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2007–08 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

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2007–08 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record0–14 (19 wins, 1 loss vacated) (0–10 (8 wins vacated) Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaMcKale Center
Seasons
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.

Recruiting class

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Source:[1]

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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/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

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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 Melbourne, Victoria
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 Current redshirt 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
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: July 7, 2011

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jordan Hill Kirk Walters Alex Jacobson
PF Chase Budinger Jamelle Horne Mohamed Tangara
SF Jawann McClellan Bret Brielmaier Fendi Onobun
SG Jerryd Bayless Zane Johnson David Bagga
PG Nic Wise Daniel Dillion Laval Lucas-Perry

Schedule

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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
ESPN College GameDay
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.

Awards

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Jerryd Bayless
Chase Budinger
  • Pac-10 All-Conference Third Team
  • Pac-10 Player of the Week – February 2, 2009
Jordan Hill
  • Pac-10 Player of the Week – December 10, 2007

References

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  1. ^ "Commitments/Recruits". 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2011.