2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
2007–08 record	36–3 (14–2 ACC)
Head coach	Roy Williams
Assistant coach	Joe Holladay
Assistant coach	Steve Robinson
Assistant coach	Jerod Haase
Home arena	Dean Smith Center
Seasons « 2006–07 2008–09 »

The 2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Contents 1 Roster 2 Schedule and results 3 Standings 4 Team players drafted into the NBA 5 References

Roster

Name [1]	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town	High School
Marc Campbell	2	Guard	5–11	165	Sophomore	Raleigh, NC	Ravenscroft
Mike Copeland	40	Forward	6–7	225	Junior	Winston-Salem, NC	R. J. Reynolds
Wayne Ellington	22	Guard	6–4	195	Sophomore	Wynnewood, PA	Episcopal Academy
Bobby Frasor	4	Guard	6–3	208	Junior	Blue Island, IL	Brother Rice
Marcus Ginyard	1	Guard-Forward	6–5	218	Junior	Alexandria, VA	Bishop O'Connell
William Graves	13	Forward	6–6	245	Freshman	Greensboro, NC	Dudley
Danny Green	14	Forward-Guard	6–6	210	Junior	North Babylon, NY	St. Mary's
Tyler Hansbrough	50	Center	6–9	245	Junior	Poplar Bluff, MO	Poplar Bluff
Ty Lawson	5	Guard	5–11	193	Sophomore	Clinton, MD	Oak Hill Academy
Greg Little	34	Guard	6–4	210	Freshman	Durham, NC	Hillside
Patrick Moody	35	Forward	6–4	195	Junior	Arden, NC	T. C. Roberson
Alex Stepheson	32	Forward-Center	6–9	235	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Harvard-Westlake
J.B. Tanner	15	Guard	6–0	185	Junior	Hendersonville, NC	West Henderson
Quentin Thomas	11	Guard	6–3	185	Senior	Oakland, CA	Oakland Technical Senior
Deon Thompson	21	Forward	6–8	240	Sophomore	Torrance, CA	Torrance
Surry Wood	24	Forward	6–5	205	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Cary Academy
Jack Wooten	30	Guard	6–2	190	Junior	Burlington, NC	Williams

During the December 27 game against Nevada, backup point guard Bobby Frasor was injured, requiring surgery and ending his season.

Schedule and results

The Tar Heels began the season ranked atop both major polls, and stayed there for the first two months of the season despite closer-than-expected games against Davidson and Clemson. They suffered their first loss of the season against Maryland on January 19. Three games later, point guard Ty Lawson twisted his ankle and missed most of February. Despite this, the Tar Heels didn't miss a beat, going 8–1 the rest of the way. They regained the top spot in the polls in late February and held it for the rest of the season. They clinched their 26th ACC regular season title by avenging their earlier loss to Duke in the last game of the season.

In the ACC Tournament held in Charlotte, the top-seeded Tar Heels defeated Florida State, Virginia Tech and Clemson to win their 17th conference tournament title. In so doing, they went into the NCAA Tournament with a 32–2 record—the most wins going into the tourney in school history.

In the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels were seeded first in the East Regional, and were also the overall top seed in the tournament. They routed Mount St. Mary's and Arkansas while playing just 30 minutes from campus at the RBC Center in Raleigh. They were no less dominant in the regional phase in Charlotte, scoring convincing wins over Washington State and Louisville to make their 17th trip to the Final Four, but in their national semifinal game, they lost to Kansas, who went on to win the national championship. Remarkably, the Tar Heels made the Final Four while not having to leave the state of North Carolina for almost two months (a total of 10 games), and while notching two losses at the Smith Center—an arena where they have traditionally been all but unbeatable. They also set a school record for wins in a season, with 36. With Memphis having its 38-win 2007–08 season vacated by the NCAA, the 2007–08 Tar Heels' 36 wins are now the second-most in Division I history.

