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2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball
SEC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 5
Record31–5 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThompson–Boling Arena
Seasons
2007–08 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 5 Tennessee 14 – 2   .875 31 – 5   .861
Kentucky 12 – 4   .750 18 – 13   .581
No. 19 Vanderbilt 10 – 6   .625 26 – 8   .765
Florida 8 – 8   .500 24 – 12   .667
South Carolina 5 – 11   .313 14 – 18   .438
Georgia † 4 – 12   .250 17 – 17   .500
West
Mississippi State 12 – 4   .750 23 – 11   .676
Arkansas 9 – 7   .563 23 – 12   .657
Ole Miss 7 – 9   .438 24 – 11   .686
LSU 6 – 10   .375 13 – 18   .419
Alabama 5 – 11   .313 17 – 16   .515
Auburn 4 – 12   .250 14 – 16   .467
† 2008 SEC tournament winner
As of April 7, 2008
Rankings from AP Poll

To begin a highly touted year, the 2007 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team traveled to Europe and played a few European teams going 4–1 against them. The Vols were hurt when sophomore forward Duke Crews was suspended. Crews suffered a 30-day suspension, and then missed both exhibition games with an ankle injury. Tennessee's first exhibition game was against the California-Pennsylvania Vulcans, winning handily, 106–46. Crews also missed about a month due to heart problems. The Vols finished 31–5, winning the SEC regular season championship, for the first time since 2000, but the Vols lost in the 3rd round of both the SEC and NCAA Tournament.

Roster

Name Number Team Position Height Year
Ramar Smith 12 1 6–1 Sophomore
JaJuan Smith 2 2 6–2 Senior
Chris Lofton- C 5 3 6–2 Senior
Tyler Smith 1 4 6–7 Sophomore
Wayne Chism 4 5 6–9 Sophomore
J. P. Prince 30 6 6–7 Sophomore
Jordan Howell 15 7 6–3 Senior
Brian Williams 33 8 6–10 Freshman
Duke Crews 32 9 6–8 Sophomore
Ryan Childress 34 10 6–9 Junior
Josh Tabb 25 11 6–4 Sophomore

Legend: C = Team Captain

Non-Scholarship Players

Steven Pearl, Quinn Cannington, Tanner Wild, Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Justin Jackson, Brett Jackson

Coaches

Head Coach: Bruce Pearl, Associate Coach: Tony Jones, Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes, Assistant Coach: Jason Shay, Director of Basketball Operations: Ken Johnson

