2007–08 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

2007–08 Oregon Ducks men's basketball

Conference

Pacific-10 Conference

2007–08 record

18–14 (9–9 Pac-10)

Head coach

Ernie Kent

Assistant coach

Mark Hudson

Assistant coach

Kenny Payne

Home arena

McArthur Court

Seasons

« 2006–07

2008–09 »

	Conf			Overall
2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
#2 UCLA†	16	2	.889	35	4	.897
#11 Stanford	13	5	.722	28	8	.778
#21 Washington State	11	7	.611	26	9	.743
Arizona State	9	9	.500	21	13	.618
Oregon	9	9	.500	18	14	.563
Arizona	8	10	.444	19	15	.559
Washington	7	11	.389	16	17	.485
California	6	12	.333	17	16	.515
Oregon State	0	18	.000	6	25	.194
USC*	0	7	.000	0	12	.000

† 2008 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 5, 2008 • Rankings from AP Poll *USC vacated 11 conference and 21 overall wins, due to NCAA rules violations.

The 2007–08 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represents the University of Oregon in the college basketball season of 2007–08. The team was coached by Ernie Kent and plays their home games at McArthur Court.

1 Previous season
2 Pre-season
3 Recruiting
4 Schedule
5 Roster
6 Coaching staff
7 Season Notes
- 7.1 Awards
- 7.2 Records
8 Game notes
9 Stats
10 References

Previous season

The 2006–07 Oregon Ducks experienced what many would argue as one of their most memorable and successful seasons in school history. Freshman Tajuan Porter, who was not heavily recruited, along with senior and leader Aaron Brooks helped lead the Ducks to a successful season. They began their season by completing their non-conference schedule at a perfect 12–0, including a come-from-behind win at Rice and an important east-coast win at then ranked #19 Georgetown. The Ducks suffered their first loss of the season against USC but were able to bounce back and defeat then ranked #1 UCLA marking the second time in school history the Ducks had defeated a #1 Bruins team. Towards the end of the season Oregon suffered a streak in which they lost 6 of 8 games, the skid dropped the Ducks from #7 to #23 in the AP Poll. However the Ducks managed to bounce back, winning 9 games in a row, including a sweep of the Pac-10 Championship Tournament – in dominating fashion – first round wins over Miami University (Ohio), Winthrop University, and a Sweet Sixteen victory over UNLV. Their final game of the season was a 77–85 loss to eventual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament champions, Florida.

Pre-season

June 28 – Aaron Brooks was selected in the 2007 NBA Draft as the 26th selection overall during the 1st round by the Houston Rockets.^[1]

July – Guard Tajuan Porter played on the United States' U19 team in the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship. The tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia and the United States' team placed 2nd, suffering their first loss of the tournament to Serbia 69–74 in the championship game.^[2] Also, Forward Maarty Leunen played on the United States' Pan American Games team. The team place 5th in the tournament after a poor 3–2 final record in which the team lost the first two games.^[3]

November 1 – During the Pac-10's media day, the pre-season media poll picks the Ducks to finish third in the Pac-10.^[4]

Recruiting

The 2008 University of Oregon Men's Basketball Recruiting Class was selected by Scout.com as the 11th best recruiting class of 2008 and was selected by Rivals.com as the 11th best recruiting class of 2008 as well.^[5]

Class of 2008 Recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Josh Crittle C	Elmhurst, IL	Timothy Christian HS	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)	225 lb (102 kg)	Oct 17, 2007
Josh Crittle C	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80
Michael Dunigan C	Chicago, IL	Farragut Career Academy HS	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)	240 lb (110 kg)	Jul 16, 2007
Michael Dunigan C	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 90
Matthew Humphrey SG	Chicago, IL	Hales Franciscan HS I	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jul 16, 2007
Matthew Humphrey SG	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 89
Drew Wiley SF	Vida, OR	McKenzie River HS	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	Dec 23, 2006
Drew Wiley SF	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80
Teondre Williams SG	Norcross, GA	Meadowcreek HS	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	180 lb (82 kg)	Nov 5, 2007
Teondre Williams SG	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 86

