2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
2007–08 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	25–8 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kelvin Sampson (2nd season; first 26 games); Dan Dakich (remaining 7 games);
Assistant coaches	Ray McCallum; Jeff Meyer; Rob Senderoff;
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 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 accepted a $750,000 buyout of his contract and resigned as the Indiana University men's basketball coach.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] In December 2008, Eric Gordon stated how the 2007–08 season was ruined by turmoil due to drug use among some players on the team.^[5]

Roster[edit]

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
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, Louisiana

Coaches: Kelvin Sampson, Jeff Meyer, Dan Dakich, Ray McCallum

Recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jordan Crawford SG	Detroit, MI	Hargrave Military Academy (VA)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Nov 15, 2006
Jordan Crawford SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 81
Jamarcus Ellis SG	Chicago, IL	Chipola J.C. (FL)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 14, 2006
Jamarcus Ellis SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Eric Gordon SG	Indianapolis, IN	North Central	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 13, 2006
Eric Gordon SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 98
Eli Holman C	Richmond, CA	Richmond	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sep 2, 2006
Eli Holman C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
Brandon McGee PF	Chicago, IL	Crane	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Aug 8, 2006
Brandon McGee PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
DeAndre Thomas PF	Chicago, IL	Chipola J.C. (FL)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	303 lb (137 kg)	Apr 9, 2007
DeAndre Thomas PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 10 Rivals: 9
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: "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 21, 2011.

Schedule and Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/12/07* 7:00, BTN	No. 8	Chattanooga	W 99–77	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/18/07* BTN	No. 8	Longwood Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 100–49	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/20/07* BTN	No. 8	N.C. Wilmington Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 95–71	3–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/23/07* 8:30, BTN	No. 8	vs. Illinois State Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 70–57	4–0	Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL
11/24/07* 8:30, BTN	No. 8	vs. Xavier Chicago Invitational Challenge	L 65–80	4–1	Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL
11/27/07* 7:00, ESPN	No. 15	Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 83–79	5–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/1/07* 9:30, ESPNU	No. 15	at No. 22 Southern Illinois	W 64–51	6–1	SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
12/3/07* 7:00, BTN	No. 15	Tennessee State	W 84–72	7–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/8/07* 4:00, CBS	No. 15	Kentucky	W 70–51	8–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/07* 8:00, BTN	No. 14	Western Carolina	W 100–52	9–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/22/07* 12:00, BTN	No. 14	Coppin State	W 73–46	10–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/29/07* 7:00, BTN	No. 14	Chicago State	W 97–59	11–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/2/08 9:00, BTN	No. 12	at Iowa	W 79–76	12–1 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/8/08 7:00, ESPN	No. 11	at Michigan	W 78–64	13–1 (2–0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/13/08 4:30, CBS	No. 11	Illinois Rivalry	W 62–58	14–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/17/08 9:00, ESPN	No. 10	at Minnesota	W 65–60	15–1 (4–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/20/08 2:00, BTN	No. 10	Penn State	W 81–65	16–1 (5–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/23/08 9:00, BTN	No. 8	Iowa	W 65–43	17–1 (6–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/26/08* 1:00, CBS	No. 8	Connecticut	L 63–68	17–2 (6–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/31/08 9:00, ESPN	No. 11	at No. 13 Wisconsin	L 49–62	17–3 (6–1)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/3/08 12:00, BTN	No. 11	Northwestern	W 75–63	18–3 (7–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/7/08 9:00, ESPN	No. 13	at Illinois Rivalry	W 83–79 ^2OT	19–3 (8–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/10/08 1:00, CBS	No. 13	at Ohio State	W 59–53	20–3 (9–1)	Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH
2/13/08 7:00, BTN	No. 12	No. 14 Wisconsin	L 66–68	20–4 (9–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/16/08 9:00, ESPN	No. 12	No. 9 Michigan State	W 80–61	21–4 (10–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/19/08 7:00, ESPN	No. 14	No. 15 Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 77–68	22–4 (11–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/23/08 8:00, BTN	No. 14	at Northwestern	W 85–82	23–4 (12–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/26/08 7:00, ESPN	No. 12	Ohio State	W 72–69	24–4 (13–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/2/08 2:00, CBS	No. 12	at No. 15 Michigan State	L 74–103	24–5 (13–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
3/5/08 7:00, BTN	No. 17	Minnesota Senior Night	W 69–55	25–5 (14–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/9/08 2:00, ESPN	No. 17	at Penn State	L 64–68	25–6 (14–4)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
Big Ten tournament
3/14/08 9:00, BTN	No. 20	vs. Minnesota Big Ten Quarterfinals	L 58–59	25–7	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
3/21/08* 9:40, CBS	No. 24(8E)	vs. Arkansas(9E) NCAA Tournament First Round	L 72–86	25–8	RBC Center Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
^ "Sampson Agrees To Resign, Take $750K". WRTV. February 23, 2008. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
^ "IU's White: conference player of year". Indianapolis Star. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
^ "Indiana roster in flux after starters Bassett, Ellis kicked off team". espn.com. April 1, 2008. Archived from the original on April 3, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
^ "Gordon: Players' drug use wrecked IU season". indystar.com. December 18, 2008. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.

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

[KS-2] "Sampson Agrees To Resign, Take $750K". WRTV. February 23, 2008. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2008.

[POY-3] "IU's White: conference player of year". Indianapolis Star. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2008.

[dismissal-4] "Indiana roster in flux after starters Bassett, Ellis kicked off team". espn.com. April 1, 2008. Archived from the original on April 3, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2008.

[turmoil-5] "Gordon: Players' drug use wrecked IU season". indystar.com. December 18, 2008. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.

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v t e Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster[edit]

Recruiting class[edit]

Schedule and Results[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]