2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season explained

2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:125px
No Of Teams:12
Tv:Raycom, ESPN
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:North Carolina (14–2)
Season Champ Name:First place
Second Place:Duke (13–3)
Mvp:Tyler Hansbrough – UNC
Mvp Link:ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:North Carolina (17th)
Finals-Runner-Up:Clemson
Finals Mvp:Tyler Hansbrough
Finals Mvp Link:Most Valuable Player
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Year:2006–07
Nextseason Year:2008–09

The 2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season was the 55th season for the league. The North Carolina Tar Heels won both the regular-season and conference titles. The ACC sent four teams to the NCAA tournament: North Carolina, Duke, Clemson and Miami.

Final standings

Team[1] ACC Regular SeasonACC %ACC HomeACC RoadAll GamesAll Games %All HomeAll RoadAll Neutral
North Carolina14–2.8756–28–035–2.94614–213–09–1
Duke13–3.8137–16–228–6.82415–18–25–3
Clemson10–6.6257–13–524–10.70614–26–54–3
Virginia Tech9–7.5636–23–521–14.60014–34–83–3
Miami8–8.5006–22–623–11.67614–24–65–3
Maryland8–8.5004–44–419–15.55913–66–50–4
Georgia Tech7–9.4383–54–415–17.4696–76–83–2
Wake Forest7–9.4386–21–717–13.56715–22–100–1
Florida State7–9.4384–43–519–15.55913–54–72–3
Virginia5–11.3133–52–617–16.51513–74–70–2
Boston College4–12.2503–51–714–17.45211–82–71–2
North Carolina State4–12.2503–51–715–16.48410–62–93–0

Statistical leaders

Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game Steals per game
Player School PPG Player School RPG Player School APG Player School SPG
22.6 10.2 6.8 2.7
21.0 8.5 6.1 2.1
19.8 8.1 5.2 1.9
17.7 7.9 5.0 1.9
17.0 Jeff Allen 7.6 4.7 1.8
Blocked shots per game Field goal percentage Three-point FG percentage Free throw percentage
Player School BPG Player School FG% Player School 3FG% Player School FT%
3.4 59.1 44.8 91.9
2.3 54.0 42.7 88.9
2.1 49.6 40.3 86.5
1.9 49.0 85.1
1.6 48.7 84.6

Players of the week

Throughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough broke the ACC single-season record for player of the week honors during the 2007–08 season with eight awards. The record had previously been seven, held by JJ Redick and Antawn Jamison.[2] The MVP of the ACC tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.

WeekPlayer of the weekRookie of the week
11/12/07Anthony Morrow, GTJeff Allen, VT
11/19/07Sean Singletary, UVAJ. J. Hickson, NCSU
11/26/07Tyler Hansbrough, UNCKyle Singler, Duke
12/3/07K. C. Rivers, Clem.Kyle Singler, Duke
Wayne Ellington, UNC
12/10/07Tyler Hansbrough, UNCCorey Raji, BC
12/17/07Jack McClinton, Mia.Jeff Teague, WF
12/24/07Tyler Hansbrough, UNCTerrence Oglesby, Clem.
12/31/07Tyler Hansbrough, UNCJ. J. Hickson, NCSU
Toney Douglas, FSU
1/7/08Wayne Ellington, UNCKyle Singler, Duke
1/14/08Trevor Booker, Clem.Jeff Allen, VT
1/21/08James Gist, MDJames Johnson, WF
1/28/08Matt Causey, GTJ. J. Hickson, NCSU
DeMarcus Nelson, Duke
2/4/08Tyler Hansbrough, UNCJeff Teague, WF
2/11/08Tyler Hansbrough, UNCKyle Singler, Duke
2/18/08Greivis Vásquez, MDJeff Teague, WF
Tyrese Rice, BC
2/25/08Tyler Hansbrough, UNCMaurice Miller, GT
3/3/08Tyrese Rice, BCTerrence Oglesby, Clem.
3/10/08Sean Singletary, UVAJeff Teague, WF
3/17/08Tyler Hansbrough, UNCNone Selected

Conference honors

ACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season. Tyler Hansbrough was the unanimous choice for ACC player of the year, while Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg won conference Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Hokies to a fourth-place finish after being picked tenth in the preseason. Duke swept the remaining individual honors as Kyle Singler and DeMarcus Nelson won Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year respectively.

Player of the year

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina[3]

Rookie of the year

Kyle Singler, Duke[4]

Coach of the year

Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech[5]

Defensive player of the year

DeMarcus Nelson, Duke[6]

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Honorable Mention:Ty Lawson, So., UNC; J. J. Hickson, Fr., NCSU; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; Anthony Morrow, Sr., GT[7]

All-ACC freshman team

Honorable Mention:Terrence Oglesby, Clemson

All-ACC Defensive team

Honorable Mention:Cliff Hammonds, Sr., Clemson; D'Andre Bell, Jr., GT; Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., UNC; Jeff Allen, Fr., VT; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; James Mays, Sr., Clemson

ACC tournament

See 2008 ACC men's basketball tournament

Postseason

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

ACC Record: 6–4

1 North Carolina (4–1) – Final Four

W 16 Mount St. Mary's 113–76

W 9 Arkansas 108–77

W 4 Washington State 68–47

W 3 Louisville 83–73

L 1 Kansas 66–84

2 Duke (1–1)

W 15 Belmont 71–70

L 7 West Virginia 67–73

5 Clemson (0–1)

L 12 Villanova 69–75

7 Miami (1–1)

W 10 St, Mary's 78–64

L 2 Texas 72–75

NIT

See main article: 2008 National Invitation Tournament.

ACC Record: 3–3

1 Virginia Tech (2–1)

W 8 Morgan State 94–62

W 5 Alabama-Birmingham 75–49

L 2 Ole Miss 72–81

3 Florida State (0–1)

L 6 Akron 60–63 (OT)

5 Maryland (1–1)

W 4 Minnesota 68–58

L 1 Syracuse 72–88

CBI

See main article: 2008 College Basketball Invitational.

ACC Record: 2–1

1 Virginia (2–1)

W 4 Richmond 66–64

W 2 Old Dominion 80–76

L 1 Bradley 85–96

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: ACC 2007–08 men's basketball Final Release. ACC. March 11, 2008. 2009-01-20. May 23, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523123021/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/07-08-final-notes.pdf. dead.
  2. News: ACC 2007–08 men's basketball Final Release. ACC. March 11, 2008. 2009-01-25. May 23, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523123021/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/07-08-final-notes.pdf. dead.
  3. News: North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough Tabbed 2008 ACC Player of the Year. March 11, 2008. ACC. 2009-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080513112850/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031108aag.html. May 13, 2008. dead. mdy-all.
  4. News: Duke's Kyle Singler Named ACC Rookie of the Year. March 11, 2008. ACC. 2009-01-20. https://archive.today/20120912174133/www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031108aah.html. September 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  5. News: Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg Named ACC Coach of the Year. March 11, 2008. ACC. 2009-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080513112630/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031108aaj.html. May 13, 2008. dead.
  6. News: Duke's DeMarcus Nelson Tabbed ACC Defensive Player of the Year. March 11, 2008. ACC. 2009-01-20. https://archive.today/20120629231451/www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031108aai.html. June 29, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  7. News: Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association Announces the 2007–08 All-ACC Men's Basketball Teams. March 10, 2008. ACC. 2009-01-20. https://archive.today/20121209011946/www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031008aab.html. December 9, 2012. dead. mdy-all.

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