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Record
11/10/2007*	4:00 PM	Pepperdine	#12	McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 100–70	8,601	1–0
11/11/2007*	6:00 PM	Pacific	#12	McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 80–64	8,405	2–0
11/12/2007*	7:30 PM	Western Michigan	#11	McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 97–88	8,341	3–0
11/17/2007*	7:00 PM	at Portland	#11	Chiles Center • Portland, OR	CSN	W 85–61	4,881	4–0
11/20/2007*	7:00 PM	at St. Mary's	#12	McKeon Pavilion • Moraga, CA	ESPNU	L 87–99	3,500	4–1
11/24/2007*	7:00 PM	San Francisco	#12	McArthur Court • Eugene, OR		W 110–79	7,033	5–1
11/29/2007*	6:00 PM	at #25 Kansas State	#17	Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS	ESPN2	W 80–77 ^OT	12,528	6–1
12/08/2007*	3:00 PM	Utah	#19	Rose Garden • Portland, OR	OSN	W 75–64	11,447	7–1
12/11/2007*	7:00 PM	Sacramento State	#16	McArthur Court • Eugene, OR		W 93–66	8,125	8–1
12/15/2007*	11:00 AM	at Nebraska	#16	Bob Devaney Sports Center • Omaha, NE	OSN	L 79–88 ^OT	12,109	8–2
12/22/2007*	6:00 PM	vs. Oakland	#23	The Palace of Auburn Hills • Auburn Hills, MI	ESPNU	L 62–68	22,076	8–3
12/28/2007*	7:00 PM	Mount St. Mary's		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR		W 81–73	8,916	9–3
01/03/2008	6:00 PM	at Arizona State		Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, AZ		L 54–62	7,690	9–4
01/05/2008	11:00 AM	at #21 Arizona		McKale Center • Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 84–74	14,575	10–4
01/10/2008	6:00 PM	California		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 79–70	8,817	11–4
01/13/2008	1:30 PM	#23 Stanford		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	CBS	W 71–66	9,087	12–4
01/17/2008	6:00 PM	at Washington		Bank of America Arena • Seattle, WA	OSN/FSN	L 70–78	9,628	12–5
01/20/2008	5:00 PM	at #8 Washington State		Beasley Coliseum • Pullman, WA	FSN	L 60–69	11,120	12–6
01/24/2008	7:30 PM	#8 UCLA		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	FSN	L 75–80	9,087	12–7
01/26/2008	6:00 PM	USC		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	FSN	L 86–95 ^OT	9,087	12–8
02/02/2008	3:00 PM	Oregon State		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR (Civil War)	OSN	W 79–63	9,087	13–8
02/07/2008	7:00 PM	at #9 Stanford		Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA		L 43–72	7,329	13–9
02/09/2008	4:00 PM	at California		Haas Pavilion • Berkley, CA	OSN	W 92–70	10,407	14–9
02/14/2008	5:30 PM	Washington		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 71–58	8,866	15–9
02/16/2008	6:00 PM	#21 Washington State		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	FSN	L 53–62	9,087	15–10
02/21/2008	8:00 PM	at USC		Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 75–81	8,721	15–11
02/23/2008	12:30 PM	at #6 UCLA		Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 65–75	11,355	15–12
03/02/2008	7:00 PM	at Oregon State		Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	W 80–68	7,031	16–12
03/06/2008	6:00 PM	Arizona State		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 67–61	8,895	17–12
03/08/2008	7:30 PM	Arizona		McArthur Court • Eugene, OR	FSN	W 78–69	9,087	18–12
03/13/2008	6:00 PM	vs. #21 Washington State		Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA (Pac-10 Conference Tournament quarterfinal)	FSN	L 70–75	N/A	18–13
03/21/2008*	07:25 PM	vs. Mississippi State		Alltel Arena • Little Rock, AR (NCAA Tournament First Round)	CBS	L 69–76	16,060	18–14
*Non-Conference Game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Roster

