2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University. The head coach is Oliver Purnell. The team played its home games in Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina.

2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
Record	24–10 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Oliver Purnell
Assistant coaches	Ron Bradley Shaka Smart Frank Smith
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	14	–	2		.875			36	–	3		.923
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
No. 22 Clemson	10	–	6		.625			24	–	10		.706
Virginia Tech	9	–	7		.563			21	–	14		.600
Miami (FL)	8	–	8		.500			23	–	11		.676
Maryland	8	–	8		.500			19	–	15		.559
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
Wake Forest	7	–	9		.438			17	–	13		.567
Florida State	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Virginia	5	–	11		.313			17	–	16		.515
Boston College	4	–	12		.250			14	–	17		.452
NC State	4	–	12		.250			15	–	16		.484
† 2008 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Post-season

2008 ACC tournament

The Tigers entered the tournament seeded third in the conference, their highest seeding since their 1989–90 team won the regular-season championship. After defeating Boston College in their first game, the Tigers advanced to the ACC Tournament Final for the first time in 46 years (1962) and only the second time in school history by knocking off the #7 Duke Blue Devils by a score of 78–74. In the finals, they were defeated by #1 North Carolina 86–81.

2008 NCAA tournament

Clemson received the #5 seed in the Midwest region of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. It was the first time in 10 years that the Tigers made the field of 64. After building as much as an 18-point lead in the first half, the Tigers eventually fell to the #12 seed Wildcats by a final of 75–69. This marked the first time in NCAA Tournament history that 4 lower seeded teams (Villanova, Siena, Kansas State, Davidson) from one region (Midwest) all advanced to the second round.

2007–08 roster

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Position	Year	Hometown
5	Zavier Anderson	5'9"	160	G	FR	Greenville, South Carolina
4	Jonah Baize	6'6"	200	G/F	FR	Evansville, Indiana
35	Trevor Booker	6'7"	240	C/F	SO	Whitmire, South Carolina
45	Jerai Grant	6'8"	215	F	FR	Bowie, Maryland
25	Cliff Hammonds	6'3"	200	G	SR	Cairo, Georgia
40	James Mays	6'9"	230	F	SR	Garner, North Carolina
24	Matt Morris	6'5"	200	F	SR	Georgetown, South Carolina
22	Terrence Oglesby	6'2"	185	G	FR	Cleveland, Tennessee
32	Sam Perry	6'5"	215	F	SR	Greenville, South Carolina
55	Karolis Petrukonis	6'11"	260	C	SO	Trakai, Lithuania
15	David Potter	6'6"	205	G/F	SO	Severn, Maryland
42	Julius Powell	6'7"	220	F	JR	Newton, North Carolina
1	K. C. Rivers	6'5"	215	G/F	JR	Charlotte, North Carolina
2	Demontez Stitt	6'2"	170	G	FR	Matthews, North Carolina
12	Raymond Sykes	6'9"	220	C/F	JR	Jacksonville, Florida
44	Jesse Yanutola	6'4"	215	F	SR	Tega Cay, South Carolina

