2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 10 Regular Season UCLA Champion Runners-Up Stanford Kevin Love, UCLA Pac-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Ryan Anderson, California Tournament 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament UCLA Stanford Darren Collison, UCLA Most Valuable Player Basketball 06–07 08–09 The 2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season ended with six teams participating in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, two teams playing in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and one team playing in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). UCLA won the regular season & conference tournament championship and Stanford head coach Trent Johnson was named coach of the year. Only three teams, UCLA, UCLA (#2), Stanford (#11) and Washington State (#21) finished the season in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. They were #3, #11, and #21 respectively in the "AP Top 25" polls. In the final post-NCAA tournament coaches' poll, UCLA dropped to #4, Stanford stayed at #11 and Washington State moved to #15. Pre-season Hall of Fame basketball coach Lute Olson, who had been the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats for 24 seasons, had to take a personal leave of absence and Kevin O'Neill took over for the season on an interim basis.Olson will take indefinite leave of absence due to personal matter https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3094359 Pac-10 teams participated in the Pac-10/Big 12 Series. They also took part in other x-season tournament games, including the College Basketball Experience Classic, the NIT Season Tip-Off in Madison Square Garden and the Anaheim Classic in the Anaheim Convention Center. Arizona State played in the Maui Invitational Tournament. Conference games Oregon was first in scoring offense, field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage while Washington State was first in scoring defense. Stanford was first rebounding while California was first in free throw percentage in conference games. UCLA was on top in scoring margin. Arizona led the conference in attendance with a total of 241,703 in 17 games, averaging 14,218 (14,545 capacity). Conference tournament 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament UCLA, the #1 seed team, won the 2008 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on March 15, in front of a crowd of 18,672. The team defeated #2 seed Stanford and won the school's third tournament championship. The Bruins received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA National Tournament. Play-in RoundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 14 FinalMarch 15 8 Washington 81 9 California 84 7 Arizona 87 10 Oregon State 56 1 #3 UCLA 88 9 California 66 4 USC* 59* 5 Arizona State 55 3 #21 Washington State 75 6 Oregon 70 2 #11 Stanford 75 7 Arizona 64 1 #3 UCLA 57 4 USC 54 3 #21 Washington State 68 2 #11 Stanford 75 1 #3 UCLA 67 2 #11 Stanford 64 * Denotes a vacated win, as the result of a January 3, 2010 announcement that USC has vacated all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including its Pac-10 Conference tournament victory over Arizona State (therefore, USC finished the season with a record of 0–12).USC punishes itself for rules violations, ESPN.com, January 3, 2010 Postseason Six Pac-10 teams participated in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Three teams won their first-round games and all three would go on to play in their regional semi-finals. UCLA would go on to advance to the Final Four, their 18th Final Four in school history. They would go on to lose to the Memphis Tigers 63–78. Arizona State and California played in the NIT. Arizona State lost in their regional Quarterfinals against Florida 57–70. California lost in the Second round to Ohio State 56–73. Washington played in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), where they would lose their opening round game 71–72 to Valparaiso. Highlights and notes Oregon State fired head coach Jay John after the Beavers started 0–6 in conference, he only had 1 winning season in five and half years at Oregon State.Oregon State fires basketball coach Jay John https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college/oregon-state-fires-basketball-coach-jay-john/ Kevin Mouton took over in the interim for the remainder of the season. Two days after losing to Ohio State in the 2008 NIT, California fired head coach Ben Braun and would be replaced by former Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery.Cal hires Stanford's Mike Montgomery as hoops coach https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2008/04/05/cal-hires-stanfords-mike-montgomery-as-hoops-coach#:~:text=Former%20Stanford%20men's%20basketball%20coach,der%20Groeben%2FPalo%20Alto%20Online. On April 10, 2008, Stanford basketball coach announced he was leaving the program for LSU.Johnson leaving Program for LSU https://lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1437391 On April 27, former Duke assistant Johnny Dawkins would becoming the 17th head coach in Stanford basketball history.Stanford hires Johnny Dawkins https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Stanford-hires-Johnny-Dawkins-3217666.php