2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini 2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 16–19 5–13 Bruce Weber 5th Wayne McClain 7th Jay Price 5th Jerrance Howard 1st Chester Frazier Brian Randle None Selected Assembly Hall The 2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fifth season at Illinois. The team finished with 5–13 conference and 16–19 overall records. A runner-up finish in the Big Ten tournament, and the play of freshman guard Demetri McCamey highlighted the season. Shaun Pruitt was the lone all-Big-Ten honoree; he was named to the all-Big-Ten third team by the press.http://www.bigtennetwork.com/sports/mbasketball/All-Big-Ten-Mens-Basketball-Teams-2008.asp 2008 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball teams 2008-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20080625054252/http://www.bigtennetwork.com/sports/mbasketball/All-Big-Ten-Mens-Basketball-Teams-2008.asp 25 June 2008 dead Roster 2007 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Trent Meacham 1 G 6 2 195 JR y Champaign, IL Centennial High School y Chris Hicks 2 G 6 2 195 SR Chicago, IL Whitney Young High School n Chester Frazier 3 G 6 2 190 JR Baltimore, MD Lake Clifton Eastern High School y C Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6 1 185 FR Highland Park, IL Loyola Academy y Alex Legion 15 G 6 5 195 FR Detroit, MI Oak Hill Academy/University of Kentucky y I Steve Holdren 22 G 6 5 200 JR y Champaign, IL Centennial High School n Rodney Alexander 23 F 6 7 225 JR Benton Harbor, MI Benton Harbor High School/Redlands Community College n Mike Davis basketball, born 1988 24 F 6 9 205 FR Alexandria, VA T. C. Williams High School y Calvin Brock 25 G 6 5 200 JR y Chicago, IL Simeon High School n Bill Cole 30 F 6 9 210 FR Peoria, IL Richwoods High School n Jamar Smith 31 G 6 3 185 JR yes Peoria, IL Richwoods High School y S Demetri McCamey 32 G 6 3 205 FR Bellwood, IL St. Joseph High School y Brian Carlwell 33 C 6 11 265 SO Maywood, IL Proviso East High School y Brian Randle 42 F 6 8 220 SR y East Peoria, IL Notre Dame High School y C Richard Semrau 50 F 6 9 235 FR y Grafton, OH Lutheran West n Mike Tisdale 54 C 7 1 215 FR Riverton, IL Riverton High School y Shaun Pruitt 55 C 6 10 245 SR Aurora, IL West Aurora High School y Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Jerrance Howard (Illinois) Wayne McClain (Illinois State) Jay Price (Kansas) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2007-08 Schedule Source: https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2007-08 2007-08 Men's Basketball Schedule http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ill-m-baskbl-sched.html 2007–2008 Schedule 2008-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20080607124217/http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ill-m-baskbl-sched.html 7 June 2008 dead dmy-all yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition 10/31/07 7:00 pm yes 2007 Quincy Hawks Quincy Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 82–61 16,618 11/6/07 7:00 pm yes 2007 Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers Kentucky Wesleyan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 76–39 16,618 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season 11/11/07 yes 2007 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN360 63–55 1–0 16,618 11/16/07 yes yes 2007 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI 79–77 2–0 6,308 11/19/07 yes yes Arizona State Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational ESPN2 77–54 3–0 2,500 11/20/07 yes yes Duke 13 Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational ESPN 66-79 3–1 2,500 11/21/07 yes yes 2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational ESPN2 65–49 4–1 2,500 11/28/07 yes yes Maryland Comcast Center College Park, MD ESPN2 61–69 4–2 17,950 12/01/07 yes 2007 Weber State Wildcats Weber State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 78–61 5–2 16,618 12/08/07 yes yes Arizona 22 United Center Chicago, IL ESPN 72–78 OT 5–3 19,573 12/17/07 yes 2007 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 58–35 6–3 16,618 12/20/07 yes 2007 Miami RedHawks Miami (OH) Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 58–61 OT 6–4 16,618 12/22/07 yes yes Missouri Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights ESPN2 59–58 7–4 21,941 12/28/07 yes 2007 Loyola Greyhounds Loyola (MD) Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 77–43 8–4 16,618 12/30/07 2007 Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 58–60 8–5 16,618 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season 