2007–08 Austin Peay Governors basketball team

The 2007–08 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 18th year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 16–4 in OVC play. They won the OVC tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the South region, they lost to Texas in the first round.

2007–08 Austin Peay Governors basketball
Ohio Valley Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Division	West Division
Record	24–11 (16–4 OVC)
Head coach	Dave Loos (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Jay Bowen Kevin Hogan Julian Terrell
Home arena	Dunn Center
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Austin Peay †	16	–	4		.800			24	–	11		.686
Murray State	13	–	7		.650			18	–	13		.581
Morehead State	12	–	8		.600			15	–	15		.500
UT Martin	11	–	9		.550			17	–	16		.515
Samford	10	–	10		.500			14	–	16		.467
Tennessee State	10	–	10		.500			15	–	17		.469
Tennessee Tech	10	–	10		.500			13	–	19		.406
Eastern Kentucky	10	–	10		.500			14	–	16		.467
Eastern Illinois	6	–	14		.300			7	–	22		.241
Jacksonville State	5	–	15		.250			7	–	22		.241
Southeast Missouri State	7	–	13		.350			12	–	19		.387
† 2008 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2007–08 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 2 Drake Reed 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Clarksville, Tennessee	Head coach Dave Loos (Memphis) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 10, 2007*		at Vanderbilt	L 67–81	0–1	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 17, 2007*		Belmont	W 71–56	1–1	Dunn Center  Clarksville, Tennessee
Nov 20, 2007*		at Utah State	L 68–71	1–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum  Logan, Utah
Nov 23, 2007*		vs. Florida Gulf Coast South Padre Island Invitational	W 67–57	2–2	South Padre Island Convention Centre  South Padre Island, Texas
Nov 24, 2007*		vs. Valparaiso South Padre Island Invitational	L 47–61	2–3	South Padre Island Convention Centre  South Padre Island, Texas
Nov 27, 2007*		at No. 3 Memphis	L 82–104	2–4	FedExForum  Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 1, 2007		at Tennessee Tech	W 79–76	3–4 (1–0)	Eblen Center  Cookeville, Tennessee
Dec 6, 2007		Morehead State	W 67–63	4–4 (2–0)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 8, 2007*		at Evansville	L 62–72	4–5	Roberts Stadium  Evansville, Indiana
Dec 15, 2007*		Akron	L 55–64	4–6	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 19, 2007*		at Belmont	W 93–84	5–6	Curb Event Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 22, 2007		Eastern Kentucky	W 75–67	6–6 (3–0)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 29, 2007*		at Middle Tennessee	W 78–75	7–6	Murphy Center  Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Jan 3, 2008		at UT Martin	W 90–85 OT	8–6 (4–0)	Skyhawk Arena  Martin, Tennessee
Jan 5, 2008		Jacksonville State	W 71–55	9–6 (5–0)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 7, 2008		Eastern Illinois	W 73–57	10–6 (6–0)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 10, 2008		at Murray State	L 70–82	10–7 (6–1)	Regional Special Events Center  Murray, Kentucky
Jan 12, 2008		Southeast Missouri State	W 85–82	11–7 (7–1)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 17, 2008		UT Martin	W 86–71	12–7 (8–1)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 24, 2008		at Jacksonville State	W 73–62	13–7 (9–1)	Pete Mathews Coliseum  Jacksonville, Alabama
Jan 26, 2008		at Samford	L 49–63	13–8 (9–2)	Pete Hanna Center  Birmingham, Alabama
Jan 29, 2008		at Southeast Missouri State	L 116–121 3OT	13–9 (9–3)	Show Me Center  Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Jan 31, 2008		Murray State	W 92–87 OT	14–9 (10–3)	Winfield Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 2, 2008		Tennessee State	W 79–78	15–9 (11–3)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 7, 2008		at Eastern Illinois	W 72–52	16–9 (12–3)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
Feb 9, 2008		Samford	W 67–49	17–9 (13–3)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 16, 2008		Tennessee Tech	W 80–76	18–9 (14–3)	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 18, 2008		at Tennessee State	L 69–73	18–10 (14–4)	Gentry Complex  Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 23, 2008*		Georgia Southern	W 80–72	19–10	Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 28, 2008		at Eastern Kentucky	W 65–59	20–10 (15–4)	McBrayer Arena  Richmond, Kentucky
Mar 1, 2008		at Morehead State	W 72–56	21–10 (16–4)	Ellis Johnson Arena  Morehead, Kentucky
Ohio Valley Conference tournament
Mar 4, 2008*		Eastern Kentucky	W 76–51	22–10	Winfield Dunn Center  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 7, 2008*		vs. Tennessee-Martin	W 78–77	23–10	Nashville Municipal Auditorium  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 8, 2008*		at Tennessee State	W 82–64	24–10	Nashville Municipal Auditorium  Nashville, Tennessee
NCAA tournament
Mar 21, 2008*	(15 S)	vs. (2 S) No. 7 Texas First Round	L 54–74	24–11	Alltel Arena  North Little Rock, Arkansas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South Region. All times are in Central Time.

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