2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2007–08 record	16–19 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bruce Weber
Assistant coach	Wayne McClain
Assistant coach	Jay Price
Assistant coach	Jerrance Howard
MVP	None Selected
Captain	Chester Frazier Brian Randle
Home arena	Assembly Hall

2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Wisconsin†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
#20 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
#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 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fifth season at Illinois. The team finished with 5–13 conference and 16–19 overall records. A runner-up finish in the Big Ten Tournament, and the play of freshman guard Demetri McCamey highlighted the season. Shaun Pruitt was the lone all-Big-Ten honoree; he was named to the all-Big-Ten third team by the press.^[2]

Roster^[3]

2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Meacham, TrentTrent Meacham	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Champaign, IL
1.5 !G	2	Hicks, ChrisChris Hicks	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	3	Frazier, ChesterChester Frazier	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Baltimore, MD
1.5 !G	13	Jordan, JeffreyJeffrey Jordan	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Highland Park, IL
1.5 !G	22	Holdren, SteveSteve Holdren	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Champaign, IL
3.5 !F	23	Alexander, RodneyRodney Alexander	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Benton Harbor, MI
3.5 !F	24	Davis, MikeMike Davis	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Alexandria, VA
1.5 !G	25	Brock, CalvinCalvin Brock	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Chicago, IL
3.5 !F	30	Cole, BillBill Cole	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Peoria, IL
1.5 !G	32	McCamey, DemetriDemetri McCamey	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bellwood, IL
3.5 !F	42	Randle, BrianBrian Randle	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	East Peoria, IL
3.5 !F	50	Semrau, RichardRichard Semrau	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Grafton, OH
5.0 !C	54	Tisdale, MikeMike Tisdale	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Riverton, IL
5.0 !C	55	Pruitt, ShaunShaun Pruitt	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Aurora, IL
5.0 !C	33	Carlwell, BrianBrian Carlwell	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	2.0 !So	Maywood, IL

Head coach

Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Assistant coach(es)

Jerrance Howard (Illinois)
Wayne McClain (Illinois State)
Jay Price (Kansas)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Chester Frazier and Brian Randle were team captains.