(as of 11/06/2007)

Centers

3 Mitch Platt – Senior – Henderson, Nev.
45 Ray Schafer – Senior – Wasilla, Alaska

Forwards

10 Maarty Leunen – Senior – Redmond, Ore.
11 Frantz Dorsainvil – Junior – Montreal, Quebec
33 Drew Viney – Freshman – Villa Park, Calif.
50 Joevan Catron – Sophomore – Phoenix, Ill.

Guards

1 Malik Hairston – Senior – Detroit, Mich.
4 Bryce Taylor – Senior – Encino, Calif.
4 Ben Voogd – Junior – Florence, Ore.
12 Tajuan Porter – Sophomore – Detroit, Mich.
13 Churchill Odia – Junior – Lagos, Nigeria
15 John Elorriaga – Freshman – Portland, Ore.
21 Nicholas Fearn – Freshman – Seattle, Wash.
24 LeKendric Longmire – Freshman – Pascagoula, Miss.
34 Kamyron Brown – Freshman – Santa Ana, Calif.

Coaching staff

Ernie Kent – Head Coach
Mark Hudson – Assistant Coach
Kenny Payne – Assistant Coach
Yasir Rosemond – Assistant Coach
Josh Jamieson – Director of Basketball Operations
Clay Jamieson – Athletic Trainer
Nathan Bain – Manager
H.J. Cohn – Student Manager
David Flasch – Manager
Shawn Harriett – Manager
Josh Suh – Manager

Season Notes

Awards

Malik Hairston
- Named as one of the John R. Wooden Award's pre-season top 50 candidates.^[6]

Records

On December 3, the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team set the school record for most consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll as a Top-25 team. Oregon had been ranked by the AP since December 11, 2006, which was a total of 19 polls released with the Ducks in the Top-25. The previous record was 18 weeks, set between February 4, 2002 and January 27, 2003.^[7]

Game notes

Pepperdine @ Oregon

	1	2	Total
Waves	23	47	70
Ducks	53	47	100

	Pepperdine	Oregon
Game Leaders
Scoring	Malcolm Thomas: 22 Points	Malik Hariston: 17 Points
Rebounds	Malcolm Thomas: 8 Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 14 Rebounds
Assists	Rico Tucker: 5 Assists	Tajuan Porter: 9 Assists
Steals	Tyrone Shelley: 3 Steals	Bryce Taylor: 3 Steals
Blocks	Malcolm Thomas: 2 Blocks	Maarty Leunen: 3 Blocks

Pacific @ Oregon

	1	2	Total
Tigers	27	37	64
Ducks	34	46	80

	Pacific	Oregon
Game Leaders
Scoring	Steffan Johnson: 22 Points	Tajuan Porter: 23 Points
Rebounds	Michael Nunnally: 7 Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 10 Rebounds
Assists	Steffan Johnson: 5 Assists	Joevan Catron: 3 Assists
Steals	Steffan Johnson: 1 Steals	Kamyron Brown: 2 Steals
Blocks	Michael Nunnally: 2 Blocks	Bryce Taylor: 2 Blocks

Western Michigan @ Oregon

	1	2	Total
Broncos	30	58	88
Ducks	46	51	97

	Western Michigan	Oregon
Game Leaders
Scoring	David Kool: 24 Points	Malik Hariston: 29 Points
Rebounds	Derek Drews: 6 Rebounds	Joevan Catron: 10 Rebounds
Assists	Andre Ricks: 4 Assists	Joevan Catron: 4 Assists
Steals	Andrew Hershberger: 3 Steals	Maarty Leunen: 1 Steals
Blocks	Donald Lawson: 1 Blocks	Malik Hariston: 4 Blocks

