2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana Hoosiers logo.svg 150 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 25–8 14–4 Kelvin Sampson 2nd first 26 games Dan Dakich remaining 7 games Ray McCallum Jeff Meyer Rob Senderoff Assembly Hall NCAA men's Division I tournament Round of 64 The 2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University during the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Indiana was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The interim head coach at the end of the season was Dan Dakich. Indiana University announced on February 22, 2008, that Kelvin Sampson had accepted a $750,000 buyout of his contract and resigned as the Indiana University men's basketball coach. http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/15383095/detail.html Sampson Agrees To Resign, Take $750K WRTV 2008-02-23 2008-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20080226113309/http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/15383095/detail.html 26 February 2008 dead On March 10, 2008, D. J. White and Eric Gordon were named to the First Team All-Big Ten and Armon Bassett was named to the third team. White was also named the Conference Player of the Year.http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/SPORTS/80310071 IU's White: conference player of year Indianapolis Star 2008-03-10 2008-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203838/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080310%2FSPORTS%2F80310071 March 19, 2012 dead In the off season, starters Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis were dismissed from the team after they failed to show up for a player meeting with coach Dakich, then failed to show up for a 6 a.m. run the following day. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3323406 Indiana roster in flux after starters Bassett, Ellis kicked off team espn.com 2008-04-01 2008-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080403171506/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3323406 3 April 2008 live In December 2008, Eric Gordon stated that the 2007–08 season was ruined by turmoil due to drug use by some players on the team. http://www.indystar.com/article/20081218/SPORTS0601/812180410 Gordon: Players' drug use wrecked IU season indystar.com 2008-12-18 2008-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20081224045042/http://www.indystar.com/article/20081218/SPORTS0601/812180410 December 24, 2008 dead Roster NameNumberPositionHeightWeightYearHometown Adam Ahlfeld 34 G 6–0 193 Senior Indianapolis, Indiana Armon Bassett 1 G 6–1 176 Sophomore Terre Haute, Indiana Jordan Crawford 5 G 6–4 195 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Jamarcus Ellis 13 G 6–5 200 Junior Chicago, Illinois Brett Finkelmeier 4 G 6–2 180 Freshman Carmel, Indiana Eric Gordon 23 G 6–4 215 Freshman Indianapolis, Indiana Eli Holman 32 C 6–9 210 Freshman Richmond, California Brandon McGee 24 F 6–7 220 Freshman Chicago, Illinois Lance Stemler 22 F 6–8 210 Senior Columbia, Illinois Kyle Taber 44 F 6–7 226 Junior Evansville, Indiana DeAndre Thomas 2 F 6–8 295 Junior Chicago, Illinois D. J. White 3 F 6–9 251 Senior Tuscaloosa, Alabama Mike White 30 F 6–6 232 Senior Springhill, LouisianaCoaches: Kelvin Sampson, Jeff Meyer, Dan Dakich, Ray McCallum Recruiting class no no 2007 Jordan Crawford SG Detroit, MI Hargrave Military Academy (VA) 6 4 180 11/15/2006 3 3 81 Jamarcus Ellis SG Chicago, IL Chipola J.C. (FL) 6 5 185 8/14/2006 4 3 Eric Gordon SG Indianapolis, IN North Central 6 4 215 10/13/2006 5 5 98 Eli Holman C Richmond, CA Richmond 6 10 220 9/2/2006 4 4 93 Brandon McGee PF Chicago, IL Crane 6 7 220 8/8/2006 4 3 93 DeAndre Thomas PF Chicago, IL Chipola J.C. (FL) 6 8 303 4/9/2007 3 2007 Indiana Commit List for 2007 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Indiana Basketball Recruiting 2007 10 9 2011-11-21 yes Schedule and results yes yes yes 11/12/07 7:00 yes 8 2007–08 Chattanooga Mocs University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 99–77 1–0 11/18/07 yes 8 Longwood Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Chicago Invitational Challenge BTN 100–49 2–0 11/20/07 yes 8 2007–08 N.C. Wilmington Seahawks University of North Carolina at Wilmington N.C. Wilmington Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Chicago Invitational Challenge BTN 95–71 3–0 11/23/07 8:30 yes yes 8 Illinois State Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Chicago Invitational Challenge BTN 70–57 4–0 11/24/07 8:30 yes yes 8 Xavier Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Chicago Invitational Challenge BTN 65–80 4–1 11/27/07 7:00 yes 15 Georgia Tech Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 83–79 5–1 12/1/07 9:30 yes yes 15 2007–08 Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois 22 SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPNU 64–51 6–1 12/3/07 7:00 yes 15 2007–08 Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee State University Tennessee State Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 84–72 7–1 12/8/07 4:00 yes 15 Kentucky Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN CBS 70–51 8–1 12/15/07 8:00 yes 14 Western Carolina Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 100–52 9–1 12/22/07 12:00 yes 14 Coppin State Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 73–46 10–1 12/29/07 7:00 yes 14 2007–08 Chicago State Cougars Chicago State University Chicago State Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 97–59 11–1 1/2/08 9:00 yes 12 Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 79–76 12–1 (1–0) 1/8/08 7:00 yes 11 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI ESPN 78–64 13–1 (2–0) 1/13/08 4:30 11 Illinois Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry CBS 62–58 14–1 (3–0) 1/17/08 9:00 yes 10 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN 65–60 15–1 (4–0) 1/20/08 2:00 10 2007–08 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State University Penn State Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 81–65 16–1 (5–0) 1/23/08 9:00 8 Iowa Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 65–43 17–1 (6–0) 1/26/08 1:00 yes 8 Connecticut Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN CBS 63–68 17–2 (6–0) 1/31/08 9:00 yes 11 Wisconsin 13 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 49–62 17–3 (6–1) 2/3/08 12:00 11 2007–08 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern University Northwestern Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 75–63 18–3 (7–1) 2/7/08 9:00 yes 13 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rivalry ESPN 83–79 2OT 19–3 (8–1) 2/10/08 1:00 yes 13 Ohio State Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH CBS 59–53 20–3 (9–1) 2/13/08 7:00 12 Wisconsin 14 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 66–68 20–4 (9–2) 2/16/08 9:00 12 Michigan State 9 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN ESPN 80–61 21–4 (10–2) 2/19/08 7:00 14 Purdue 15 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup ESPN 77–68 22–4 (11–2) 2/23/08 8:00 yes 14 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 85–82 23–4 (12–2) 2/26/08 7:00 12 Ohio State Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN ESPN 72–69 24–4 (13–2) 3/2/08 2:00 yes 12 Michigan State 15 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI CBS 74–103 24–5 (13–3) 3/5/08 7:00 17 Minnesota Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Senior Night BTN 69–55 25–5 (14–3) 3/9/08 2:00 yes 17 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN 64–68 25–6 (14–4) |- !colspan=8| Big Ten tournament 3/14/08 9:00 20 yes Minnesota Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten Quarterfinals BTN 58–59 25–7 |- !colspan=8| NCAA tournament 3/21/08 yes 9:40 24(8E) yes Arkansas(9E) RBC Center Raleigh, NC NCAA Tournament First Round CBS 72–86 25–8 Coaches' Poll See also Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball 2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season 2008 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament References Indiana Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball seasons Indiana Category:2007 in sports in Indiana Category:2008 in sports in Indiana