2007–08 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 3rd year head coach Charles E. Ramsey, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–8 in MAC play. They team finished 2nd in the MAC West. They were knocked out in the 2nd round of the MAC Tournament by Western Michigan. The team captains were Carlos Medlock, Travis Lewis and Jesse Bunkley.

2007–08 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record14–17 (8–8 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 13 3   .813 28 7   .800
Akron 11 5   .688 24 11   .686
Ohio 9 7   .563 20 13   .606
Miami (OH) 9 7   .563 17 16   .515
Bowling Green 7 9   .438 13 16   .448
Buffalo 3 13   .188 10 20   .333
West
Western Michigan 12 4   .750 20 12   .625
Central Michigan 8 8   .500 14 17   .452
Eastern Michigan 8 8   .500 14 17   .452
Toledo 7 8   .467 11 19   .367
Ball State 5 11   .313 6 24   .200
Northern Illinois 3 12   .200 6 22   .214
2008 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown HS/Previous
0 Nenad Banjanin Forward 6–7 215 Senior Belgrade, Serbia Lon Morris J.C.
2 Solomon Farris Wing 6–4 200 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Osborn
3 Carlos Medlock Guard 6–0 186 Junior Detroit, Michigan Murray Wright
5 Tyler Jones Guard 6–2 210 Junior Belleville, Michigan Belleville
10 Jarred Axon Guard 5–11 180 Senior Jackson, Michigan Schoolcraft C.C
12 L.J. Frazier Guard 5–10 160 Freshman Ypsilanti, Michigan Ypsilanti
15 Will Cooper Wing 6–6 180 Redshirt Freshman Detroit, Michigan Bridgton Academy
20 Zane Gay Guard 6–5 201 Junior Olivet, Michigan Olivet
21 Wendale Farrow Wing 6–7 210 Junior Sacramento, California American River J.C.
22 Merlynd Ameti Guard 6–0 175 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Annapolis
23 Jesse Bunkley Guard 6–5 208 Senir Detroit, Michigan Mott C.C.
25 Justin Dobbins Forward 6–8 240 Sophomore Cleveland, Ohio Glenville
32 Travis Lewis Guard 6–2 200 Senior Kalamazoo, Michigan Loy Norrix
33 Brandon Bowdry Forward 6–6 229 Sophomore St. Louis, Missouri Taylor (Mich.) Truman
34 Kyle Dodd Center 6–11 210 Junior Rockwood, Ontario John F. Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute

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Coaching staff

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Name Position College Graduating year
Charles Ramsey Head coach Eastern Michigan University 1992
Derrick McDowell Associate Coach Stetson University 1983
Carl Thomas Assistant coach Eastern Michigan University 2000
Dave Donnelly Assistant coach Sauk Valley College 1995
Rich Marion Director of Basketball Operations Eastern Michigan 1996