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Record
November 3*	8:15 p.m.	Shaw	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC (Exhibition)		W 114–62
November 9*	7:30 p.m.	Lenoir-Rhyne	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC (Exhibition)		W 107–52
November 14*	7:00 p.m.	at Davidson	#1	Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	W 72–68	1–0
November 18*	6:00 p.m.	Iona	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC (Las Vegas Invitational)	ESPNU	W 107–72	2–0
November 20*	7:30 p.m.	South Carolina State	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC (Las Vegas Invitational)		W 110–64	3–0
November 23*	11:55 p.m.	vs. Old Dominion	#1	Orleans Arena • Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Invitational)	ESPNU	W 99–82	4–0
November 24*	10:30 p.m.	vs. Brigham Young	#1	Orleans Arena • Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Invitational)	ESPN	W 73–63	5–0
November 28*	9:00 p.m.	at Ohio State	#2	Value City Arena • Columbus, OH (ACC–Big Ten Challenge)	ESPN	W 66–55	6–0
December 1*	2:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	#2	Rupp Arena • Lexington, KY	ESPN2	W 86–77	7–0
December 4*	7:00 p.m.	at Penn	#1	The Palestra • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN2	W 106–71	8–0
December 16*	8:00 p.m.	at Rutgers	#1	Louis Brown Athletic Center • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	W 93–71	9–0
December 19*	9:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 88–78	10–0
December 22*	1:00 p.m.	UC Santa Barbara	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	FSN	W 105–70	11–0
December 27*	7:00 p.m.	Nevada	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 106–70	12–0
December 30*	7:30 p.m.	Valparaiso	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	FSN	W 90–58	13–0
January 2*	8:00 p.m.	Kent State	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	W 90–61	14–0
January 6	7:30 p.m.	at #19 Clemson	#1	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	FSN	W 90–88 OT	15–0 (1–0)
January 9*	7:00 p.m.	UNC Asheville	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 93–81	16–0
January 12	12:00 p.m.	North Carolina State	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	W 93–62	17–0 (2–0)
January 16	9:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	#1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 83–82	18–0 (3–0)
January 19	3:30 p.m.	Maryland	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 80–82	18–1 (3–1)
January 23	9:00 p.m.	at Miami	#4	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL	Raycom	W 98–82	19–1 (4–1)
January 31	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	#4	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	W 91–69	20–1 (5–1)
February 3	2:00 p.m.	at Florida State	#4	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL	FSN	W 84–73 OT	21–1 (6–1)
February 6	9:00 p.m.	#2 Duke	#3	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	Raycom / ESPN	L 78–89	21–2 (6–2)
February 10	6:30 p.m.	Clemson	#3	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	FSN	W 103–93 2OT	22–2 (7–2)
February 12	8:00 p.m.	at Virginia	#5	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA	Raycom / ESPN2	W 75–74	23–2 (8–2)
February 16	1:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	#5	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	CBS	W 92–53	24–2 (9–2)
February 20	7:00 p.m.	at North Carolina State	#3	RBC Center • Raleigh, NC	ESPN	W 84–70	25–2 (10–2)
February 24	6:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	#3	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	FSN	W 89–73	26–2 (11–2)
March 1	3:30 p.m.	at Boston College	#2	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	W 90–80	27–2 (12–2)
March 4	8:00 p.m.	Florida State	#1	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	Raycom	W 90–77	28–2 (13–2)
March 8	9:00 p.m.	at #6 Duke	#1	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	W 76–68	29–2 (14–2)
March 14	12:00 p.m.	vs. Florida State	#1	Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC (ACC Tournament Quarterfinals, No. 1 vs. No. 9)	Raycom / ESPN2	W 82–70	30–2
March 15	1:30 p.m	vs. Virginia Tech	#1	Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC (ACC Tournament Semifinals, No. 1 vs. No. 4)	Raycom / ESPN	W 68–66	31–2
March 16	1:00 p.m.	vs. Clemson	#1	Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC (ACC Tournament Championship Game, No. 1 vs. No. 3)	Raycom / ESPN	W 86–81	32–2
March 21*	7:10 p.m.	vs. #(16) Mount St. Mary's	#1 (1)	RBC Center • Raleigh, NC (NCAA Tournament First Round, No. 1 vs. No. 16)	CBS Regional	W 113–74	33–2
March 23*	5:20 p.m.	vs. #(9) Arkansas	#1 (1)	RBC Center • Raleigh, NC (NCAA Tournament Second Round, No. 1 vs. No. 9)	CBS Regional	W 108–77	34–2
March 27*	7:27 p.m.	vs. #21 (4) Washington State	#1 (1)	Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC (NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen, No. 1 vs. No. 4)	CBS Regional	W 68–47	35–2
March 29*	9:05 p.m.	vs. #13 (3) Louisville	#1 (1)	Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC (NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, No. 1 vs. No. 3)	CBS	W 83–73	36–2
April 5*	8:47 p.m.	vs. #4 (1) Kansas	#1 (1)	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (NCAA Tournament Final Four, No. 1 vs. No.1)	CBS	L 66–84	36–3
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. All times are in Eastern Time[2].

Standings

ACC[3]	Conference			Overall
	W-L	GB	PCT	W-L	PCT
#1 North Carolina	14–2	-	.875	36–3	.947
#9 Duke	13–3	1	.813	28–5	.848
#22 Clemson	10–6	4	.625	24–9	.727
Virginia Tech	9–7	5	.563	20–13	.606
Miami	8–8	6	.500	23–10	.697
Maryland	8–8	6	.500	19–15	.559
Georgia Tech	7–9	7	.438	15–17	.469
Wake Forest	7–9	7	.438	17–13	.567
Florida State	7–9	7	.438	19–15	.559
Virginia	5–11	9	.313	16–15	.516
Boston College	4–12	10	.250	14–17	.452
North Carolina State	4–12	10	.250	15–16	.484

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2009	1	13	Tyler Hansbrough	Indiana Pacers
2009	1	18	Ty Lawson	Denver Nuggets
2009	1	28	Wayne Ellington	Minnesota Timberwolves
2009	2	46	Danny Green	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

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