2007–08 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by fourth year head coach Trent Johnson, and played their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. After the season ended Trent Johnson would leave Stanford and accept the job at LSU.^[1]

2007–2008 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
Record	28–8 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Trent Johnson (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Doug Oliver Donny Guerinoni Nick Robinson
Home arena	Maples Pavilion
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UCLA†	16	–	2		.889			35	–	4		.897
No. 11 Stanford	13	–	5		.722			28	–	8		.778
No. 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
† Conference tournament winner As of April 5, 2008 Rankings from AP Poll *USC vacated 11 conference and 21 overall wins, due to NCAA rules violations.

Previous season

The Cardinal started the season winning eight of their first ten games. After a small stumble against #7 Arizona and in-state rival California, the Cardinal followed it up with seven straight wins, four of which against ranked teams. Following those four wins against ranked teams, they began the next week in the top 25 for the first time under Trent Johnson. While being ranked, Stanford would lose three of their next four and fall out of the top 25 and ended the regular season going 3–3 in the final six games.

Stanford would finish conference play in sixth place and would play third seed USC in the Pac-10 Conference tournament. The Cardinal lost in overtime 83–79. They would gain an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament placed in the South Region as the #11 seed and would play #6 seed Louisville. The Cardinals beat the Cardinal 78–58 ending the Cardinal season at 18–13 overall and 10–8 in conference play.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Carlton Weathery	G	6'1"	180	RS-Senior	Tacoma, WA	Graduated
Chris Bobel	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Palo Alto, CA	Graduated

Incoming

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Josh Owens F	Kennesaw, GA	Phillips Exeter Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
	Recruit ratings: (80)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Stanford Commit List for 2007". Rivals. Retrieved May 13, 2022. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved May 13, 2022.

Roster

2007–08 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Mitch Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr O'Dea High School Seattle, WA G 2 Landry Fields 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Los Alamitos High School Los Alamitos, CA G 4 Anthony Goods 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Centennial High School Corona, CA F 11 Brook Lopez 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So San Joaquin Memorial Fresno, CA G 13 Drew Shiller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Burlingame High School San Francisco Burlingame, CA F 15 Lawrence Hill 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Deer Valley High School Glendale, AZ G 22 Kenny Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Carroll Senior High School Southlake, TX F 24 Josh Owens 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Phillips Exeter Academy Kennesaw, GA F 31 Taj Finger 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Fox Lane High School Mt. Kisco, NY G 32 Da'veed Dildy  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So King College Prep Chicago, IL F 34 Will Paul 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Calallen High School Corpus Christi, TX C 42 Robin Lopez 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So San Joaquin Memorial Fresno, CA F 44 Fred Washington 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Bishop Montgomery High School Los Angeles, CA C 55 Peter Prowitt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr The Potomac School Arlington, VA	Head coach Trent Johnson (Boise State) Assistant coach(es) Doug Oliver (San José State) Donny Guerinoni (Nevada) Nick Robinson (Stanford) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: May 13, 2022