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
October 31, 2007*
8:00 pm
Northwood
Exhibition
W 75–56 
 17  Axon   7  Banjanin     N/A  Convocation Center 
Ypsilanti, Michigan
November 9, 2007*
12:00 pm
Brown
Education Day
L 55–74  0–1
 15  Farrow   6  Axon, Farrow   6  Medlock  Convocation Center (2136)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
November 11, 2007*
4:00 pm
Radford W 72–55  1–1
 16  Medlock   9  Farrow   4  Axon, Medlock  Convocation Center (489)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
November 17, 2007*
6:00 pm
at Oakland L 71–86  1–2
 19  Bunkley   7  Farrow   5  Axon  Athletics Center O'rena (1825)
Auburn Hills, Michigan
November 21, 2007*
7:00 pm
at Manhattan W 61–57  2–2
 22  Dobbins   14  Dobbins   9  Medlock  Draddy Gymnasium (1647)
Bronx, New York
November 24, 2007*
4:00 pm
at St. Bonaventure W 63–60  3–2
 17  Bunkley   9  Dobbins   6  Medlock  Reilly Center (3689)
St. Bonaventure, New York
November 28, 2007*
7:00 pm
Detroit L 68–72  3–3
 21  Medlock   5  Dobins, Dodd, Lewis   3  Bunkley  Convocation Center (1099)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
December 01, 2007*
7:00 pm
at Notre Dame L 65–76  3–4
 26  Dobbins   4  Jones, Lewis   6  Medlock  Edmund P. Joyce Center (9277)
Notre Dame, Indiana
December 04, 2007*
7:00 pm
Illinois State W 72–63  4–4
 18  Medlock   8  Dobbins   3  Bunkley  Convocation Center (385)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
December 22, 2007*
2:00 pm
at 
Temple
L 55–58  4–5
 19  Medlock   10  Lewis   3  Lewis, Medlock  Liacouras Center (3725)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 28, 2007*
5:00 pm
vs. No. 25 Rhode Island
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islander Invitational
L 75–92  4–6
 12  Gay   4  Farrow   4  Medlock  American Bank Center (2065)
Corpus Christi, Texas
December 29, 2007*
8:30 pm
at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islander Invitational
L 72–75 OT 4–7
 16  Medlock   7  Lewis   6  Medlock  American Bank Center (1807)
Corpus Christi, Texas
January 02, 2008*
7:00 pm
Chicago State L 68–72  4–8
 16  Bunkley   11  Lewis   6  Medlock  Convocation Center (507)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
January 06, 2008
2:00 pm
at Central Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
L 53–62  4–9
(0–1)
 10  Gay   5  Dobbins, Lewis, Medlock   5  Medlock  Daniel P. Rose Center (1544)
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
January 12, 2008
4:00 pm
Western Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
W 81–71  5–9
(1–1)
 16  Medock   11  Lewis   3  Lewis, Medlock  Convocation Center (1397)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
January 16, 2008
7:00 pm
at Northern Illinois W 65–61  6–9
(2–1)
 23  Axon   7  Dobbins   4  Gay  Convocation Center (1653)
DeKalb, Illinois
January 19, 2008
1:00 pm, Comcast
at Ball State L 60–64  6–10
(2–2)
 21  Medlock   6  Lewis   4  Benjanin, Medlock  John E. Worthen Arena (2949)
Muncie, Indiana
January 22, 2008
7:00 pm, Comcast Local
Toledo W 68–44  7–10
(3–2)
 20  Medlock   7  Lewis   6  Bunkley  Convocation Center (879)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
January 26, 2008
4:00 pm
at Miami L 52–65  7–11
(3–3)
 15  Medlock   7  Lewis   7  Lewis  Millett Hall (2464)
Oxford, Ohio
January 30, 2008
7:00 pm
Kent State L 67–77  7–12
(3–4)
 17  Medlock   8  Farrow   3  Axon, Lewis  Convocation Center (559)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
February 02, 2008
7:00 pm
at Akron L 61–80  7–13
(3–5)
 17  Jones   5  Lewis   3  Cooper  James A. Rhodes Arena (4301)
Akron, Ohio
February 06, 2008
7:00 pm
Ohio W 63–56  8–13
(4–5)
 18  Axon   6  Medlock   5  Medlock  Convocation Center (344)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
February 10, 2008
4:00pm
at Buffalo L 64–68  8–14
(4–6)
 15  Bunkley   8  Medlock   6  Medlock  Alumni Arena (2069)
Amherst, New York
February 13, 2008
7:00 pm, Comcast Local
Bowling Green W 78–68  9–14
(5–6)
 26  Medlock   6  Gay   5  Medlock  Convocation Center (479)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
February 16, 2008
2:00 pm
Central Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
W 67–64  10–14
(6–6)
 15  Dobbins   6  Dobbins, Lewis   2  Axon, Bunkley, Dobbins, Lewis  Convocation Center (1797)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
February 20, 2008
9:00 pm, ESPNU
at Western Michigan
Michigan MAC Trophy
L 52–70  10–15
(6–7)
 11  Medlock   5  Bunkley   3  Bunkley, Medlock  University Arena (3014)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
February 23, 2008*
4:00 pm
Southeast Missouri State
ESPN Bracket Buster
W 86–82  11–15
 29  Axon   7  Jones   6  Medlock  Convocation Center (1139)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
March 01, 2008
2:00pm, Ball State Sports Network
Ball State W 75–64  12–15
(7–7)
 20  Medlock   9  Lewis   6  Medlock  Convocation Center (768)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
March 04, 2008
7:00pm
at Toledo L 63–72  12–16
(7–8)
 20  Medlock   7  Bunkley   4  Bunkley  Savage Arena (3322)
Toledo, Ohio
March 9, 2008
2:00pm
Northern Illinois
Senior Day
W 82–63  13–16
(8–8)
 23  Medlock   9  Lewis   5  Medlock  Convocation Center (827)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
March 12, 2008
12:30pm
vs. Ball State
MAC Tournament
W 59–55  14–16
(6–10)
 21  Dobbins   10  Lewis   3  Dobbins  Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, Ohio
March 13, 2008
12:00pm, FSN Ohio, FSN Plus
vs. Western Michigan
MAC Tournament
L 62–70  14–17
 15  Bunkley   8  Lewis   4  Medlock  Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, Ohio
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Awards

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All-MAC Honorable Mention

  • Carlos Medlock[3]

MAC Player of the Week

  • Nov. 13,2007 Carlos Medlock

Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islander Invitational

  • Carlos Medlock[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2007 Men's Basketball Roster". EMUEagles. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "2008 EMU". MAC Sports. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "MAC Record Book" (PDF). MAC Sports. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "Eastern Michigan vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12–29–07 at Corpus Christi, Texas (American Bank))". www.emueagles.com. Retrieved January 4, 2016.