2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–19 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bruce Weber (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Wayne McClain (7th season); Jay Price (5th season); Jerrance Howard (1st season);
MVP	None Selected
Captains	Chester Frazier; Brian Randle;
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Wisconsin†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
No. 20 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
No. 18 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	27	–	9	.750
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	24	–	13	.649
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
Penn State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Iowa	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Illinois	5	–	13	.278	16	–	19	.457
Michigan	5	–	13	.278	10	–	22	.313
Northwestern	1	–	17	.056	8	–	22	.267

† 2008 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 23, 2008 Rankings from AP poll^[1]

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.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Trent Meacham	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	Centennial High School	Champaign, IL
G	2	Chris Hicks	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Whitney Young High School	Chicago, IL
G	3	Chester Frazier (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Lake Clifton Eastern High School	Baltimore, MD
G	13	Jeffrey Jordan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Loyola Academy	Highland Park, IL
G	15	Alex Legion (I)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Oak Hill Academy/University of Kentucky	Detroit, MI
G	22	Steve Holdren	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Centennial High School	Champaign, IL
F	23	Rodney Alexander	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Benton Harbor High School/Redlands Community College	Benton Harbor, MI
F	24	Mike Davis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	T. C. Williams High School	Alexandria, VA
G	25	Calvin Brock	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Simeon High School	Chicago, IL
F	30	Bill Cole	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Richwoods High School	Peoria, IL
G	31	Jamar Smith (S)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Richwoods High School	Peoria, IL
G	32	Demetri McCamey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	St. Joseph High School	Bellwood, IL
C	33	Brian Carlwell	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	So	Proviso East High School	Maywood, IL
F	42	Brian Randle (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	Notre Dame High School	East Peoria, IL
F	50	Richard Semrau	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Fr	Lutheran West	Grafton, OH
C	54	Mike Tisdale	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Riverton High School	Riverton, IL
C	55	Shaun Pruitt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	West Aurora High School	Aurora, IL

Head coach

Bruce Weber (Milwaukee)

Assistant coach(es)

Jerrance Howard (Illinois)
Wayne McClain (Illinois State)
Jay Price (Kansas)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/31/07* 7:00 pm	Quincy	W 82–61		Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
11/6/07* 7:00 pm	Kentucky Wesleyan	W 76–39		Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
Non-Conference regular season
11/11/07* no, ESPN360	Northeastern	W 63–55	1–0	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
11/17/07* no	at Hawaii	W 79–77	2–0	Stan Sheriff Center (6,308) Honolulu, HI
11/19/07* no, ESPN2	vs. Arizona State Maui Invitational	W 77–54	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/20/07* no, ESPN	vs. Duke Maui Invitational	L 66-79	3–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/21/07* no, ESPN2	vs. Oklahoma State Maui Invitational	W 65–49	4–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/28/07* no, ESPN2	at Maryland	L 61–69	4–2	Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD
12/01/07* no, BTN	Weber State	W 78–61	5–2	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/08/07* no, ESPN	vs. No. 24 Arizona	L 72–78 ^OT	5–3	United Center (19,573) Chicago, IL
12/17/07* no, BTN	Western Carolina	W 58–35	6–3	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/20/07* no, BTN	Miami (OH)	L 58–61 ^OT	6–4	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/22/07* no, ESPN2	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 59–58	7–4	Scottrade Center (21,941) St. Louis, MO
12/28/07* no, BTN	Loyola (MD)	W 77–43	8–4	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/30/07 no, BTN	Tennessee State	L 58–60	8–5	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/03/08 no, ESPN	Ohio State	L 58–74	8–6 (0–1)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/06/08 no, BTN	Penn State	L 64–68	8–7 (0–2)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/10/08 no, ESPN	at No. 21 Wisconsin	L 60–70	8–8 (0–3)	Kohl Center (17,190) Madison, WI
1/13/08 no, CBS	at No. 11 Indiana Rivalry	L 58–62	8–9 (0–4)	Assembly Hall (17,359) Bloomington, IN
1/16/08 no, BTN	Michigan	W 75–57	9–9 (1–4)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/19/08 no, ESPN	at Purdue	L 67–74	9–10 (1–5)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
1/22/08 no, BTN	at Ohio State	L 58–64	9–11 (1–6)	Value City Arena (19,049) Columbus, OH
1/27/08 no, BTN	Northwestern Rivalry	W 70–37	10–11 (2–6)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/30/08 no, BTN	at No. 7 Michigan State	L 41–51	10–12 (2–7)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
2/02/08 no, BTN	Purdue	L 75–83	10–13 (2–8)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/07/08 no, ESPN	No. 13 Indiana Rivalry	L 79–83 ^2OT	10–14 (2–9)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/12/08 no, BTN	at Minnesota	W 84–60	11–14 (3–9)	Williams Arena (12,773) Minneapolis, MN
2/16/08 no, BTN	at Penn State	L 51–52	11–15 (3–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (10,632) University Park, PA
2/20/08 no, BTN	No. 10 Wisconsin	L 57–71	11–16 (3–11)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/23/08 no, BTN	at Michigan	L 43–49	11–17 (3–12)	Crisler Arena (11,017) Ann Arbor, MI
3/01/08 no, BTN	at Iowa Rivalry	W 58–47	12–17 (4–12)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/06/08 no, ESPN2	No. 18 Michigan State	L 51–59	12–18 (4–13)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
3/08/08 no, BTN	Minnesota	W 67–58	13–18 (5–13)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
Big Ten tournament
3/13/08 no, ESPN2	vs. (7) Penn State Big Ten tournament First Round	W 64–63	14–18	Conseco Fieldhouse (13,852) Indianapolis, IN
3/14/08 no, BTN	vs. (2) No. 16 Purdue Big Ten tournament quarterfinal	W 74–67 ^OT	15–18	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,691) Indianapolis, IN
3/15/08 no, CBS	vs. (6) Minnesota Big Ten tournament semifinal	W 54–50	16–18	Conseco Fieldhouse (17,520) Indianapolis, IN
3/16/08 no, CBS	vs. (1) No. 6 Wisconsin Big Ten tournament Championship	L 48–61	16–19	Conseco Fieldhouse (14,579) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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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 Statistics^[4]
			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

References

^ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
^ "2008 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball teams". Archived from the original on June 25, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
^ "2007–2008 Schedule". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
^ 2007-08 Illinois Season Statistics Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

[1] "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.

[allBig10-2] "2008 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball teams". Archived from the original on June 25, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.

[schedule-3] "2007–2008 Schedule". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.

[4] 2007-08 Illinois Season Statistics Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule

Season statistics

See also

References