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2*
7:30 pm 		No. 7 Cal U W 106–46  –
 Thompson–Boling Arena (–)
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 5*
7:30 pm 		No. 7 LMU W 124–61  –
 Thompson–Boling Arena (–)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Non-conference regular season
November 9*
7:30 pm, FSN South 		No. 7 Temple W 80–63  1–0
 Thompson–Boling Arena (21,817)
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 14*
7:30 pm 		No. 7 Arkansas–Monticello
Legends Classic Regionals 		W 101–44  2–0
 Thompson–Boling Arena (17,946)
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 16*
7:30 pm 		No. 7 Prairie View A&M
Legends Classic Regionals 		W 89–75  3–0
 Thompson–Boling Arena (18,846)
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 20*
7:30 pm, SportSouth 		No. 7 MTSU W 109–40  4–0
 Thompson–Boling Arena (18,592)
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 23*
9:00 pm, Versus 		No. 7 vs. West Virginia
Legends Classic Semifinals 		W 74–72  5–0
 Prudential Center (5,310)
Newark, New Jersey
November 24*
6:00 pm, Versus 		No. 7 vs. No. 15 Texas
Legends Classic Finals 		L 78–97  5–1
 Prudential Center (4,327)
Newark, New Jersey
November 27*
7:30 pm, SportSouth 		No. 11 North Carolina A&T W 93–59  6–1
 Thompson–Boling Arena (17,092)
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 30*
7:30 pm 		No. 11 Louisiana–Lafayette W 98–70  7–1
 Thompson–Boling Arena (19,401)
Knoxville, Tennessee
December 4*
7:00 pm 		No. 10 at Chattanooga W 76–70  8–1
 McKenzie Arena (11,221)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
December 15*
9:30 pm, ESPNU 		No. 12 vs. Western Kentucky
Sun Belt Classic 		W 88–82  9–1
 Sommet Center (18,071)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 19*
7:30 pm, SportSouth 		No. 12 UNC Asheville W 79–77  10–1
 Thompson–Boling Arena (21,314)
Knoxville, Tennessee
December 22*
2:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 12 at Xavier W 82-75  11–1
 Cintas Center (21,863)
Cincinnati
December 29*
4:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 11 vs. Gonzaga
Battle in Seattle 		W 82–72  12–1
 KeyArena (15,141)
Seattle
SEC regular season
January 9
8:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 8 Ole Miss W 85–83  13–1 (1–0)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (21,846)
Knoxville, Tennessee
January 12
8:00 pm, FSN South 		No. 8 at South Carolina W 80–56  14–1 (2–0)
 Colonial Life Arena (13,449)
Columbia, South Carolina
January 17
7:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 6 Vanderbilt W 80–60  15–1 (3–0)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (20,799)
Knoxville, Tennessee
January 19*
3:30 pm, CBS 		No. 6 Ohio State W 76–63  16–1
 Thompson–Boling Arena (14,057)
Knoxville, Tennessee
January 22
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 3 at Kentucky L 66–72  16–2 (3–1)
 Rupp Arena (23,443)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 26
7:00 pm, FSN South 		No. 3 Georgia W 85–69  17–2 (4–1)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (21,009)
Knoxville, Tennessee
January 29
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 7 at Alabama W 93–88  18–2 (5–1)
 Coleman Coliseum (11,891)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 2
7:00 pm, FSN South 		No. 7 at Mississippi State W 76–71  19–2 (6–1)
 Humphrey Coliseum (10,150)
Starkville, Mississippi
February 5
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 7 Florida W 104–82  20–2 (7–1)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (20,036)
Knoxville, Tennessee
February 9
3:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 7 at LSU W 47–45  21–2 (8–1)
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,165)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 13
8:00 pm 		No. 3 Arkansas W 93–71  22–2 (9–1)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (20,008)
Knoxville, Tennessee
February 16
3:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 3 at Georgia W 74–71  23–2 (10–1)
 Stegeman Coliseum (10,039)
Athens, Georgia
February 20
7:30 pm 		No. 2 Auburn W 89–70  24–2 (11–1)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (20,645)
Knoxville, Tennessee
February 23*
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 2 at No. 1 Memphis
ESPN College GameDay 		W 66–62  25–2
 FedExForum (18,389)
Memphis, Tennessee
February 26
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 1 at No. 18 Vanderbilt L 69–72  25–3 (11–2)
 Memorial Gymnasium (20,375)
Nashville, Tennessee
March 2
12:00 pm, CBS 		No. 1 Kentucky W 63–60  26–3 (12–2)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (21,628)
Knoxville, Tennessee
March 5
9:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 4 at Florida W 89–86  27–3 (13–2)
 O'Connell Center (12,046)
Gainesville, Florida
March 9
2:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 4 South Carolina W 89–56  28–3 (14–2)
 Thompson–Boling Arena (21,734)
Knoxville, Tennessee
SEC Tournament
March 14
1:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 5 vs. South Carolina
SEC Quarterfinals 		W 89–87  29–3
 Georgia Dome (18,020)
Atlanta
March 15
1:00 pm, Raycom 		No. 5 vs. Arkansas
SEC Semifinals 		L 91–92  29–4
 Alexander Memorial Coliseum (2,517)
Atlanta
NCAA tournament
March 21*
12:15 pm, CBS 		(2 E) No. 5 vs. (15 E) American University
First Round 		W 72–57  30–4
 BJCC Arena (–)
Birmingham, Alabama
March 23*
2:30 pm, CBS 		(2 E) No. 5 vs. (7 E) No. 11 Butler
Second Round 		W 76–71 OT 31–4
 BJCC Arena (–)
Birmingham, Alabama
March 27*
9:57 pm, CBS 		(2 E) No. 5 vs. (3 E) No. 13 Louisville
Sweet Sixteen 		L 60–79  31–5
 Charlotte Bobcats Arena (19,092)
Charlotte, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time[1].

References

  1. ^ Tennessee Season Statistics
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