In October 2008, Arizona Wildcats hall of fame coach Lute Olson would announce his retirement from the sport for health reasons. He ended his career at Arizona with a 589–187 record, four final fours and one national title. The 589 wins would be a conference record and amassed 780–280 overall, which at the time was 10th most in wins all time.Olson retires after 25 seasons, four Final Fours at Arizona https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3660700 Russ Pennell became the interim head coach on October 24. Awards and honors All-Americans Kevin Love (C, Freshman), of UCLA was named to the 2008 Consensus All-America first team. He was listed on the Associated Press, the USBWA, and the Sporting News All-American lists to qualify for the "Consensus All-America". Ryan Anderson (PF, Sophomore), of California was a Sporting News Second team All-American. Darren Collison, (PG, Junior) was an Associated Press Third team All-American. The following players from Pac-10 were honored on the AP All American list:USBWA NAMES 2007-08 ALL-AMERICANS https://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2008/allamerica080317.html First Team (Player, School, Ht, Wt, Yr, Key stats) Kevin Love, UCLA, 6–10, 260, Fr., 17.5 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, 29.6 min., 55.9 fg pct Second Team (Player, School, Ht, Wt, Yr, Key stats) Ryan Anderson, California, 6–9, 240, So., 21.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 1.4 apg, 32.8 min., 49.0 fg pct Third Team (Player, School, Ht, Wt, Yr, Key stats) Darren Collison, UCLA, 6–1, 160, Jr., 14.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.8 apg, 34.7 min., 48.1 fg pct Honorable mention (Player, School) Jerryd Bayless, Arizona Jon Brockman, Washington James Harden, Arizona State O. J. Mayo, USC All-Pac-10 teams Regular season honors: Player of The Year: Kevin Love, UCLA Freshman of The Year: Kevin Love, UCLA Defensive Player of The Year: Russell Westbrook, UCLA Coach of The Year: Trent Johnson, Stanford First team All-Pac-10 men's basketball team (Name, School, Pos, Yr, Ht, Wt, Hometown (Last School)) Ryan Anderson, CAL, F, So., 6–9, 240, El Dorado Hills, Cali. (Oak Ridge) James Harden, ASU, G, Fr., 6–5, 218, Los Angeles, Calif. (Artesia HS) Brook Lopez, STAN, F, So., 7–0, 260, Fresno, Cali. (San Joaquin Memorial) Kevin Love, UCLA, C Fr., 6–10, 260, Lake Oswego, Ore. (Lake Oswego) O.J. Mayo, USC, G, Fr., 6–5, 210, Huntington, W.V. (Huntington High School) Second team Jerry Bayless, ARIZ, G, Fr., 6–3, 200, Phoenix, Ariz. (St. Mary's) Jon Brockman, WASH, F, Sr., 6–7, 255, Snohomish, Wash. (Snohomish HS) Darren Collison, UCLA, G, Jr., 6–0, 160, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Etiwanda HS) Maarty Leunen, ORE, F, Sr., 6–9, 180, Redmond, Ore. (Redmond) Kyle Weaver, WSU, G, Sr., 6–6, 200, Beloit, Wisc. (Beloit Memorial) Third team Chase Budinger, ARIZ, F, So., 6–7, 218, Encinitas, Calif. (LaCosta Canyon HS) Taj Gibson, USC, F, So., 6–9, 215, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Calvary Christian) Derrick Low, WSU, G, Sr., 6–2, 175, Honolulu, Haw. (ʻIolani School) Jeff Pendergraph, ASU, F, Jr., 6–9, 240, Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda HS) Russell Westbrook, UCLA, G, Fr., 6–3, 187, Lawndale, Cali (Leuzinger) All-Academic The 2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball All-Academic teams (minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor): First Team (School, Year, GPA, Major) Bret Brielmaier, ARIZ, Sr., 3.04, Interdisciplinary Studies Robbie Cowgill, WSU, Sr. 3.36, Management Operations Taj Finger, STAN, Sr., 3.06, Communication Daven Harmeling, WSU, Jr., 3.51, Health and Fitness Education Taylor Rochestie, WSU, Jr. 3.27, Communication Second Team (School, Year, GPA, Major) Alfred Aboya, UCLA, Jr. 3.06, Political Science Aron Baynes, WSU, Jr., 3.15, Movement Studies Nikola Knezevic, CAL, So., 3.21, Interdisciplinary Studies Nikola Koprivica, WSU, So., 3.31, Undeclared Roeland Schaftenaar, OSU, Jr., 3.17, Pre-Business Robbie Cowgill, of Washington State, was named a Pacific-10 Conference winter Scholar-Athletes of the Year. NBA draft 2008 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team 1 3 O.J. MayoSG United States Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Memphis) USC (Fr.) 4 Russell WestbrookPG United States Seattle SuperSonics UCLA (So.) 5 Kevin LovePF United States Memphis Grizzlies (traded to Minnesota) UCLA (Fr.) 10 Brook LopezC United States New Jersey Nets Stanford (So.) 11 Jerryd BaylessPG United States Indiana Pacers (traded to Portland) Arizona (Fr.) 15 Robin LopezC United States Phoenix Suns (from Atlanta) Stanford (So.) 21 Ryan Anderson basketball, born 1988PF United States New Jersey Nets (from Dallas) California (So.) 2 37 Luc Mbah a MouteSF Milwaukee Bucks UCLA (Jr.) 38 Kyle WeaverSG United States Charlotte Bobcats Washington State (Sr.) 48 Malik HairstonSG United States Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland, traded to San Antonio) Oregon (Sr.) 50 DeVon HardinC United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Denver) California (Sr.) 54 Maarty LeunenPF United States Houston Oregon (Sr.) References Category:2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season