2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season was the 55th season for the league. The North Carolina Tar Heels won both the regular-season and conference titles. The ACC sent four teams to the NCAA tournament: North Carolina, Duke, Clemson and Miami.

2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Raycom, ESPN
Regular Season
First placeNorth Carolina (14–2)
  Runners-upDuke (13–3)
Season MVPTyler Hansbrough – UNC
Tournament
ChampionsNorth Carolina (17th)
Finals MVPTyler Hansbrough
2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †14–2 .87536–3  .923
No. 9 Duke13–3 .81328–6  .824
No. 22 Clemson10–6 .62524–10  .706
Virginia Tech9–7 .56321–14  .600
Miami (FL)8–8 .50023–11  .676
Maryland8–8 .50019–15  .559
Georgia Tech7–9 .43815–17  .469
Wake Forest7–9 .43817–13  .567
Florida State7–9 .43819–15  .559
Virginia5–11 .31317–16  .515
Boston College4–12 .25014–17  .452
NC State4–12 .25015–16  .484
† 2008 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Final standings
Team[1] ACC Regular Season ACC % ACC Home ACC Road All Games All Games % All Home All Road All Neutral
North Carolina 14–2 .875 6–2 8–0 35–2 .946 14–2 13–0 9–1
Duke 13–3 .813 7–1 6–2 28–6 .824 15–1 8–2 5–3
Clemson 10–6 .625 7–1 3–5 24–10 .706 14–2 6–5 4–3
Virginia Tech 9–7 .563 6–2 3–5 21–14 .600 14–3 4–8 3–3
Miami 8–8 .500 6–2 2–6 23–11 .676 14–2 4–6 5–3
Maryland 8–8 .500 4–4 4–4 19–15 .559 13–6 6–5 0–4
Georgia Tech 7–9 .438 3–5 4–4 15–17 .469 6–7 6–8 3–2
Wake Forest 7–9 .438 6–2 1–7 17–13 .567 15–2 2–10 0–1
Florida State 7–9 .438 4–4 3–5 19–15 .559 13–5 4–7 2–3
Virginia 5–11 .313 3–5 2–6 17–16 .515 13–7 4–7 0–2
Boston College 4–12 .250 3–5 1–7 14–17 .452 11–8 2–7 1–2
North Carolina State 4–12 .250 3–5 1–7 15–16 .484 10–6 2–9 3–0

Statistical leaders
Points per gameRebounds per gameAssists per gameSteals per game
PlayerSchoolPPGPlayerSchoolRPGPlayerSchoolAPGPlayerSchoolSPG
Tyler HansbroughUNC22.6Tyler HansbroughUNC10.2Greivis VásquezMD6.8Toney DouglasFSU2.7
Tyrese RiceBC21.0J. J. HicksonNCSU8.5Sean SingletaryUVA6.1Jeff AllenVT2.1
Sean SingletaryUVA19.8James JohnsonWF8.1Ty LawsonUNC5.2Cliff HammondsClem.1.9
Jack McClintonMia.17.7James GistMD7.9Tyrese RiceBC5.0K. C. RiversClem.1.9
Greivis VásquezMD17.0Jeff AllenVT7.6Ishmael SmithWF4.7Jeff TeagueWF1.8
Blocked shots per gameField goal percentageThree-point FG percentageFree throw percentage
PlayerSchoolBPGPlayerSchoolFG%PlayerSchool3FG%PlayerSchoolFT%
Tyrelle BlairBC3.4J. J. HicksonNCSU59.1Anthony MorrowGT44.8Jack McClintonMia.91.9
James GistMD2.3Tyler HansbroughUNC54.0Jack McClintonMia.42.7Jon ScheyerDuke88.9
Bambale OsbyMD2.1James GistMD49.6Terrence OglesbyClem.40.3Lance HurdleMia.86.5
Trevor BookerClem.1.9DeMarcus NelsonDuke49.0Sean SingletaryUVA85.1
Chas McFarlandWF1.6James JohnsonWF48.7Tyrese RiceBC84.6

