2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Season
2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Raycom, ESPN
Regular Season
First place	North Carolina (14–2)
Runners-up	Duke (13–3)
Season MVP	Tyler Hansbrough – UNC
Tournament
Champions	North Carolina (17th)
Finals MVP	Tyler Hansbrough
Basketball seasons
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	14	–	2	.875	36	–	3	.923
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
No. 22 Clemson	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Virginia Tech	9	–	7	.563	21	–	14	.600
Miami (FL)	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
Maryland	8	–	8	.500	19	–	15	.559
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
Wake Forest	7	–	9	.438	17	–	13	.567
Florida State	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Virginia	5	–	11	.313	17	–	16	.515
Boston College	4	–	12	.250	14	–	17	.452
NC State	4	–	12	.250	15	–	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

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points per game		Rebounds per game	Assists per game		Steals per game
Tyler Hansbrough	UNC	22.6	Tyler Hansbrough	UNC	10.2	Greivis Vásquez	MD	6.8	Toney Douglas	FSU	2.7
Tyrese Rice	BC	21.0	J. J. Hickson	NCSU	8.5	Sean Singletary	UVA	6.1	Jeff Allen	VT	2.1
Sean Singletary	UVA	19.8	James Johnson	WF	8.1	Ty Lawson	UNC	5.2	Cliff Hammonds	Clem.	1.9
Jack McClinton	Mia.	17.7	James Gist	MD	7.9	Tyrese Rice	BC	5.0	K. C. Rivers	Clem.	1.9
Greivis Vásquez	MD	17.0	Jeff Allen	VT	7.6	Ishmael Smith	WF	4.7	Jeff Teague	WF	1.8

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked shots per game		Field goal percentage	Three-point FG percentage		Free throw percentage
Tyrelle Blair	BC	3.4	J. J. Hickson	NCSU	59.1	Anthony Morrow	GT	44.8	Jack McClinton	Mia.	91.9
James Gist	MD	2.3	Tyler Hansbrough	UNC	54.0	Jack McClinton	Mia.	42.7	Jon Scheyer	Duke	88.9
Bambale Osby	MD	2.1	James Gist	MD	49.6	Terrence Oglesby	Clem.	40.3	Lance Hurdle	Mia.	86.5
Trevor Booker	Clem.	1.9	DeMarcus Nelson	Duke	49.0				Sean Singletary	UVA	85.1
Chas McFarland	WF	1.6	James Johnson	WF	48.7				Tyrese Rice	BC	84.6

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
12/3/07	Wayne Ellington, UNC	Kyle Singler, Duke
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
12/31/07	Toney Douglas, FSU	J. J. Hickson, NCSU
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
1/28/08	DeMarcus Nelson, Duke	J. J. Hickson, NCSU
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
2/18/08	Tyrese Rice, BC	Jeff Teague, WF
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.

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

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

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

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

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

[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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