2007–08 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2007–08 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference CCL
Ranking
Coaches #19
AP #18
2007–08 record 27-9 (12-6 Big Ten)
Head coach Tom Izzo
Assistant coach Mark Montgomery
Assistant coach Dwayne Stephens
Assistant coach Mike Garland
Home arena Breslin Center
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 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule and results

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
11/02/07* #8 Grand Valley State L 85-82 2OT 0-0 Breslin Center (14,759)
11/07/07* #8 Michigan Tech W 61-55  0-0 Breslin Center (14,759)
Regular Season
11/13/07* #12 Chicago State
(CBE Classic)
W 86-53  1-0 Breslin Center (14,759)
11/14/07* #12 LA Monroe
(CBE Classic)
W 83-65  2-0 Breslin Center (14,759)
11/19/07* #12 vs. Missouri
(CBE Classic Semifinals)
W 86-83  3-0 Sprint Center (18,022)
11/20/07* #11 vs. #2 UCLA
(CBE Classic Championship)
L 63-68  3-1 Sprint Center (16,737)
11/24/07* #11 Oakland W 75-71  4-1 Breslin Center (14,759)
11/28/07* #13 North Carolina State
(ACC–Big Ten Challenge)
W 81-58  5-1 Breslin Center (14,759)
12/01/07* #13 Jacksonville W 80-51  6-1 Breslin Center (14,759)
12/04/07* #10 at Bradley W 66-61  7-1 Carver Arena (11,597)
12/08/07* #10 at #22 BYU W 68-61  8-1 EnergySolutions Arena (16,412)
12/15/07* #10 IPFW W 79-57  9-1 Breslin Center (14,759)
12/19/07* #10 San Jose State W 85-45  10-1 Breslin Center (14,759)
12/22/07* #10 vs. #5 Texas
(Spartan Clash)
W 78-72  11-1 The Palace of Auburn Hills (22,076)
12/29/07* #7 UW-Green Bay W 93-75  12-1 Breslin Center (14,759)
01/05/08 #6 Minnesota W 65-59  13-1 (1-0) Breslin Center (14,759)
01/08/08 #1 Purdue W 78-75  14-1 (2-0) Breslin Center (14,759)
01/12/08 #1 at Iowa L 43-36  14-2 (2-1) Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,044)
01/15/08 #6 Ohio State W 66-60  15-2 (3-1) Breslin Center (14,759)
01/20/08 #6 at Minnesota W 78-73  16-2 (4-1) Williams Arena (14,625)
01/24/08 #10 at Northwestern W 78-62  17-2 (5-1) Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,738)
01/27/08 #10 Michigan W 77-62  18-2 (6-1) Breslin Center (14,759)
01/30/08 #7 Illinois W 51-41  19-2 (7-1) Breslin Center (14,759)
02/02/08 #7 at Penn State L 85-76  19-3 (7-2) Bryce Jordan Center (11,159)
02/09/08 #10 Northwestern W 70-55  20-3 (8-2) Breslin Center (14,759)
02/12/08 #9 at #23 Purdue L 60-54  20-4 (8-3) Mackey Arena (14,123)
02/16/08 #9 at #12 Indiana L 80-61  20-5 (8-4) Assembly Hall (17,400)
02/20/08 #17 Penn State W 86-49  21-5 (9-4) Breslin Center (14,759)
02/23/08 #17 Iowa W 66-52  22-5 (10-4) Breslin Center (14,759)
02/28/08 #15 at #9 Wisconsin L 42-57  22-6 (10-5) Kohl Center (17,190)
03/02/08 #15 #12 Indiana W 103-74  23-6 (11-5) Breslin Center (14,759)
03/06/08 #18 at Illinois W 59-51  24-6 (12-5) Assembly Hall (16,618)
03/09/08 #18 at Ohio State L 63-54  24-7 (12-6) Value City Arena (19,049)
Big Ten Tournament
3/14/08* #19 vs. Ohio State
(Big Ten Tournament)
W 67-60  25-7 Conseco Fieldhouse (15,355)
3/15/08* #19 vs. #8 Wisconsin
(Big Ten Tournament)
L 63-65  25-8 Conseco Fieldhouse (17,520)
NCAA Tournament
3/20/08* #20 vs. Temple
(NCAA Tournament)
W 72-61  26-8 Pepsi Center (19,010)
3/22/08* #20 vs. #19 Pittsburgh
(NCAA Tournament)
W 65-54  27-8 Pepsi Center (19,299)
3/28/08* #20 vs. #3 Memphis
(NCAA Tournament)
L 74-92  27-9 Reliant Stadium (32,931)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time [2]
†Versus was scheduled to air the game, but did not due to a mixup with the MTW conference..

Rankings

References

  1. "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
  2. "msuspartans.com Retrieved on October 8, 2010