2007–08 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2007–08 Washington Huskies men's basketball

CBI, First Round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2007–08 record	16–17 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lorenzo Romar
Assistant coach	Cameron Dollar
Assistant coach	Paul Fortier
Assistant coach	Jim Shaw
Home arena	Bank of America Arena

	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 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2007–08 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 6th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 7–11 in Pac-10 play. They lost in the first round of the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament by California. They were invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational which they lost to Valparaiso in the first round.

2007–08 Team

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Joel Smith	6'4"	210	G	RS Jr.	Lompoc, CA, U.S.	Brewster Academy
1	Venoy Overton	5'11"	180	G	Fr.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Franklin HS
4	Tim Morris	6'4"	210	G	Sr.	Spokane Wa, U.S.	Central Valley HS
5	Justin Dentmon	5'11"	185	G	Jr.	Carbondale, IL, U.S.	Winchendon School
11	Matthew Bryan-Amaning	6'9"	235	F	Fr.	London, England, U.K.	South Kent School
20	Ryan Appleby	6'3"	170	G	Sr.	Stanwood, WA, U.S.	Florida
21	Artem Wallace	6'8"	250	C	Jr.	Toledo, WA, U.S.	Toledo HS
22	Justin Holiday	6'6"	170	F	Fr.	Chatsworth, CA, U.S.	Campbell Hall School
24	Quincy Pondexter	6'6"	210	F	So.	Fresno, CA, U.S.	San Joaquin Memorial HS
32	Joe Wolfinger	7'0"	255	C	RS So.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Northfield Mount Hermon School
40	Jon Brockman	6'7"	255	F	Jr.	Snohomish, WA, U.S.	Snohomish Sr. HS
44	Darnell Gant	6'8"	215	F	Fr.	Los Angeles, CA, U.S.	Crenshaw HS

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Washington	Alma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo Romar	Head Coach	6th	Washington (1980)
Cameron Dollar	Assistant Coach	6th	UCLA (1997)
Paul Fortier	Assistant Coach	3rd	Washington (2003)
Jim Shaw	Assistant Coach	4th	Western Oregon State (1985)
Lance LaVetter	Director of Basketball Operations	7th	Northern Arizona (1992)

2007–08 Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/05/2007*	Seattle Pacific	W 86–77	–	Bank of America Arena (8,057)
Regular Season
11/13/2007*	New Jersey Tech (NIT Season Tip-Off First Round)	W 88–47	1–0	Bank of America Arena (8,655)
11/14/2007*	Utah (NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals)	W 83–77	2–0	Bank of America Arena (7,006)
11/18/2007*	Eastern Washington	W 82–68	3–0	Bank of America Arena (7,822)
11/24/2007*	vs. #15 Texas A&M (NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals)	L 63–77	3–1	Madison Square Garden (N/A)
11/25/2007*	vs. #21 Syracuse (NIT Season Tip-Off 3rd place game)	L 85–91	3–2	Madison Square Garden (N/A)
11/26/2007*	Long Beach State	W 84–69	4–2	Bank of America Arena (8,847)
12/01/2007*	at Oklahoma State (Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series)	L 71–96	4–3	Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,172)
12/07/2007*	#12 Pittsburgh	L 74–75	4–4	Bank of America Arena (9,229)
12/15/2007*	Portland	W 67–63	5–4	Bank of America Arena (9,109)
12/18/2007*	Portland State	W 84–65	6–4	Bank of America Arena (8,989)
12/22/2007*	Cal State Northridge	W 80–66	7–4	Bank of America Arena (9,128)
12/29/2007*	at LSU	W 73–65	8–4	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,947)
12/31/2007*	Idaho State	W 82–50	9–4	Bank of America Arena (9,543)
01/05/2008	#4 Washington State	L 52–56	9–5 (0–1)	Bank of America Arena (10,000)
01/10/2008	at #5 UCLA	L 55–69	9–6 (0–2)	Pauley Pavilion (11,421)
01/12/2008	at USC	L 51–66	9–7 (0–3)	Galen Center (9,551)
01/17/2008	Oregon	W 78–70	10–7 (1–3)	Bank of America Arena (9,628)
01/19/2008	Oregon State	W 83–74	11–7 (2–3)	Bank of America Arena (9,421)
01/24/2008	at #24 Arizona State	W 72–61	12–7 (3–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (8,995)
01/26/2008	at Arizona	L 69–84	12–8 (3–4)	McKale Center (14,602)
01/31/2008	#14 Stanford	L 51–65	12–9 (3–5)	Bank of America Arena (9,373)
02/02/2008	California	L 75–79	12–10 (3–6)	Bank of America Arena (9,404)
02/07/2008	USC	L 59–73	12–11 (3–7)	Bank of America Arena (9,567)
02/10/2008	#5 UCLA	W 71–61	13–11 (4–7)	Bank of America Arena (10,000)
02/14/2008	at Oregon	L 58–71	13–12 (4–8)	McArthur Court (8,866)
02/16/2008	at Oregon State	W 97–59	14–12 (5–8)	Gill Coliseum (5,539)
02/21/2009	Arizona	W 75–66	15–12 (6–8)	Bank of America Arena (9,529)
02/23/2008	Arizona State	L 63–77	15–13 (6–9)	Bank of America Arena (9,698)
02/28/2008	at #8 Stanford	L 79–82	15–14 (6–10)	Maples Pavilion (7,329)
03/01/2008	at California	W 87–84	16–14 (7–11)	Haas Pavilion (8,640)
03/08/2008	at #23 Washington State	L 73–76	16–15 (7–11)	Beasley Coliseum (10,630)
2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/12/2008	vs. California (First Round)	L 81–84	16–16	Staples Center (N/A)
2008 College Basketball Invitational
03/19/2009*	Valparaiso (First Round)	L 71–72	16–17	Bank of America Arena (3,227)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

↑ http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wash-m-baskbl-mtt.html#Numerical

Washington Huskies men's basketball

Venues	Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1927–present)

Rivalries	Washington State

Culture & lore	History Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington"

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics