2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference.

2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
Record	13–17 (7–9 MAC)
Head coach	Louis Orr
Assistant coaches	LaMonta Stone George Jackson Andy Moore
Home arena	Anderson Arena
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
Akron	11	–	5		.688			24	–	11		.686
Ohio	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
Miami (OH)	9	–	7		.563			17	–	16		.515
Bowling Green	7	–	9		.438			13	–	16		.448
Buffalo	3	–	13		.188			10	–	20		.333
West
Western Michigan	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
Central Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Toledo	7	–	8		.467			11	–	19		.367
Ball State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	24		.200
Northern Illinois	3	–	12		.200			6	–	22		.214
† 2008 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

On April 4, 2007, Bowling Green State University announced Louis Orr as the program's 15th head coach, replacing Dan Dakich who left BG to become an assistant under Kelvin Sampson at Indiana. Louis Orr joined the Falcons after five years at Seton Hall, where he compiled an 80–69 record and led the Pirates to two NCAA tournament appearances.^[1] Entering the 2007–08 season, Bowling Green was picked to finish sixth in the MAC East division by the MAC News Media Association.^[2]

Coaching staff

• Louis Orr – Head coach
• LaMonta Stone – Assistant coach
• George Jackson – Assistant coach
• Andy Moore – Assistant coach
• Rick Palmer – Director of Basketball Operations

Roster

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No. Position Player 1   G Brian Moten 2   F Darryl Clements 12   G Ryan Sims 14   G Joe Jakubowski 20   F Nate Miller 23   F Chris Knight

No. Position Player 24   F Cameron Madlock 32   G Matt Karaffa 34   F Erik Marschall 45   C Otis Polk 50   C Marc Larson

Starters are indicated in bold

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/01/07* 7:00pm		Wayne State (MI) Exhibition	W 59–44	—	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
Regular season
11/09/07* 5:00pm		vs. Western Carolina Peggy Cronin Classic	L 60–63	0–1	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, OH
11/10/07* 4:00pm		vs. Belmont Peggy Cronin Classic	W 78–67	1–1	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, OH
11/11/07* 8:00pm, WXIX		at Cincinnati Peggy Cronin Classic	W 69–67	2–1	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, OH
11/17/07* 4:00pm		Morehead State	W 86–70	3–1	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
11/24/07* 2:00pm, BCSN		Temple	L 55–72	3–2	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
11/27/07* 7:00pm		at Furman	W 67–58	4–2	Timmons Arena  Greenville, SC
12/01/07* 4:00pm, FSN Detroit		at Oakland	L 80–90	4–3	Athletics Center O'rena  Rochester, MI
12/06/07* 9:05pm		at Northern Colorado	L 60–64 ^OT	4–4	Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion  Greeley, CO
12/16/07* 2:00pm		Illinois State	L 58–69	4–5	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
12/22/07* 2:00pm, WTWO		at Indiana State	L 57–62	4–6	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, IN
12/29/07* 7:00pm, BCSN		Eastern Illinois	W 52–48	5–6	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
01/02/08* 7:00pm, BCSN		Duquesne	L 78–96	5–7	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
01/02/08 4:00pm, BCSN		Ohio	W 52–49	6–7 (1–0)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
01/12/08 7:00pm		at Kent State	L 49–63	6–8 (1–1)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center  Kent, OH
01/17/08 7:00pm, BCSN		Buffalo	W 83–70	7–8 (2–1)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
01/20/08 7:00pm		at Akron	L 44–80	7–9 (2–2)	James A. Rhodes Arena  Akron, OH
01/23/08 7:00pm, BCSN		Miami (OH)	W 55–52	8–9 (3–2)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
01/27/08 2:00pm, BCSN		Northern Illinois	W 63–59	9–9 (4–2)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
01/30/08 7:00pm		at Ball State	W 63–53	10–9 (5–2)	John E. Worthen Arena  Muncie, IN
02/02/08 4:00pm		at Western Michigan	L 50–64	10–10 (5–3)	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
02/06/08 7:00pm, BCSN		Central Michigan	L 77–81 ^OT	10–11 (5–4)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
02/10/08 4:00pm, ESPNU		Toledo	W 69–58	11–11 (6–4)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
02/13/08 7:00pm, Comcast Local		at Eastern Michigan	L 68–78	11–12 (6–5)	Convocation Center  Ypsilanti, MI
02/16/08 2:00pm		Akron	L 56–65	11–13 (6–6)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
02/19/08 7:00pm, ESPN Full Court		at Ohio	L 48–69	11–14 (6–7)	Convocation Center  Athens, OH
02/23/08* 4:05pm		at Detroit ESPN Bracket Busters	W 81–65	12–14 (6–7)	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
03/01/08 12:30pm		No. 23 Kent State	W 89–83	13–14 (7–7)	Anderson Arena  Bowling Green, OH
03/04/08 7:00pm		at Buffalo	L 50–96	13–15 (7–8)	Alumni Arena  Amherst, NY
03/09/08 12:00pm, FSN Ohio		at Miami (OH)	L 59–75	13–16 (7–9)	Millett Hall  Oxford, OH
MAC tournament
3/13/08* 5:30pm		vs. Toledo MAC Tournament first round	L 48–52	13–17 (7–9)	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards

Mid-American Conference Player of the Week

• Chris Knight, week 1
• Joe Jakubowski, week 17

References

1. "Louis Orr Named Men's Basketball Coach". BGSUFalcons.com. April 4, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
2. "Falcons Picked Sixth in East Division". BGSUFalcons.com. October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008.