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
August 22, 2007*		at Veroli Italy Tour	W 103–52	–	Palla Coccia  Rome, Italy
August 24, 2007*		at Stella Marine Italy Tour	W 99–44	–	Ostia, Italy
August 25, 2007*		at Sutor Basket Montegranaro Italy Tour	L 79–93	–	Palaport Salicone (250) Norcia, Italy
August 27, 2007*		at Robeuz et Fidres Italy Tour	W 80–68	–	Varese, Italy
August 28, 2007*		at Pallacanestro Biella Italy Tour	L 58–72	–	Vigliano Biellese, Italy
August 29, 2007*		at Pallacanestro Varese Italy Tour	L 68–69	–	(2,500) Varese, Italy
August 30, 2007*		at A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale Italy Tour	W 82–77	–	(400) Valenza, Italy
November 5, 2007* 7:00 PM	No. 23	Concordia	W 82–70	–	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
December 16, 2007* 7:00 PM		College of Idaho	W 81–53	–	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
Regular season
November 9, 2007* 7:00 PM	No. 23	Harvard Basketball Travelers Classic	W 111–56	1-0	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
November 10, 2007* 7:00 PM	No. 23	Northwestern State Basketball Travelers Classic	W 97–58	2-0	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
November 11, 2007* 3:00 PM	No. 23	UC Santa Barbara Basketball Travelers Classic	W 67–48	3-0	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
November 15, 2007* 6:00 PM	No. 20	at Northwestern	W 71–60	4-0	Welsh–Ryan Arena (3,854) Evanston, IL
November 17, 2007* 10:00 AM	No. 20	at Siena	L 67–79	4-1	Times Union Center (6,274) Albany, NY
November 20, 2007* 7:00 PM		Yale	W 72–61	5-1	Maples Pavilion (7,322) Stanford, CA
November 24, 2007* 8:00 PM		Colorado State	W 73–53	6-1	Maples Pavilion (7,339) Stanford, CA
November 27, 2007* 7:00 PM		Sacramento State	W 84–58	7-1	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
December 2, 2007* 1:00 PM		at Colorado	W 67–43	8-1	Coors Events Conference Center (6,175) Boulder, CO
December 19, 2007* 7:30 PM		Santa Clara	W 74–48	9-1	Maples Pavilion (7,354) Stanford, CA
December 22. 2007* 1:30 PM		vs. Texas Tech	W 62–61	10-1	(7,119) Dallas, TX
December 29, 2007* 2:00 PM		Fresno State	W 55–48	11-1	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
Pac-10 Conference
January 3, 2008 7:20 PM	No. 24	No. 5 UCLA	L 67–76	11-2 (0–1)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
January 5, 2008 5:00 PM	No. 24	No. 22 USC	W 52–46	12-2 (1–1)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
January 10, 2008 6:00 PM	No. 23	at Oregon State	W 66–46	13-2 (2–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,017) Corvallis, OR
January 13, 2008 1:30 PM	No. 23	at Oregon	L 66–71	13-3 (2–2)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR
January 17, 2008 8:00 PM		Arizona	W 56–52	14-3 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
January 19, 2008 7:00 PM		Arizona State	W 67–52	15-3 (4–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
January 26, 2008 4:00 PM	No. 20	at California	W 82–77	16-3 (5–2)	Haas Pavilion (10,077) Berkeley, CA
January 31, 2008 7:00 PM	No. 14	at Washington	W 65–51	17-3 (6–2)	Bank of America Arena (9,373) Seattle, WA
February 2, 2008 12:00 PM	No. 14	at No. 9 Washington State	W 67–65 OT	18-3 (7–2)	Beasley Coliseum (9,202) Pullman, WA
February 7, 2008 7:00 PM	No. 9	Oregon	W 72–43	19-3 (8–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
February 9, 2008 5:00 PM	No. 9	Oregon State	W 71–56	20-3 (9–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
February 14, 2008 7:30 PM	No. 7	at Arizona State	L 68–72 OT	20-4 (9–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (7,566) Tempe, AZ
February 16, 2008 12:30 PM	No. 7	at Arizona	W 67–66	21-4 (10–3)	McKale Center (14,589) Tucson, AZ
February 24, 2008 6:00 PM	No. 9	California	W 79–69	22-4 (11–3)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
February 28, 2008 7:00 PM	No. 8	Washington	W 82–79	23-4 (12–3)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
March 1, 2008 1:00 PM	No. 8	No. 22 Washington State	W 60–53	24-4 (13–3)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA
March 6, 2008 8:00 PM	No. 7	at No. 3 UCLA	L 67–77 OT	24-5 (13–4)	Pauley Pavilion (12,671) Los Angeles, CA
March 8, 2008 11:00 AM	No. 7	at USC	L 64–77	24-6 (13–5)	Galen Center (9,427) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-10 tournament
March 13, 2008 8:30 pm	(2) No. 11	vs. (7) Arizona Quarterfinals	W 75–64	25–6	Staples Center (16,442) Los Angeles, CA
March 14, 2008 8:30 pm	(2) No. 11	vs. (3) No. 21 Washington State Semifinals	W 75–68	26–6	Staples Center (18,997) Los Angeles, CA
March 15, 2008 3:00 pm	(2) No. 11	vs. (1) No. 3 UCLA Final	L 64–67	26–7	Staples Center (17,534) Los Angeles, CA
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2008* 1:55 pm, CBS	(3) No. 10	vs. (14) Cornell First Round	W 77–53	27–7	Honda Center (17,600) Anaheim, CA
March 22, 2008* 3:45 pm, CBS	(3) No. 10	vs. (6) No. 25 Marquette Second Round	W 82–81 OT	28–7	Honda Center (17,600) Anaheim, CA
March 28, 2008* 3:27 pm, CBS	(3) No. 10	vs. (2) No. 7 Texas Sweet Sixteen	L 62–82	28–8	Reliant Stadium (32,931) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific Standard Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	23	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	RV	20	14	9	7	9	8	7	10	Not released
Coaches	21	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	20	23	RV	21	14	9	7	9	8	7	11	11

2008 NBA draft

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2008	1	10	Brook Lopez	New Jersey Nets
2008	1	15	Robin Lopez	Phoenix Suns

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