Oregon @ Portland

	1	2	Total
Ducks	31	54	85
Pilots	29	32	61

	Oregon	Portland
Game Leaders
Scoring	Malik Hariston: 24 Points	Taishi Ito: 13 Points
Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 10 Rebounds	Luke Sikma: 10 Rebounds
Assists	Kamyron Brown: 10 Assists	Luke Sikma: 4 Assists
Steals	Tajuan Porter: 2 Steals	Luke Sikma: 3 Steals
Blocks	Joevan Catron: 2 Blocks	Luke Sikma: 2 Blocks

Oregon @ Saint Mary's

	1	2	Total
Ducks	35	52	87
Gaels	38	61	99

	Oregon	Saint Mary's
Game Leaders
Scoring	Kamyron Brown: 20 Points	Patrick Mills: 37 Points
Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 11 Rebounds	Diamon Simpson: 12 Rebounds
Assists	Maarty Leunen: 2 Assists	Patrick Mills: 5 Assists
Steals	Kamyron Brown: 2 Steals	Patrick Mills: 2 Steals
Blocks	Kamyron Brown: 2 Blocks	Diamon Simpson: 2 Blocks

San Francisco @ Oregon

	1	2	Total
Dons	50	29	79
Ducks	62	48	110

	San Francisco	Oregon
Game Leaders
Scoring	Manny Quezada: 30 Points	Maarty Leunen: 18 Points
Rebounds	Dior Lowhorn: 7 Rebounds	Joevan Catron: 14 Rebounds
Assists	Myron Strong: 7 Assists	Joevan Catron: 4 Assists
Steals	Manny Quezada: 2 Steals	Joevan Catron: 2 Steals
Blocks	Diamon Simpson: 2 Blocks	Kamyron Brown: 2 Blocks

Oregon @ Kansas State

	1	2	OT	Total
Ducks	29	42	9	80
Wildcats	32	39	6	77

	Oregon	Kansas State
Game Leaders
Scoring	Bryce Taylor: 18 Points	Michael Beasley: 24 Points
Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 13 Rebounds	Michael Beasley: 12 Rebounds
Assists	Tajuan Porter: 5 Assists	Jacob Pullen: 5 Assists
Steals	Malik Hairston: 2 Steals	Jacob Pullen: 3 Steals
Blocks	Malik Hairston: 3 Blocks	Michael Beasley: 3 Blocks

Utah @ Oregon

	1	2	Total
Utes	33	31	64
Ducks	38	37	75

	Utah	Oregon
Game Leaders
Scoring	Tyler Kepkay: 23 Points	Bryce Taylor: 20 Points
Rebounds	Luke Nevill: 5 Rebounds	Joevan Catron: 7 Rebounds
Assists	Tyler Kepkay: 3 Assists	Kamyron Brown: 4 Assists
Steals	Tyler Kepkay: 2 Steals	Maarty Leunen: 3 Steals
Blocks	Luke Nevill: 1 Blocks	Malik Hariston: 1 Blocks

Sacramento @ Oregon

	1	2	Total
Hornets	36	30	66
Ducks	46	47	93

	Sacramento State	Oregon
Game Leaders
Scoring	Loren Leath: 21 Points	Maarty Leunen: 23 Points
Rebounds	Randy Adams: 8 Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 11 Rebounds
Assists	Vinnie McGhee Jr.: 7 Assists	Kamyron Brown: 6 Assists
Steals	Loren Leath: 2 Steals	Kamyron Brown: 2 Steals
Blocks	Clark Woods: 1 Blocks	Joevan Catron: 1 Blocks

Oregon @ Nebraska

	1	2	OT	Total
Ducks	34	40	5	79
Cornhuskers	38	36	14	88

	Oregon	Nebraska
Game Leaders
Scoring	Tajuan Porter: 29 Points	Aleks Maric: 23 Points
Rebounds	Joevan Catron: 9 Rebounds	Ryan Anderson: 9 Rebounds
Assists	Kamyron Brown: 4 Assists	Jay-R Strowbridge: 5 Assists
Steals	Joevan Catron: 2 Steals	Ryan Anderson: 4 Steals
Blocks	Joevan Catron: 1 Blocks	Aleks Maric: 3 Blocks