Players of the week

Throughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough broke the ACC single-season record for player of the week honors during the 2007–08 season with eight awards. The record had previously been seven, held by JJ Redick and Antawn Jamison.[2] The MVP of the ACC tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week
11/12/07 Anthony Morrow, GT Jeff Allen, VT
11/19/07 Sean Singletary, UVA J. J. Hickson, NCSU
11/26/07 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Kyle Singler, Duke
12/3/07 K. C. Rivers, Clem. Kyle Singler, Duke
Wayne Ellington, UNC
12/10/07 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Corey Raji, BC
12/17/07 Jack McClinton, Mia. Jeff Teague, WF
12/24/07 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Terrence Oglesby, Clem.
12/31/07 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC J. J. Hickson, NCSU
Toney Douglas, FSU
1/7/08 Wayne Ellington, UNC Kyle Singler, Duke
1/14/08 Trevor Booker, Clem. Jeff Allen, VT
1/21/08 James Gist, MD James Johnson, WF
1/28/08 Matt Causey, GT J. J. Hickson, NCSU
DeMarcus Nelson, Duke
2/4/08 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Jeff Teague, WF
2/11/08 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Kyle Singler, Duke
2/18/08 Greivis Vásquez, MD Jeff Teague, WF
Tyrese Rice, BC
2/25/08 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Maurice Miller, GT
3/3/08 Tyrese Rice, BC Terrence Oglesby, Clem.
3/10/08 Sean Singletary, UVA Jeff Teague, WF
3/17/08 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC None Selected

Conference honors

ACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season. Tyler Hansbrough was the unanimous choice for ACC player of the year, while Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg won conference Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Hokies to a fourth-place finish after being picked tenth in the preseason. Duke swept the remaining individual honors as Kyle Singler and DeMarcus Nelson won Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year respectively.

Player of the year

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina[3]

Rookie of the year

Kyle Singler, Duke[4]

Coach of the year

Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech[5]

Defensive player of the year

DeMarcus Nelson, Duke[6]

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Honorable Mention: Ty Lawson, So., UNC; J. J. Hickson, Fr., NCSU; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; Anthony Morrow, Sr., GT[7]

All-ACC freshman team

Honorable Mention: Terrence Oglesby, Clemson

All-ACC Defensive team

Honorable Mention: Cliff Hammonds, Sr., Clemson; D'Andre Bell, Jr., GT; Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., UNC; Jeff Allen, Fr., VT; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; James Mays, Sr., Clemson

ACC tournament

See 2008 ACC men's basketball tournament

Postseason

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

ACC Record: 6–4

1 North Carolina (4–1) – Final Four

W 16 Mount St. Mary's 113–76
W 9 Arkansas 108–77
W 4 Washington State 68–47
W 3 Louisville 83–73
L 1 Kansas 66–84

2 Duke (1–1)

W 15 Belmont 71–70
L 7 West Virginia 67–73

5 Clemson (0–1)

L 12 Villanova 69–75

7 Miami (1–1)

W 10 St, Mary's 78–64
L 2 Texas 72–75

NIT
Main article: 2008 National Invitation Tournament

ACC Record: 3–3

1 Virginia Tech (2–1)

W 8 Morgan State 94–62
W 5 Alabama-Birmingham 75–49
L 2 Ole Miss 72–81

3 Florida State (0–1)

L 6 Akron 60–63 (OT)

5 Maryland (1–1)

W 4 Minnesota 68–58
L 1 Syracuse 72–88

CBI
Main article: 2008 College Basketball Invitational

ACC Record: 2–1

1 Virginia (2–1)

W 4 Richmond 66–64
W 2 Old Dominion 80–76
L 1 Bradley 85–96

References
  1. "ACC 2007–08 men's basketball Final Release" (PDF). ACC. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  2. "ACC 2007–08 men's basketball Final Release" (PDF). ACC. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  3. "North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough Tabbed 2008 ACC Player of the Year". ACC. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  4. "Duke's Kyle Singler Named ACC Rookie of the Year". ACC. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  5. "Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg Named ACC Coach of the Year". ACC. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  6. "Duke's DeMarcus Nelson Tabbed ACC Defensive Player of the Year". ACC. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  7. "Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association Announces the 2007–08 All-ACC Men's Basketball Teams". ACC. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
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