2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball team explained

Sport:Basketball
Year:2007–08
Team:USC Trojans
Conference:Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:Pac-10
Record:0–11 (21 wins, 1 loss vacated)
Conf Record:0–7
Conf Wins Vacated:11
Bowl Result:first round (Vacated)

Class of 2007

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Roster

Number Name Height Position Class
0 Kyle Austin 6–7 F SO
33 RouSean Cromwell 6–11 F JR
43 Kasey Cunningham 6–7 F FR
14 Mamadou Diarra 7-0 F FR
3 James Dunleavy 6–6 G FR
22 6–9 F SO
30 Terence Green 5-11 G JR
13 Daniel Hackett 6–5 G SO
5 6–8 F FR
1 Angelo Johnson 5-11 F FR
21 Dwight Lewis 6–5 G SO
32 6–5 G FR
20 6–6 G FR
2 Ryan Wetherell 5–11 G SO
23 Keith Wilkinson 6–10 F JR

Schedule

Date Location Opponent rank Result Score Record Pac-10 Record
11/10/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) 18 L 81-96 0-1
11/15/2007 W 74-47 1-1
11/17/2007 W 85-75 2–1
11/22/2007 (ESPN2) W 60-50 3-1
11/23/2007 (ESPNU) Anaheim Convention Center – Anaheim, CA – Anaheim Classic W 57-53 4-1
11/25/2007 (ESPN2) Anaheim Convention Center – Anaheim, CA - Anaheim Classic W 70-45 5-1
11/29/2007 (FSN) 24 W 66-55 6-1
12/02/2007 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA 24 L 55-59 6-2
12/04/2007 (ESPN)
  1. 2 Memphis (Jimmy V Classic)
L 58-62 6-3
12/17/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA W 83-54 7-3
12/22/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA W 78-55 8-3
12/29/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA W 70-57 9-3
1/3/2008 L 82-92 9–4 0–1
1/5/2008 (FSNPT) L 46-52 9-5 0-2
1/10/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA L 58-73 9-6 0-3
1/12/2008 (FSNPT) Galen Cener – Los Angeles, CA W 66-51 10-6 1-3
1/19/2008 (CBS) Pauley Pavilion – Los Angeles, CA W 72-63 11–6 2–3
1/24/2008 (FSN West) W 68-44 12-6 3–3
1/26/2008 (FSN) W 95-86 13-6 4–3
1/31/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA L 69-80 13-7 4-4
2/2/2008 (FSNPT) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA W 67-53 14-7 5-4
2/7/2008 (FSNPT) Washington W 73-59 15-7 6–4
2/9/2008 (ABC)
  1. 17 Washington State
L 50-74 15-8 6–5
2/17/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA
  1. 6 UCLA
L 46-56 15–9 6–6
2/21/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Oregon W 81-75 16-9 7-6
2/23/2008 (FSN West) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Oregon State W 81-53 17-9 8-6
2/28/2008 (ESPN) Arizona W 70-58 18-9 9-6
3/1/2008 (FSNPT) Arizona State L 66-80 18-10 9-7
3/6/2008 Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA California W 93-89 OT 19-10 10-7
3/8/2008 (CBS) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Stanford W 77-64 20-10 11-7
3/13/2008 (FSN) Arizona State W 59-55 21-10
3/14/2008 (FSN) Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA - 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
  1. 2 UCLA
L 54-57 21-11
3/20/2008 (CBS) L 67-80 21-12
Rankings reflect the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Regular season

Pacific-10 tournament

In the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament, the Trojans lost to UCLA, featuring Kevin Love, in the semi-finals. Both Mayo and Love were selected to the All-Pac-10 tournament team. In his NCAA tournament debut with the Trojans, Mayo scored 20 points as USC was beaten by Kansas State and freshman Michael Beasley.

NCAA tournament

Seeding in brackets

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 3Minnesota Timberwolves
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Punishment for NCAA rules violations

On January 3, 2010, USC announced it would punish the Men's Basketball Program for rules violations committed in the 2007–2008 season, when O. J. Mayo attended USC and Tim Floyd was still the head coach. Mayo received improper benefits in violation of NCAA rules while at USC, and Floyd was found to have assisted in the obtainment of these improper benefits. USC has declared Mayo was therefore ineligible to play in 2007–2008, and as a result, USC has vacated all wins from the 2007–2008 regular season, dropping their record to 1–32. The one win would be over Arizona State during the Pac-10 Conference tournament, as USC has only announced the vacation of all wins from the 2007–2008 regular season.* [7]

Since the initial announcement reported by ESPN, USC clarified that all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including any wins during the Pac-10 Conference tournament, would be vacated and not forfeited, meaning USC's record for 2007–2008 is 0–12, not 1–32 as previously reported. Vacated wins result in no win/loss application for the team vacating the win, unlike a forfeit, in which the forfeiting team is charged with a loss, and its opponent awarded a victory.[8]

Noel M. Ragsdale, law professor, University of Southern California, is the chair of the five-member Division I Infractions Appeals Committee, which hears and acts on the findings of major violations by the Division I Committee on Infractions.[9]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?year=2007&sport=2&school=33 USC Class of 2007 – Rivals
  2. http://usc.scout.com/a.z?s=172&p=9&cfg=bb&c=8&yr=2007 USC Class of 2007 – Scout
  3. https://archive.today/20120712043704/http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/school?page=commits&season=2007&schoolId=2305 USC Class of 2007 – ESPN
  4. http://usc.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1082109 2007 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals
  5. Web site: RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More.
  6. Web site: 2008 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com . 2009-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100317234019/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2008&lg=N . 2010-03-17 .
  7. Web site: Mayo fallout: USC forfeits postseason play, wins. 3 January 2010.
  8. Web site: In Internet Era, Vacated Wins do Sting -- NCAA Football FanHouse . 2010-01-04 . 2009-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090615082834/http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/06/11/in-internet-era-vacated-wins-are-real-punishment . dead .
  9. https://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2010/division+i/infractions+process+q+and+a_01_05_10_ncaa_news Infractions process Q&A