1/03/08 Ohio State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN 58–74 8–6 0–1 16,618 1/06/08 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 64–68 8–7 0–2 16,618 1/10/08 yes Wisconsin 21 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 60–70 8–8 0–3 17,190 1/13/08 yes Indiana 10 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry CBS 58–62 8–9 0–4 17,359 1/16/08 Michigan Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 75–57 9–9 1–4 16,618 1/19/08 yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN 67–74 9–10 1–5 14,123 1/22/08 yes Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 58–64 9–11 1–6 19,049 1/27/08 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry BTN 70–37 10–11 2–6 16,618 1/30/08 yes Michigan State 8 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 41–51 10–12 2–7 14,759 2/02/08 Purdue Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 75–83 10–13 2–8 16,618 2/07/08 Indiana 14 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry ESPN 79–83 2OT 10–14 2–9 16,618 2/12/08 yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 84–60 11–14 3–9 12,773 2/16/08 yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 51–52 11–15 3–10 10,632 2/20/08 Wisconsin 11 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 57–71 11–16 3–11 16,618 2/23/08 yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 43–49 11–17 3–12 11,017 3/01/08 yes Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry BTN 58–47 12–17 4–12 15,500 3/06/08 Michigan State 17 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN2 51–59 12–18 4–13 16,618 3/08/08 Minnesota Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 67–58 13–18 5–13 16,618 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament 3/13/08 yes Penn State Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament First Round ESPN2 64–63 14–18 13,852 10 7 3/14/08 yes Purdue 17 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament quarterfinal BTN 74–67 OT 15–18 18,691 10 2 3/15/08 yes Minnesota Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament semifinal CBS 54–50 16–18 17,520 10 6 3/16/08 yes Wisconsin 8 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament Championship CBS 48–61 16–19 14,579 10 1 Central Time Season statistics Legend   GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game   FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds  Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers  Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high + Individual Player Statistics2007-08 Illinois Season Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20130227000534/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/ill-m-baskbl-cumulativestats-0708.html 2013-02-27 , FightingIllini.com Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl Pruitt, Shaun 34 33 919 27.0 427 12.6 163 285 .572 0 0 .000 101 179 .564 107 141 248 7.3 27 73 20 16 Meacham, Trent 34 31 1005 29.6 345 10.1 109 265 .411 74 185 .400 53 71 .746 9 73 82 2.4 79 50 3 24 Randle, Brian 33 32 838 25.4 309 9.4 117 254 .461 8 39 .205 67 112 .598 68 114 182 5.5 46 56 16 21 McCamey, Demetri 35 17 956 27.3 287 8.2 100 275 .364 50 147 .340 37 59 .627 22 79 101 2.9 115 87 3 18 Brock, Calvin 35 16 775 22.1 258 7.4 100 220 .455 17 46 .370 41 62 .661 54 77 131 3.7 46 50 8 31 Frazier, Chester 34 29 1136 33.4 166 4.9 57 169 .337 25 91 .275 27 52 .519 35 130 165 4.9 122 76 5 28 Alexander, Rodney 31 15 424 13.7 143 4.6 49 126 .389 11 57 .193 34 48 .708 38 52 90 2.9 11 25 4 11 Tisdale, Mike 35 2 363 10.4 127 3.6 53 110 .482 2 12 .167 19 30 .633 28 30 58 1.7 9 14 15 4 Davis, Mike 34 0 355 10.4 87 2.6 36 82 .439 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 20 41 61 1.8 9 13 14 5 Cole, Bill 12 0 81 6.8 28 2.3 11 21 .524 3 10 .300 3 7 .429 7 10 17 1.4 2 7 6 4 Holdren, Steve 14 0 97 6.9 17 1.2 5 19 .263 3 15 .200 4 7 .571 1 10 11 0.8 7 2 0 2 Jordan, Jeff 26 0 139 5.3 26 1.0 7 24 .292 1 3 .333 11 18 .611 2 10 12 0.5 9 12 0 6 Hicks, Chris 10 0 13 1.3 7 0.7 2 9 .222 2 9 .222 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 1 Semrau, Richard 8 19 2.4 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 0.6 0 1 0 0 Carlwell, Brian 3 5 1.7 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Team 440 826 1266 478 Total 35 7125 2227 63.6 809 1860 .435 196 614 .319 413 679 .608 440 826 1266 36.2 482 478 94 171 Opponents 35 7125 2139 61.1 720 1806 .399 215 641 .335 484 672 .720 352 748 1100 31.4 380 451 111 191 See also Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball 2008 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois