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2007-2008 Marquette Men's Basketball

0708_mediaguide.jpg Record: 25-10
Big East: 11-7
Big East Tournament: 2-1
NCAA Tournament: 1-1
Head Coach: Tom Crean
Leading Scorer: Jerel McNeal 14.9 ppg
Leading Rebounder: Lazar Hayward 6.5 rpg

Marquette returned all five starters to the 2007-08 squad. They played a total of six games against ranked opponents, winning two of those contests and dropping four.

Pre-season polls had Marquette ranked between #10 and #15: Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook - #10 Rivals - #15 Lindy's - #13 ESPN - #12 AP - #11

Marquette knocked off Kentucky in the first round, which was played in Anaheim, California. Marquette lost to Stanford in overtime in the second round. Jerel McNeal set a Marquette NCAA record with 25 field goal attempts in a losing effort. Stanford set a Marquette NCAA opponent record with 23 assists and Mitch Johnson dished out 16 assists, which is a record for a Marquette opponent in an NCAA Tournament game.

Media Guide

2007-08 Media Guide PDF (Full)

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Results Record Notes/Promos
Exhibition
Sept 1 Moult Athletic New Westminster,
Vancouver BC 		107-91
Sept 1 University College of Fraser Valley Envision Athletics Centre
Vancouver BC 		90-55
Sept 2 Douglas College New Westminster,
Vancouver BC 		92-70
Sept 2 U of Victoria McKinnon Gym 76-65
Oct 13 Marquette Madness Al McGuire Center Complete Dwyane Wade makes his first appearance at Marquette Madness since 2002.
Oct 26 Haunted Hoops Al McGuire Center Complete
Oct 27 Kansas State Al Center/Bradley Center Complete Closed door scrimmage.
Nov 4 Northern State Bradley Center 83-55 Northern State was a Division II school.
Non Conference
Nov 10 IUPUI Home W76-68 1-0
Nov 12 Utah Valley State Home W66-55 2-0
Nov 19 Chaminade Lahaina CC W74-63 3-0 Maui Invitational
Nov 20 Oklahoma State Lahaina CC W91-61 4-0 Maui Invitational
Nov 21 Duke Lahaina CC L77-73 4-1 Maui Invitational
Nov 30 UW-Milwaukee Home W100-65 5-1 MU sets Bradley Center record for made field goals (40)
Dec 8 UW-Madison Badgers Madison W81-76 6-1
Dec 15 Sacramento State Home W82-51 7-1
Dec 17 IPFW Home W80-56 8-1
Dec 21 Coppin State Home W89-42 9-1
Dec 29 Savannah State Home W77-37 10-1
Big East
Jan 3 Providence Home W96-67 11-1 1-0
Jan 6 West Virginia WVU L64-79 11-2 1-1
Jan 8 Seton Hall Home W61-56 12-2 2-1
Jan 12 Notre Dame Home W92-66 13-2 3-1
Jan 17 Louisville Freedom Hall L51-71 13-3 3-2
Jan 20 Connecticut Gampel Pavilion L89-73 13-4 3-3
Jan 26 DePaul Home W79-71 14-4 4-3
Jan 29 South Florida Home W62-54 15-4 5-3
Feb 2 Cincinnati 5th/3rd Arena W75-60 16-4 6-3
Feb 4 Louisville Home L71-57 16-5 6-4
Feb 9 Notre Dame Joyce Center L86-83 16-6 6-5
Feb 12 Seton Hall Prudential Center W89-64 17-6 7-5
Feb 15 Pittsburgh Home W72-54 18-6 8-5
Feb 20 Saint John's MSG W73-64 19-6 9-5
Feb 23 Rutgers Home W78-48 20-6 10-5 Dwyane Wade Youth Jersey (8th Grade & Under)
Feb 25 Villanova Wachovia Center W85-75 21-6 11-5
March 1 Georgetown Home L68-70 OT 21-7 11-6 National Marquette Day
Mar 4 Florida Gulf Coast Home W67-37 22-7 11-6 Non-Conference Game .. Senior Night
Mar 8 Syracuse Carrier Dome L72-87 22-8 11-7
Big East Tournament
Mar 12 Seton Hall MSG W67-54 23-8
Mar 13 Notre Dame MSG W89-79 24-8
Mar 14 Pittsburgh MSG L68-61 24-9
NCAA Tournament MU #6 Seed
Mar 20 #6 seed Kentucky #11 Seed Anaheim, CA W74-66 25-9
Mar 22 Stanford #3 Seed Anaheim, CA L82-81 OT 25-10 Stanford sets NCAA Opponent record for assists with 23. Mitch Johnson sets individual record with 16.
Season Summary: 11-7 in Big East, 2-1 in BET, 1-1 in NCAA, 25-10 final