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/20/07 10:00am		Orange & White Scrimmage			Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
11/06/07* 4:00pm		Augusta State	W 79–66		Littlejohn Coliseum (2,500) Clemson, SC
Regular season
11/12/07* 7:30pm		Furman	W 91–46	1–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (7,694) Clemson, SC
11/15/07* 8:00pm, FSNS		at Mississippi State	W 84–82	2–0	Humphrey Coliseum (9,950) Starkville, MS
11/18/07* 2:00pm, ACC Select		Old Dominion	W 66–53	3–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (6,528) Clemson, SC
11/21/07* 7:30pm, ACC Select	No. 24	Presbyterian	W 74–57	4–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (7,313) Clemson, SC
11/24/07* Noon, ACC Select	No. 24	Gardner-Webb	W 96–67	5–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (6,320) Clemson, SC
11/27/07* 9:30pm, ESPN2	No. 18	Purdue ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 61–58	6–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (7,350) Clemson, SC
12/01/07* 4:00pm, FSN	No. 18	South Carolina Carolina-Clemson Rivalry	W 85–74	7–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (9,281) Clemson, SC
12/05/07* 7:00pm, CSS	No. 18	at East Carolina	W 82–67	8–0	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (6,556) Greenville, NC
12/20/07* 3:00pm	No. 15	at UPR-Mayagüez San Juan Shootout	W 90–73	9–0	Mario Morales Coliseum (N/A) Guaynabo, PR
12/21/07* 3:00pm	No. 15	vs. DePaul San Juan Shootout	W 90–74	10–0	Mario Morales Coliseum (121) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
12/22/07* 5:30pm	No. 15	vs. Mississippi San Juan Shootout	L 82–85	10–1	Mario Morales Coliseum (324) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
12/29/07* 4:00pm, ACC Select	No. 21	Samford	W 78–45	11–1	Littlejohn Coliseum (9,512) Clemson, SC
1/01/08* 4:30pm, FSN	No. 19	at Alabama	W 87–61	12–1	Coleman Coliseum (9,316) Tuscaloosa, AL
1/06/08 7:30pm, FSN	No. 19	No. 1 North Carolina	L 88–90 OT	12–2 (0–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) Clemson, SC
1/09/08* 7:30pm, ACC Select	No. 18	Charlotte	L 72–82	12–3	Littlejohn Coliseum (9,349) Clemson, SC
1/12/08 7:00pm, ACC Select	No. 18	Florida State	W 97–85 2OT	13–3 (1–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) Clemson, SC
1/15/08 7:00pm, RSN	No. 24	North Carolina State	W 70–54	14–3 (2–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (9,046) Clemson, SC
1/19/08 6:00pm, ESPN	No. 24	at No. 7 Duke	L 80–93	14–4 (2–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
1/22/08 7:00pm, RSN		Wake Forest	W 80–75 OT	15–4 (3–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum (8,349) Clemson, SC
1/27/08 1:00pm, R/LF		at Miami (FL)	L 72–75	15–5 (3–3)	BankUnited Center (4,859) Coral Gables, FL
2/02/08 8:00pm, ACC Select		Boston College	W 78–56	16–5 (4–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) Clemson, SC
2/07/08 7:00pm, ESPN2		at Virginia	W 82–51	17–5 (5–3)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,929) Charlottesville, VA
2/10/08 6:30pm, FSN		at No. 3 North Carolina	L 93–103 2OT	17–6 (5–4)	Dean Smith Center (20,767) Chapel Hill, NC
2/14/08 9:00pm, R/LF Split		Georgia Tech	W 82–67	18–6 (6–4)	Littlejohn Coliseum (7,650) Clemson, SC
2/16/08 3:00pm, R/LF Split		at North Carolina State	W 71–64	19–6 (7–4)	RBC Center (18,985) Raleigh, NC
2/19/08 7:00pm, FSN		at Florida State	L 55–64	19–7 (7–5)	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,075) Tallahassee, FL
2/27/08 7:30pm, ACC Select		Miami (FL)	W 79–69	20–7 (8–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum (9,347) Clemson, SC
3/02/08 7:30pm, FSN		at Maryland	W 73–70	21–7 (9–5)	Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD
3/06/08 7:00pm, ESPN	No. 24	at Georgia Tech	L 75–80	21–8 (9–6)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,191) Atlanta, GA
3/09/08 1:30pm, R/LF	No. 24	Virginia Tech	W 70–69	22–8 (10–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) Clemson, SC
ACC tournament
3/14/08 9:00pm, RLF/ESPN2		vs. Boston College Quarterfinals	W 82–48	23–8	Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035) Charlotte, NC
3/15/08 3:30pm, RLF/ESPN		vs. No. 7 Duke Semifinals	W 78–74	24–8	Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035) Charlotte, NC
3/16/08 1:00pm, RLF/ESPN2		vs. No. 1 North Carolina Finals	L 81–86	24–9	Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035) Charlotte, NC
NCAA tournament
3/21/08* 9:55pm, CBS	No. 22	vs. Villanova First Round	L 69–75	24–10	St. Pete Times Forum (15,328) Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches	RV	RV	22	22	18	17	15	20	19	19	23	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	RV
Associated Press	RV	RV	24	24	18	18	15	21	19	18	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	22	22

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