Oregon vs. Oakland

	1	2	Total
Ducks	26	36	62
Golden Grizzlies	37	31	68

	Oregon	Oakland
Game Leaders
Scoring	Joevan Catron: 15 Points	Derick Nelson: 22 Points
Rebounds	Maarty Leunen: 12 Rebounds	Derick Nelson: 9 Rebounds
Assists	Maarty Leunen: 5 Assists	Johnathon Jones: 8 Assists
Steals	Maarty Leunen: 1 Steal	Derick Nelson: 2 Steals
Blocks	None	Keith Benson: 2 Blocks

Stats

Team

	Ore	Opp
Scoring	639	538
Points per Game	91.3	76.9
Scoring Margin	+14.4	–
Field Goals-Att	229–451	195–471
Field Goal Pct.	.508	.414
3-Point FG-Att	61–144	49–170
3-Point FG pct.	.424	.288
3-Point FG Made per Game	8.7	7.0
Free Throws-Att	120–190	99–143
Free Throw Pct.	.632	.692

	Ore	Opp
Rebounds	294	252
Rebounds per Game	42.0	36.0
Rebounding Margin	+6.0	–
Assists	118	105
Assists per Game	16.9	15.0
Turnovers	92	100
Turnovers per Game	13.1	14.3
Turnover Margin	+1.1	–
Assist-Turnover Ratio	1.3	1.1

	Ore	Opp
Steals	38	42
Steals per Game	5.4	6.0
Blocks	36	24
Blocks per Game	5.1	3.4
Winning Streak	2	–
Home Win Streak	4	–
Attendance	32,380	20,909
Games/Avg per Game	4/8,095	3/6,970

Scores by half

	1	2	OT	Total
Oregon	1089	1196	26	2311
Opponents	1007	1122	41	2170

Individual

Name	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PM	3PA	PTS	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Malik Hairston	29	911	162	307	91	126	48	110	463	41	95	136	66	50	18	26	81
Maarty Leunen	30	1045	148	259	108	136	57	107	461	64	216	280	88	47	26	11	70
Tajuan Porter	30	967	140	364	53	67	75	213	408	14	56	70	73	69	14	4	66
Joevan Catron	24	637	82	160	56	84	5	13	225	52	92	144	55	50	13	11	73
Bryce Taylor	28	921	130	274	59	73	49	123	368	31	75	106	40	46	20	12	69
Kamyron Brown	28	535	41	102	35	61	8	31	125	2	47	49	93	67	22	3	42
LeKendrick Longmire	26	296	43	79	8	27	3	10	97	21	19	40	4	10	11	5	35
Frantz Dorsainvil	19	153	27	47	8	24	0	0	62	16	17	30	2	16	4	2	29
Mitch Platt	22	169	14	24	4	12	0	0	32	6	16	22	12	10	2	2	15
Churchill Odia	26	347	16	40	0	0	13	35	45	6	30	36	21	7	6	1	37
Drew Viney	10	76	6	17	2	6	4	11	18	3	10	13	2	4	1	2	14
Ray Schafer	6	18	2	4	3	4	0	0	7	2	1	3	0	1	2	0	4
Total	30	6075	811	1677	427	620	262	653	2311	309	722	1031	456	379	139	79	535

Glossary

GP: Games Played, MIN: Minutes, FGM: Field goals made, FGA: Field goals attempted, FTM: Free throws made, FTA: Free throws attempted, 3PM: 3-pointers made, 3PA: 3-pointers attempted, PTS: Points, OFF: Offensive rebounds, DEF: Defensive rebounds, REB: Rebounds, TOT: Total rebounds AST: Assists, TO: Turnovers, STL: Steals, BLK: Blocks, PF: Personal fouls

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