2007-2008 Season Statistics

name GP-GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
Jerel McNeal 35-35 1056 198 434 .456 35 115 .304 92 131 .702 56 115 171 124 76 15 98 109 523 14.9
Dominic James 35-34 1060 159 399 .398 45 145 .310 89 134 .664 31 62 93 154 62 8 75 76 452 12.9
Lazar Hayward 35-33 889 158 333 .474 41 91 .451 92 119 .773 66 162 228 21 39 13 63 94 449 12.8
Wesley Matthews 35-35 1009 121 279 .434 21 67 .313 132 167 .790 58 97 155 59 34 10 57 76 395 11.3
Ousmane Barro 35-15 694 73 135 .541 0 0 – 47 71 .662 72 120 192 10 21 41 38 92 193 5.5
David Cubillan 34- 0 598 59 158 .373 39 116 .336 18 23 .783 17 27 44 55 23 3 24 32 175 5.1
Maurice Acker 35- 1 467 53 120 .442 26 61 .426 26 33 .788 7 27 34 62 28 1 36 54 158 4.5
Dan Fitzgerald 30- 4 428 42 102 .412 33 87 .379 10 13 .769 23 36 59 11 21 0 14 56 127 4.2
Dwight Burke 35-17 412 32 53 .604 0 0 – 23 46 .500 46 55 101 7 11 14 16 75 87 2.5
Lawrence Blackledge 27- 1 180 19 31 .613 0 0 – 5 15 .333 17 23 40 4 4 18 9 28 43 1.6
Scott Christopherson 18- 0 87 8 19 .421 6 15 .400 2 2 1.00 0 12 12 3 2 0 6 15 24 1.3
Trevor Mbakwe 11- 0 101 4 15 .267 0 0 – 9 19 .474 13 10 23 2 3 4 4 18 17 1.5
Patrick Hazel 14- 0 48 3 4 .750 0 0 – 1 2 .500 0 16 16 2 0 5 1 5 7 0.5
Tommy Brice 9- 0 12 0 0 – 0 0 – 5 6 .833 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0.6
Robert Frozena 7- 0 9 0 0 – 0 0 – 3 4 .750 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.4
TOTALS 35 7050 929 2082 .446 246 697 .353 554 785 .706 474 813 1287 515 325 132 451 733 2658 75.9

Roster

No. Name Ht./Wt. Pos. Year Hometown (High School)
2 Maurice Acker 5-8/165 G JR Hazelcrest, Ill. (Hillcrest)
41 Ousmane Barro 6-10/245 F SR Dakar, Senegal (Chicago Julian)
21 Lawrence Blackledge 6-8/185 F SR Carbondale, Ill. (Carbondale)
12 Dwight Burke 6-8/245 F JR Brooklyn, N.Y. (St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.))
10 David Cubillan 6-0/170 G SO Mara Caibo, Venezuela (St. Benedict's (N.J.))
5 Dan Fitzgerald 6-9/205 F SR St. Paul, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy)
32 Lazar Hayward 6-6/215 F SO Buffalo, N.Y. (Notre Dame Prep (Mass.))
1 Dominic James 5-11/175 G JR Richmond, Ind. (Richmond)
23 Wesley Matthews 6-5/215 G JR Madison, Wis. (Memorial)
22 Jerel McNeal 6-3/195 G JR Chicago, Ill. (Hillcrest)
42 Tommy Brice 5-11/174 G SR Bloomingdale, Ill. (Lake Park)
0 Scott Christopherson 6-2/180 G FR Melrose, WI. (La Crosse Aquinas )
4 Patrick Hazel 6-7/215 F FR Queens, NY. (Blair Academy, NJ Prep)
33 Trevor Mbakwe 6-7/220 F FR Mendota Heights, MN. (St. Bernard's)
45 Robert Frozena 6-1/165 G FR Sherwood, WI Menasha St. Mary's
Damian Saunders 6-7/210 F FR Fitchburg, MA. (Notre Dame Prep)
  • Damian Saunders was not accepted at Marquette due to academic issues.
  • Trevor Mbakwe suffered a knee-injury before the season and was scheduled to miss the season with a medical red-shirt. However, he was medically cleared and lifted his red-shirt status to play against Pittsburgh on Feb 15, 2008.

Coaches

Jersey Record

Jersey Overall Record Big East Record Jersey Overall Record Big East Record
1-1 0-1 11-2 5-1
8-6 4-4 5-1 2-1

Media Rankings

Week # AP Ranking ESPN/USA Today Poll
Preseason 11 (1002 votes) 12 (381 votes)
1 10 (1026 votes) 11 (404 votes)
2 11 (1039 votes) 13 (413 votes)
3 13 (950 votes) 14 (352 votes)
4 11 (962 votes) 15 (341 votes)
5 10 (1053 votes) 13 (391 votes)
6 10 (1066 votes) 13 (414 votes)
7 12 (1076 votes) 13 (416 votes)
8 10 (1157 vote) 11 (446 votes)
9 15 (751 votes) 16 (288 votes)
10 13 (955 votes) 13 (379 votes)
11 21 (332 votes) 20 (158 votes)
12 17 (513 votes) 16 (223 votes)
13 16 (726 votes) 16 (317 votes)
14 ORV (82 votes) 25 (64 votes)
15 25 (176 votes) 24 (108 votes)
16 21 (389 votes) 21 (173 votes)
17 21 (334 votes) 20 (141 votes)
18 25 (174 votes) 24 (91 votes)
19 25 (174 votes) 24 (106 votes)
20 No Rankings 21 (153 votes)
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