SoRavenscroft Raleigh, NC
F 40 Mike Copeland 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)225 lb (102 kg) JrR. J. Reynolds Winston-Salem, NC
G 22 Wayne Ellington 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)195 lb (88 kg) SoEpiscopal Academy Wynnewood, PA
G 4 Bobby Frasor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)208 lb (94 kg) JrBrother Rice Blue Island, IL
G/F 1 Marcus Ginyard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)218 lb (99 kg) JrBishop O'Connell Alexandria, VA
F 13 Will Graves 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)245 lb (111 kg) RS FrDudley Greensboro, NC
G/F 14 Danny Green 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrSt. Mary's North Babylon, NY
C 50 Tyler Hansbrough 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)245 lb (111 kg) JrPoplar Bluff Poplar Bluff, MO
G 5 Ty Lawson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)193 lb (88 kg) SoOak Hill Academy Clinton, MD
G 34 Greg Little 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)210 lb (95 kg) FrHillside Durham, NC
F 35 Patrick Moody 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)195 lb (88 kg) JrT. C. Roberson Arden, NC
F/C 32 Alex Stepheson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg) SoHarvard-Westlake Los Angeles, CA
G 15 J. B. Tanner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)185 lb (84 kg) JrWest Henderson Hendersonville, NC
G 11 Quentin Thomas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg) SrOakland Technical Senior Oakland, CA
F 21 Deon Thompson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)240 lb (109 kg) SoTorrance Torrance, CA
F 24 Surry Wood 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)205 lb (93 kg) SrCary Academy Raleigh, NC
G 30 Jack Wooten 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)190 lb (86 kg) JrWalter Williams Burlington, NC
Head coach

Roy Williams

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Holladay
Steve Robinson
Jerod Haase


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 29, 2012

  • Note: During the December 27 game against Nevada, backup point guard Bobby Frasor was injured, requiring surgery and ending his season.

Schedule and results

The Tar Heels began the season ranked atop both major polls, and stayed there for the first two months of the season despite closer-than-expected games against Davidson and Clemson. They suffered their first loss of the season against Maryland on January 19. Three games later, point guard Ty Lawson twisted his ankle and missed most of February. Despite this, the Tar Heels didn't miss a beat, going 8–1 the rest of the way. They regained the top spot in the polls in late February and held it for the rest of the season. They clinched their 26th ACC regular season title by avenging their earlier loss to Duke in the last game of the season.

In the ACC Tournament held in Charlotte, the top-seeded Tar Heels defeated Florida State, Virginia Tech and Clemson to win their 17th conference tournament title. In so doing, they went into the NCAA Tournament with a 32–2 record—the most wins going into the tourney in school history.

In the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels were seeded first in the East Regional, and were also the overall top seed in the tournament. They routed Mount St. Mary's and Arkansas while playing just 30 minutes from campus at the RBC Center in Raleigh. They were no less dominant in the regional phase in Charlotte, scoring convincing wins over Washington State and Louisville to make their 17th trip to the Final Four, but in their national semifinal game, they lost to Kansas, who went on to win the national championship. Remarkably, the Tar Heels made the Final Four while not having to leave the state of North Carolina for a little over a month (a total of 10 games), and while notching two losses at the Smith Center—an arena where they have traditionally been all but unbeatable. They also set a school record for wins in a season, with 36. With Memphis having its 38-win 2007–08 season vacated by the NCAA, the 2007–08 Tar Heels' 36 wins are now the second-most in Division I history.

