2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team American college basketball season
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 .
Post-season
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.
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.
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
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
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 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 Greenville, NC
12/20/07 *3:00pm
No. 15
at UPR-Mayagüez San Juan Shootout W 90–73 9–0
Mario Morales Coliseum 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 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 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 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 Charlottesville, VA
2/10/08 6:30pm, FSN
at No. 3 North Carolina
L 93–103 2OT
17–6 (5–4)
Dean Smith Center 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 Raleigh, NC
2/19/08 7:00pm, FSN
at Florida State
L 55–64 19–7 (7–5)
Donald L. Tucker Center 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 College Park, MD
3/06/08 7:00pm, ESPN
No. 24
at Georgia Tech
L 75–80 21–8 (9–6)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 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 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 Tampa, FL
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
References
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