2007–08 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

2007–08 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

NCAA Tournament Round of 32, L 78–85 vs. Xavier
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2007–08 record	25–9 (15–3, Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Painter
Assistant coach	Cuonzo Martin
Assistant coach	Paul Lusk
Assistant coach	Rick Ray
Home arena	Mackey Arena

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 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The Head Coach was Matt Painter, then in his 3rd season with the Boilers. The Boilers did well at home, going 9-0 in the Big Ten and losing only a single home game overall (16-1). Purdue finished second in the Big Ten with a 15-3 record. They lost to Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament despite having a #2 seed. The Boilers accepted a bid to the NCAA Tournament where they made it to the second round before losing to Xavier, 78–85.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
1	Garrett Mocas	F	6–8	So.	Columbus, Indiana
2	Chad Sutor	F	6–7	Fr.	Bloomington, Indiana
3	Chris Kramer	G	6–3	So.	Huntington, Indiana
4	Robbie Hummel	G/F	6–8	Fr.	Valparaiso, Indiana
5	Keaton Grant	G	6–4	So.	Kissimmee, Florida
11	Bobby Riddell	G	5–9	Jr.	Lafayette, Indiana
12	Tarrance Crump	G	6–1	R-Sr.	Decatur, Alabama
14	Scott Martion	G/F	6–8	Fr.	Valparaiso, Indiana
20	Marcus Green	G	6–4	Jr.	Franklin Park, Illinois
21	Nemanja Calasan	F	6–9	Jr.	Srbinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina
25	JaJuan Johnson	F/C	6–10	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Mark Wohlford	G	6–0	So.	Columbus, Indiana
33	E'Twaun Moore	G	6–3	Fr.	East Chicago, Indiana
55	Chris Reid	F	6–9	Jr.	Castro Valley, California

Notes

The 25 wins were the most for Purdue since Gene Keady's 1997-98 team, when Purdue went 28–8.

References

↑ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)

Rivalries	Indiana

Culture & lore	History Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"

People	Head coaches Award winners

Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2007–08 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Roster

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