2007–08 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA†	16	–	2	.889	35	–	4	.897
No. 11 Stanford	13	–	5	.722	28	–	8	.778
No. 21 Washington State	11	–	7	.611	26	–	9	.743
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	13	.618
Oregon	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Arizona	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Washington	7	–	11	.389	16	–	17	.485
California	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Oregon State	0	–	18	.000	6	–	25	.194
USC*	0	–	7	.000	0	–	12	.000

† Conference tournament winner As of April 5, 2008 Rankings from AP Poll *USC vacated 11 conference and 21 overall wins, due to NCAA rules violations.

The 2007–08 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first year head coach Kevin O'Neill, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jerryd Bayless SG	Phoenix, Arizona	St. Mary's High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 16, 2006
Jerryd Bayless SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97
Jamelle Horne SF	San Diego, California	San Diego Senior High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jan 16, 2006
Jamelle Horne SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96
Alex Jacobson C	Santa Ana, California	Mater Dei High School	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Oct 17, 2005
Alex Jacobson C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Zane Johnson SF	Phoenix, Arizona	Thunderbird High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jul 1, 2006
Zane Johnson SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Laval Lucas-Perry SG	Flint, Michigan	Luke M Powers Catholic High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jul 19, 2006
Laval Lucas-Perry SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 8 Rivals: 5
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2007–08 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Jerryd Bayless	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Phoenix, Arizona
F	2	Zane Johnson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Phoenix, Arizona
G	5	Jawann McClellan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas
G	11	David Bagga	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Santa Ana, California
G	12	Daniel Dillon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Sr	London, Kentucky
G	13	Nic Wise	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Kingwood, Texas
G	20	Laval Lucas-Perry	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Flint, Michigan
F	24	Fendi Onobun	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	Jr	Houston, Texas
F	33	Mohamed Tangara	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Durham, North Carolina
F	34	Chase Budinger	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Encinitas, California
F	42	Jamelle Horne	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Fr	San Diego, California
F	43	Jordan Hill	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Patterson, North Carolina
F	44	Bret Brielmaier	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	Sr	Mankato, Minnesota
C	50	Alex Jacobson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	253 lb (115 kg)	Fr	Santa Ana, California
C	54	Kirk Walters	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	RS Sr	Grand Rapids, Michigan

Head coach

Kevin O'Neill (USC)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 7, 2011

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 13, 2007* 7:30 pm, FSAZ	No. 17	Northern Arizona	W 76–69	1–0	McKale Center (13,903) Tucson, Arizona
November 17, 2007* 8:30 pm, FSN	No. 17	Virginia	L 72–75	1–1	McKale Center (14,602) Tucson, Arizona
November 19, 2007* 7:30 pm, FSAZ		UMKC	W 81–62	2–1	McKale Center (13,439) Tucson, Arizona
November 21, 2007* 7:30 pm, FSAZ		Adam State	W 88–64	3–1	McKale Center (12,897) Tucson, Arizona
November 25, 2007* 6:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 4 Kansas	L 72–76 ^OT	3–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
November 28, 2007* 7:30 pm, FSAZ		Cal State Fullerton	W 91–65	4–2	McKale Center (13,153) Tucson, Arizona
December 2, 2007* 4:00 pm, FSN		No. 9 Texas A&M	W 78–67	5–2	McKale Center (14,598) Tucson, Arizona
December 8, 2007* 10:00 am, ESPN	No. 24	at Illinois	W 78–72 ^OT	6–2	United Center (19,573) Chicago, Illinois
December 16, 2007* 1:00 pm, FSAZ	No. 22	Fresno State	W 69–50	7–2	McKale Center (13,501) Tucson, Arizona
December 19, 2007* 7:00 pm, CSTV	No. 19	at UNLV	W 52–49	8–2	Thomas & Mack Center (13,676) Paradise, Nevada
December 22, 2007* 1:00 pm, FSAZ	No. 19	San Diego State	W 74–58	9–2	McKale Center (14,608) Tucson, Arizona
December 29, 2007* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	at No. 2 Memphis	L 63–82	9–3	FedExForum (17,965) Memphis, Tennessee
January 3, 2008 6:30 pm, FSAZ	No. 21	Oregon State	W 76–63	10–3 (1–0)	McKale Center (14,351) Tucson, Arizona
January 5, 2008 12:00 pm, FSN	No. 21	Oregon	L 74–84	10–4 (1–1)	McKale Center (14,575) Tucson, Arizona
January 9, 2008 7:30 pm, FSAZ	No. 24	at Arizona State	L 59–68 ^OT	10–5 (1–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (13,947) Tempe, Arizona
January 12, 2008* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 24	at Houston	W 85–71	11–5	Hofheinz Pavilion (7,917) Houston, Texas
January 17, 2008 9:00 pm, FSN		at Stanford	L 52–56	11–6 (1–3)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, California
January 19, 2008 6:00 pm, FSAZ		at California	W 80–79	12–6 (2–3)	Haas Pavilion (9,124) Berkeley, California
January 24, 2008 6:30 pm, FSN		No. 6 Washington State	W 76–64	13–6 (3–3)	McKale Center (14,598) Tucson, Arizona
January 26, 2008 1:00 pm, FSN		Washington	W 84–69	14–6 (4–3)	McKale Center (14,602) Tucson, Arizona
January 31, 2008 8:30 pm, FSN		at USC	W 80–69	15–6 (5–3)	Galen Center (10,258) Los Angeles, California
February 2, 2008 7:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 5 UCLA	L 60–82	15–7 (5–4)	Pauley Pavilion (12,111) Los Angeles, California
February 10, 2008 12:30 pm, FSN		Arizona State	L 54–59	15–8 (5–5)	McKale Center (14,598) Tucson, Arizona
February 14, 2008 6:30 pm, FSAZ		California	W 83–73	16–8 (6–5)	McKale Center (14,472) Tucson, Arizona
February 16, 2008 1:30 pm, ABC		No. 7 Stanford	L 66–67	16–9 (6–6)	McKale Center (14,589) Tucson, Arizona
February 21, 2008 9:00 pm, FSAZ		at Washington	L 66–75	16–10 (6–7)	Bank of America Arena (9,529) Seattle, Washington
February 23, 2008 8:00 pm, FSN		at No. 19 Washington State	W 65–55	17–10 (7–7)	Beasley Coliseum (10,288) Pullman, Washington
February 28, 2008 7:00 pm, ESPN		USC	L 58–70	17–11 (7–8)	McKale Center (14,593) Tucson, Arizona
March 2, 2008 2:00 pm, CBS		No. 4 UCLA	L 66–68	17–12 (7–9)	McKale Center (14,624) Tucson, Arizona
March 6, 2008 7:00 pm, FSAZ		at Oregon State	W 81–45	18–12 (8–9)	Gill Coliseum (4,386) Corvallis, Oregon
March 8, 2008 8:30 pm, FSN		at Oregon	L 69–78	18–13 (8–10)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, Oregon
Pac-10 Tournament
March 12, 2008 8:30 pm, FSN		vs. Oregon State First Round	W 86–57	19–13	Staples Center (11,642) Los Angeles, California
March 13, 2008 8:30 pm, FSN		vs. No. 11 Stanford Quarterfinal	L 64–75	19–14	Staples Center (16,442) Los Angeles, California
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2008* 6:55 pm, CBS	(10)	vs. (7) West Virginia First Round	L 65–75	19–15	Verizon Center (18,400) Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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