Schedule^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
11/11/07* no, ESPN360	Northeastern	W 63–55	1–0	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
11/17/07* no	at Hawaii	W 79–77	2–0	Stan Sheriff Center (6,308) Honolulu, HI
11/19/07* no, ESPN2	vs. Arizona State Maui Invitational	W 77–54	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/20/07* no, ESPN	vs. Duke Maui Invitational	L 79–66	3–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/21/07* no, ESPN2	vs. Oklahoma State Maui Invitational	W 65–49	4–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/28/07* no, ESPN2	at Maryland	L 69–61	4–2	Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD
12/01/07* no, BTN	Weber State	W 78–61	5–2	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/08/07* no, ESPN	vs. No. 24 Arizona	L 78–72 ^OT	5–3	United Center (19,573) Chicago, IL
12/17/07* no, BTN	Western Carolina	W 58–35	6–3	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/20/07* no, BTN	Miami (OH)	L 61–58 ^OT	6–4	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/22/07* no, ESPN2	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 59–58	7–4	Scottrade Center (21,941) St. Louis, MO
12/28/07* no, BTN	Loyola (MD)	W 77–43	8–4	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
12/30/07 no, BTN	Tennessee State	L 60–58	8–5	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/03/08 no, ESPN	Ohio State	L 74–58	8–6 (0–1)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/06/08 no, BTN	Penn State	L 68–64	8–7 (0–2)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/10/08 no, ESPN	at No. 21 Wisconsin	L 70–60	8–8 (0–3)	Kohl Center (17,190) Madison, WI
1/13/08 no, CBS	No. 11 Indiana	L 62–58	8–9 (0–4)	Assembly Hall (17,359) Bloomington, IN
1/16/08 no, BTN	Michigan	W 75–57	9–9 (1–4)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/19/08 no, ESPN	at Purdue	L 74–67	9–10 (1–5)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
1/22/08 no, BTN	at Ohio State	L 64–58	9–11 (1–6)	Value City Arena (19,049) Columbus, OH
1/27/08 no, BTN	Northwestern	W 70–37	10–11 (2–6)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/30/08 no, BTN	at No. 7 Michigan State	L 51–41	10–12 (2–7)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
2/02/08 no, BTN	Purdue	L 83–75	10–13 (2–8)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/07/08 no, ESPN	No. 13 Indiana	L 83–79 ^2OT	10–14 (2–9)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/12/08 no, BTN	at Minnesota	W 84–60	11–14 (3–9)	Williams Arena (12,773) Minneapolis, MN
2/16/08 no, BTN	at Penn State	L 52–51	11–15 (3–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (10,632) University Park, PA
2/20/08 no, BTN	No. 10 Wisconsin	L 71–57	11–16 (3–11)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
2/23/08 no, BTN	at Michigan	L 49–43	11–17 (3–12)	Crisler Arena (11,017) Ann Arbor, MI
3/01/08 no, BTN	at Iowa	W 58–47	12–17 (4–12)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/06/08 no, ESPN2	No. 18 Michigan State	L 59–51	12–18 (4–13)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
3/08/08 no, BTN	Minnesota	W 67–58	13–18 (5–13)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
Big Ten Tournament
3/13/08 no, ESPN2	vs. Penn State Big Ten Tournament First Round	W 64–63	14–18 (6–13)	Conseco Fieldhouse (13,852) Indianapolis, IN
3/14/08 no, BTN	vs. No. 16 Purdue Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal	W 74–67 ^OT	15–18 (7–13)	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,691) Indianapolis, IN
3/15/08 no, CBS	vs. Minnesota Big Ten Tournament Semifinal	W 54–50	16–18 (8–13)	Conseco Fieldhouse (17,520) Indianapolis, IN
3/16/08 no, CBS	vs. No. 6 Wisconsin Big Ten Tournament Final	L 61–48	16–19 (8–14)	Conseco Fieldhouse (14,579) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Individual Player Statistics^[5]
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	TO	Blk	Stl
Pruitt, Shaun	34	33	919	27.0	427	12.6	163	285	.572	0	0	.000	101	179	.564	107	141	248	7.3	27	73	20	16
Meacham, Trent	34	31	1005	29.6	345	10.1	109	265	.411	74	185	.400	53	71	.746	9	73	82	2.4	79	50	3	24
Randle, Brian	33	32	838	25.4	309	9.4	117	254	.461	8	39	.205	67	112	.598	68	114	182	5.5	46	56	16	21
McCamey, Demetri	35	17	956	27.3	287	8.2	100	275	.364	50	147	.340	37	59	.627	22	79	101	2.9	115	87	3	18
Brock,Calvin	35	16	775	22.1	258	7.4	100	220	.455	17	46	.370	41	62	.661	54	77	131	3.7	46	50	8	31
Frazier, Chester	34	29	1136	33.4	166	4.9	57	169	.337	25	91	.275	27	52	.519	35	130	165	4.9	122	76	5	28
Alexander, Rodney	31	15	424	13.7	143	4.6	49	126	.389	11	57	.193	34	48	.708	38	52	90	2.9	11	25	4	11
Tisdale, Mike	35	2	363	10.4	127	3.6	53	110	.482	2	12	.167	19	30	.633	28	30	58	1.7	9	14	15	4
Davis, Mike	34	0	355	10.4	87	2.6	36	82	.439	0	0	.000	15	32	.469	20	41	61	1.8	9	13	14	5
Cole, Bill	12	0	81	6.8	28	2.3	11	21	.524	3	10	.300	3	7	.429	7	10	17	1.4	2	7	6	4
Holdren, Steve	14	0	97	6.9	17	1.2	5	19	.263	3	15	.200	4	7	.571	1	10	11	0.8	7	2	0	2
Jordan, Jeff	26	0	139	5.3	26	1.0	7	24	.292	1	3	.333	11	18	.611	2	10	12	0.5	9	12	0	6
Hicks, Chris	10	0	13	1.3	7	0.7	2	9	.222	2	9	.222	1	2	.500	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	1
Semrau, Richard	8		19	2.4	0	0.0	0	1	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	1	4	5	0.6	0	1	0	0
Carlwell, Brian	3		5	1.7	0	0.0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Team																440	826	1266			478
Total	35		7125		2227	63.6	809	1860	.435	196	614	.319	413	679	.608	440	826	1266	36.2	482	478	94	171
Opponents	35		7125		2139	61.1	720	1806	.399	215	641	.335	484	672	.720	352	748	1100	31.4	380	451	111	191

References

↑ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
↑ "2008 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball teams". Archived from the original on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
↑ "2007–08 Roster". Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
↑ "2007–2008 Schedule". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
↑ 2007-08 Illinois Season Statistics, FightingIllini.com

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2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Roster[3]

Schedule[4]

Season Statistics

See also

References

Roster^[3]

Schedule^[4]