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UCLA Bruins men's basketball College Basketball Experience Champions Pacific 10 Regular Season Champions Pacific 10 Tournament Champions Final Four vs. Memphis, L, 78-63 Conference Pac-10 Ranking Coaches #2[1] AP #3[1] 2007-08 record 35-4 (16-2 Pac-10) Head coach Ben Howland Assistant coach Donny Daniels Assistant coach Scott Duncan Assistant coach Scott Garson Home arena Pauley Pavilion Seasons « 2006-07 2008-09 » 2007-08 Pac 10 Overall Pac 10 Standings W L PCT W L PCT #2 UCLA 16 2 .889 35 4 .897 #11 Stanford 13 5 .722 28 8 .778 #21 Washington State 11 7 .611 26 9 .743 USC 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 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 as of April 5, 2008 v d e The 2007-08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team is a division I sports team representing the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific-10 Conference. In his fifth year as head coach, Ben Howland led the team to its third straight Final Four appearance. The Bruins also set a new record number of wins for the regular season, eclipsing the 26 wins of 2006-07. Though the team is composed of many standout players, freshman center Kevin Love garnered much of the media's and school's attention with his .565 shooting percentage, 10.7 rebounds per game, 53 blocks, and 17.6 points per game.[2][3][4][5] The only losses the Bruins incurred during the regular season were to #8 Texas, and Pac-10 rivals USC and Washington. After becoming the Pacific-10 regular season champions and winning the Pacific-10 tournament, the Bruins were seeded #1 in the West Regional bracket of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Bruins held Mississippi Valley State to 29 points, the lowest total ever allowed in the first or second round of the tournament.[6] After reaching the Final Four, the Bruins lost to Memphis, the South Regional Champions. Contents [hide] 1 Roster 2 Depth Chart 3 Schedule and results 4 Awards 5 See also 6 External links 7 References [edit] Roster Thirteen scholarships were available to the team, and there were sixteen players on the roster.[7] Kevin Love received permission from Walt Hazzard to wear the same jersey number while a player for UCLA.[8] Hazzard's jersey had been retired by UCLA in 1996.[9] No. Position Year Player 0 PG/SG So Russell Westbrook 2 PG Jr Darren Collison 3 SG/SF Jr Josh Shipp 5 PG/SG Jr DeAndre Robinson 10 PG/SG So Mustafa Abdul-Hamid 12 PF/C Jr Alfred Aboya 13 PF/C So



James Keefe 14 PF/C Sr Lorenzo Mata-Real No. Position Year Player 20 SG/SF Jr Michael Roll 21 F Jr David McGrath 22 SF/G Fr Chace Stanback 23 SF/PF Jr Luc Richard Mbah a Moute 24 PG/SG Jr Joey Ellis 41 PF/SF So Nikola Dragovic 42 C Fr Kevin Love 55 PG/SG Sr Matt Lee [edit] Depth Chart Depth Point Guard Shooting Guard Small Forward Power Forward Center 1 Darren Collison Russell Westbrook Josh Shipp Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Kevin Love 2 Russell Westbrook Josh Shipp Michael Roll Alfred Aboya Lorenzo Mata-Real 3 Josh Shipp Michael Roll Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Nicola Dragovic Alfred Aboya 4 Michael Roll Mustafa Abdul-Hamid Chace Stanback Lorenzo Mata-Real James Keefe 5 Mustafa Abdul-Hamid DeAndre Robinson — James Keefe — 6 Matt Lee — — — — 7 Joey Ellis — — — — [edit] Schedule and results The UCLA Bruins played 31 regular season games, including 18 straight Pac-10 games from January 3 to March 8.[10] Date Opponent Location Result Overall Conf. Exhibition Games November 2, 2007 Azusa Pacific Pauley Pavilion W 111-61 0-0 0-0 November 5, 2007 Chico State Pauley Pavilion W 93-55 0-0 0-0 Regular Season November 9, 2007 Portland State Pauley Pavilion W 69-48 1-0 0-0 November 12, 2007 Youngstown State Pauley Pavilion1 W 83-52 2-0 0-0 November 13, 2007 Cal State San Bernardino Pauley Pavilion1 W 76-41 3-0 0-0 November 19, 2007 Maryland Sprint Center1 W 71-59 4-0 0-0 November 20, 2007 #11 Michigan State Sprint Center1 W 68-63 5-0 0-0 November 23 2007 Yale Pauley Pavilion W 81-47 6-0 0-0 November 28, 2007 George Washington Pauley Pavilion W 83-60 7-0 0-0 December 2, 2007 #8 Texas Pauley Pavilion2 L 63-61 7-1 0-0 December 8, 2007 Davidson Honda Center3 W 75-63 8-1 0-0 December 15, 2007 Idaho State Pauley Pavilion W 89-49 9-1 0-0 December 18, 2007 Western Illinois Pauley Pavilion W 77-52 10-1 0-0 December 22, 2007 Michigan Crisler Arena W 69-54 11-1 0-0 December 29, 2007 UC Davis Pauley Pavilion W 76-48 12-1 0-0 January 3, 2008 #20 Stanford Maples Pavilion W 76-67 13-1 1-0 January 5, 2008 California Haas Pavilion W 70-58 14-1 2-0 January 10, 2008 Washington Pauley Pavilion W 69-55 15-1 3-0 January 12, 2008 #4 Washington State Pauley Pavilion W 81-74 16-1 4-0 January 19, 2008 USC Pauley Pavilion L 72-63 16-2 4-1 January 24, 2008 Oregon McArthur Court W 80-75 17-2 5-1 January 26, 2008 Oregon State Gill Coliseum W 85-62 18-2 6-1 January 31, 2008 Arizona State Pauley Pavilion W 84-51 19-2 7-1 February 2, 2008 Arizona Pauley Pavilion W 82-60 20-2 8-1 February 7, 2008 #17 Washington State Beasley Coliseum W 67-59 21-2 9-1 February 10, 2008 Washington Bank of America Arena L 71-61 21-3 9-2 February 17, 2008 USC Galen Center W 56-46 22-3 10-2 February 21, 2008 Oregon State Pauley Pavilion W 84-49 23-3 11-2 February 23, 2008 Oregon Pauley Pavilion W 75-65 24-3 12-2 February 28, 2008 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena W 79-40 25-3 13-2 March 2, 2008 Arizona McKale Center W 68-66 26-3 14-2 March 6, 2008 #7 Stanford Pauley Pavilion W 77-67 (OT) 27-3 15-2 March 8, 2008 California Pauley Pavilion W 81-80 28-3 16-2 Pacific-10 Conference Tournament March 13, 2008 California Staples Center W 88-66 29-3 16-2 March 14, 2008 USC Staples Center W 57-54 30-3 16-2 March 15, 2008 #11 Stanford Staples Center W 67-64 31-3 16-2 NCAA Tournament March 20, 2008 Miss. Valley State Honda Center W 70-29 32-3 16-2 March 22, 2008 Texas A&M Honda Center W 51-49 33-3 16-2 March 27, 2008



