2007–08 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by ninth-year head coach Tom Crean, played their home games at the Bradley Center as members of the Big East Conference. They beat Kentucky in the opening round^[2] of the NCAA tournament, then lost to Stanford.^[3]

2007–08 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 25
Record	25–10 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach	Tom Crean (9th season)
Home arena	Bradley Center
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Georgetown	15	–	3		.833			28	–	6		.824
No. 13 Louisville	14	–	4		.778			27	–	9		.750
No. 15 Notre Dame	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
No. 16 Connecticut	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
No. 25 Marquette	11	–	7		.611			25	–	10		.714
No. 17 Pittsburgh†	10	–	8		.556			27	–	10		.730
Villanova	9	–	9		.500			22	–	13		.629
Syracuse	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Cincinnati	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			17	–	15		.531
Providence	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
*DePaul	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
*St. John's	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
*South Florida	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
*Rutgers	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
† 2008 Big East tournament winner As of April 7, 2008^[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2008 Big East tournament.

Roster

2007–08 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Scott Christopherson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Aquinas La Crosse, Wisconsin G 1 Dominic James 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Richmond Richmond, Indiana G 2 Maurice Acker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Hillcrest Hazel Crest, Illinois G 4 Patrick Hazel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Blair Academy Queens, New York F 5 Dan Fitzgerald 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Saint Thomas Academy Saint Paul, Minnesota G 10 David Cubillan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So St. Benedict's Prep Maricaibo, Venezuela F 12 Dwight Burke 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr St. Benedict's Prep Brooklyn, New York F 21 Lawrence Blackledge 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois G 22 Jerel McNeal 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Hillcrest Chicago, Illinois G/F 23 Wesley Matthews 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr James Madison Memorial Madison, Wisconsin F 32 Lazar Hayward 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So   Buffalo, New York F 33 Trevor Mbakwe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Saint Bernard's Saint Paul, Minnesota F 41 Ousmane Barro 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Chicago Julian Dakar, Senegal G 42 Tommy Brice 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Sr Lake Park Bloomingdale, Illinois G 45 Robert Frozena 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr St. Mary Central Sherwood, Wisconsin	Head coach Tom Crean (Central Michigan) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Source:^[4]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2007*	No. 11	IUPUI	W 76–68	1–0	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 12, 2007*	No. 10	Utah Valley	W 66–55	2–0	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 19, 2007	No. 11	vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament	W 74–63	3–0 (1–0)	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 20, 2007*	No. 11	vs. Oklahoma State Maui Invitational Tournament	W 91–61	4–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 21, 2007*	No. 11	vs. No. 13 Duke Maui Invitational Tournament	L 73–77	4–1	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 30, 2007*	No. 13	Milwaukee	W 100–65	5–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 8, 2007*	No. 11	at Wisconsin	W 81–76	6–1	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 15, 2007*	No. 10	Sacramento State	W 82–51	7–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 17, 2007*	No. 10	Purdue Fort Wayne	W 80–56	8–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 21, 2007*	No. 10	Coppin State	W 89–42	9–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 29, 2007*	No. 12	Savannah State	W 77–37	10–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Big East regular season
Jan 3, 2008	No. 10	Providence	W 96–67	11–1 (1–0)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 6, 2008	No. 10	at West Virginia	L 64–79	11–2 (1–1)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, West Virginia
Jan 8, 2008	No. 15	Seton Hall	W 61–56	12–2 (2–1)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 12, 2008	No. 15	Notre Dame	W 92–66	13–2 (3–1)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 17, 2008	No. 13	at Louisville	L 51–71	13–3 (3–2)	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
Jan 20, 2008	No. 13	at Connecticut	L 73–89	13–4 (3–3)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, Connecticut
Jan 26, 2008	No. 21	DePaul	W 79–71	14–4 (4–3)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 29, 2008	No. 17	South Florida	W 62–54	15–4 (5–3)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 2, 2008	No. 17	at Cincinnati	W 75–60	16–4 (6–3)	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 4, 2008	No. 16	Louisville	L 57–71	16–5 (6–4)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 9, 2008	No. 16	at No. 22 Notre Dame	L 83–86	16–6 (6–5)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 12, 2008		at Seton Hall	W 89–64	17–6 (7–5)	Prudential Center  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Feb 15, 2008		No. 22 Pittsburgh	W 72–54	18–6 (8–5)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 20, 2008	No. 25	at St. John's	W 73–64	19–6 (9–5)	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Feb 23, 2008	No. 25	Rutgers	W 78–48	20–6 (10–5)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 25, 2008	No. 21	at Villanova	W 85–75	21–6 (11–5)	Wells Fargo Center  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 1, 2008	No. 21	No. 11 Georgetown	L 68–70 ^OT	21–7 (11–6)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 4, 2008*	No. 21	Florida Gulf Coast	W 67–37	22–7	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 8, 2008	No. 21	at Syracuse	L 72–87	22–8 (11–7)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Big East tournament
Mar 12, 2008*	No. 25	vs. Seton Hall First Round	W 67–54^[5]	23–8	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Mar 13, 2008*	No. 25	vs. No. 14 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	W 89–79^[6]	24–8	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Mar 14, 2008*	No. 25	vs. Pittsburgh Semifinals	L 61–68^[7]	24–9	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
NCAA tournament
Mar 20, 2008*	(6 S) No. 25	vs. (11 S) Kentucky First Round	W 74–66	25–9	Honda Center  Anaheim, California
Mar 22, 2008*	(6 S) No. 25	vs. (3 S) No. 10 Stanford Second Round	L 81–82 ^OT	25–10	Honda Center  Anaheim, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

See also: 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. "2007-08 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12-13-2013.
2. "McNeal, Marquette get by Kentucky, nab first tourney win since 2003". ESPN. March 20, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
3. "Brook Lopez's leaner with 1.3 seconds left in OT lifts Stanford into Sweet 16". ESPN. March 22, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
4. "2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
5. "Marquette holds Seton Hall scoreless in final minutes of win". ESPN. March 12, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
6. "McNeal's career-high 28 carry Marquette to Big East semis". ESPN. March 13, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
7. "Young's 22 points pull Pitt into another Big East final". ESPN. March 14, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
8. "2007-08 Men's Basketball Schedule". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
9. "2020-21 Marquette Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2021.