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 3*
8:15 p.m.
No. 1 Shaw W 11462 
Dean Smith Center (19,343)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 9*
7:30 p.m.
No. 1 Lenoir-Rhyne W 10752 
Dean Smith Center (18,357)
Chapel Hill, NC
Regular Season
November 14*
7:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 at Davidson W 7268  10
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (19,299)
Charlotte, NC
Las Vegas Invitational
November 18*
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 Iona
Las Vegas Invitational
W 10772  20
Dean Smith Center (18,970)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 20*
7:30 p.m.
No. 1 South Carolina State
Las Vegas Invitational
W 11064  30
Dean Smith Center (18,318)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 23*
11:55 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 vs. Old Dominion
Las Vegas Invitational
W 9982  40
Orleans Arena (5,500)
Las Vegas, NV
November 24*
10:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 vs. Brigham Young
Las Vegas Invitational
W 7363  50
Orleans Arena (5,500)
Las Vegas, NV
November 28*
9:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 at Ohio State
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 6655  60
Value City Arena (19,049)
Columbus, OH
December 1*
2:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 1 at Kentucky W 8677  70
Rupp Arena (24,252)
Lexington, KY
December 4*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 1 at Penn W 10671  80
The Palestra (8,722)
Philadelphia, PA
December 16*
8:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 at Rutgers W 9371  90
Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,312)
Piscataway, NJ
December 19*
9:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 Nicholls State W 8878  100
Dean Smith Center (17,706)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*
1:00 p.m., FSN
No. 1 UC Santa Barbara W 10570  110
Dean Smith Center (20,520)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 27*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 1 Nevada W 10670  120
Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 30*
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 1 Valparaiso W 9058  130
Dean Smith Center (21,046)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 2*
8:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 Kent State W 9061  140
Dean Smith Center (20,356)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 6
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 1 at No. 19 Clemson W 9088 OT 150
(10)
Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000)
Clemson, SC
January 9*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 UNC Asheville W 9381  160
(10)
Dean Smith Center (20,326)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 12
12:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 North Carolina State W 9362  170
(20)
Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 16
9:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 at Georgia Tech W 8382  180
(30)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,191)
Atlanta, GA
January 19
3:30 p.m., ABC
No. 1 Maryland L 8082  181
(31)
Dean Smith Center (21,033)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 23
9:00 p.m., Raycom
No. 5 at Miami (FL) W 9882  191
(41)
BankUnited Center (7,000)
Coral Gables, FL
January 31
7:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 4 Boston College W 9169  201
(51)
Dean Smith Center (21,247)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 3
2:00 p.m., FSN
No. 4 at Florida State W 8473 OT 211
(61)
Donald L. Tucker Center (11,066)
Tallahassee, FL
February 6
9:00 p.m., Raycom/ESPN
No. 3 No. 2 Duke L 7889  212
(62)
Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 10
6:30 p.m., FSN
No. 3 Clemson W 10393 2OT 222
(72)
Dean Smith Center (20,767)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 12
8:00 p.m., Raycom/ESPN2
No. 5 at Virginia W 7574  232
(82)
John Paul Jones Arena (13,765)
Charlottesville, VA
February 16
1:00 p.m., CBS
No. 5 Virginia Tech W 9253  242
(92)
Dean Smith Center (20,890)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 20
7:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 3 at North Carolina State W 8470  252
(102)
RBC Center (19,700)
Raleigh, NC
February 24
6:30 p.m., FSN
No. 3 Wake Forest W 8973  262
(112)
Dean Smith Center (21,004)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 1
3:30 p.m., ABC
No. 3 at Boston College W 9080  272
(122)
Conte Forum (8,606)
Chestnut Hill, MA
March 4
8:00 p.m., Raycom
No. 1 Florida State W 9077  282
(132)
Dean Smith Center (20,520)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 8
9:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 at No. 6 Duke
ESPN College GameDay
W 7668  292
(142)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
March 14
12:00 p.m., Raycom/ESPN2
No. 1 vs. Florida State
Quarterfinals, No. 1 vs. No. 9
W 8270  302
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035)
Charlotte, NC
March 15
1:30 p.m, Raycom/ESPN
No. 1 vs. Virginia Tech
Semifinals, No. 1 vs. No. 4
W 6866  312
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035)
Charlotte, NC
March 16
1:00 p.m., Raycom/ESPN
No. 1 vs. Clemson
Championship Game, No. 1 vs. No. 3
W 8681  322
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035)
Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
March 21*
7:10 p.m., CBS
No. 1 (1) vs. No. (16) Mount St. Mary's
First Round
W 11374  332
RBC Center (19,477)
Raleigh, NC
March 23*
5:20 p.m., CBS
No. 1 (1) vs. No. (9) Arkansas
Second Round
W 10877  342
RBC Center (19,477)
Raleigh, NC
March 27*
7:27 p.m., CBS
No. 1 (1) vs. No. 21 (4) Washington State
Sweet Sixteen
W 6847  352
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (19,092)
Charlotte, NC
March 29*
9:05 p.m., CBS
No. 1 (1) vs. No. 13 (3) Louisville
Elite Eight
W 8373  362
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (19,092)
Charlotte, NC
April 5*
8:47 p.m., CBS
No. 1 (1) vs. No. 4 (1) Kansas
Final Four
L 6684  363
Alamodome (43,718)
San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll time zone=Eastern Time[1]. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

YearRoundPickPlayerNBA Club
2009113Tyler HansbroughIndiana Pacers
2009118Ty LawsonDenver Nuggets
2009128Wayne EllingtonMinnesota Timberwolves
2009246Danny GreenCleveland Cavaliers

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References

  1. "2007–08 Schedule." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-01-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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