Western Kentucky US Airways Center W 88-78 34-3 16-2 March 29, 2008 #12 Xavier US Airways Center W 76-57 35-3 16-2 April 5, 2008 #3 Memphis Alamodome L 78-63 35-4 16-2 *Conference games in green. Opponent rankings from Coaches' Poll. 1 College Basketball Experience Classic 2 Big 12/Pac-10 Challenge 3John R. Wooden Classic [edit] Awards UCLA's Kevin Love on the perimeter at Pac 10 Championship game against Stanford at Staples Center, Los Angeles, 2008. Ben Howland and the UCLA bench looks on from the sideline.Pac-10 Player of the Year Kevin Love[11] Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Kevin Love[11] Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year Russell Westbrook[11] All-Pac-10 first team Kevin Love[11] All-Pac-10 second team Darren Collison[11] All-Pac-10 third team Russell Westbrook[11] Pac-10 All-Defensive team Darren Collison[11] Russell Westbrook[11] Kevin Love (honorable mention)[11] Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (honorable mention)[11] Pac-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player Darren Collison[6] Pac-10 All-Tournament Team Kevin Love[12] Russell Westbrook[12] U.S. Basketball Writers Association First Team All-America Kevin Love[13] Oscar Robertson Trophy nominee Kevin Love[14] U.S. Basketball Writers Association District IX Player of the Year Kevin Love[15] U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District IX team Kevin Love[15] Darren Collison[15] Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week Kevin Love — November 19-25[16] Kevin Love — January 7-13[17] Kevin Love — January 21-27[18] Darren Collison — February 12-18[19] [edit] See also 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings [edit] External links UCLA Bruins men's basketball official website [edit] References ^ a b "ESPN.com - 2007-08 rankings". Retrieved on 2008-02-25. ^ "Love leads Bruins to third straight Final Four". The Sports Network (2008-03-30). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Memo to the NBA: Love IS All You Need". www.SportsHubLA.com (2008-03-29). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Love is all you need, or at least so it seems". Daily Bruin (2008-03-03). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "UCLA 2007-08 team statistics". Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ a b "This week in Pac-10 men's basketball". Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "2007-08 UCLA Bruins roster". Retrieved on 2007-12-01. ^ "Hazzard To Give Up Number". Retrieved on 04-02-15. ^ "Retired Jerseys at UCLA". Retrieved on 2008-04-15. ^ "2007-08 UCLA Bruins schedule". Retrieved on 2007-12-01. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "UCLA Dominates Pac-10 Player of the Year Honors" (2007-03-10). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ a b "Pac-10 News" (2007-03-17). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Love Named USBWA First Team All-America" (2007-03-17). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Kevin Love nominated for Oscar Robertson Trophy" (2007-03-05). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ a b c "Love Named Sporting News All-American, USBWA Player of the Year" (2007-03-11).



Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Kevin Love named Pacific-10 Player of the Week" (2007-11-26). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Kevin Love named Pacific-10 Player of the Week" (2008-01-14). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Kevin Love named Pacific-10 Player of the Week" (2008-01-28). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. ^ "Darren Collison Named U.S. Bank Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week" (2008-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. [hide]v • d • eUCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Seasons 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Bold connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007-08_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" Categories: UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons | 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season