2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball team

2007–08 USC Trojans men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record0–11 (21 wins, 1 loss vacated) (0–7 Pac-10, 11 wins vacated)
Head coach
Seasons
2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA† 16 – 2   .889 35 – 4   .897
No. 11 Stanford 13 – 5   .722 28 – 8   .778
No. 21 Washington State 11 – 7   .611 26 – 9   .743
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
USC* 0 – 7   .000 0 – 12   .000
† Conference tournament winner
As of April 5, 2008
Rankings from AP Poll
*USC vacated 11 conference and 21 overall wins,
due to NCAA rules violations.

Class of 2007

[1][2][3]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Mamadou Diarra
C 		Tarzana, CA Stoneridge Preparatory School 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Mar 30, 2007 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Davon Jefferson
SF 		Patterson, NC Patterson School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Feb 22, 2006 
Star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 40
Angelo Johnson
PG 		Tarzana, CA Stoneridge Preparatory School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Apr 13, 2007 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
O. J. Mayo
PG 		Huntington, WV Huntington HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Nov 15, 2006 
Star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 98
Marcus Simmons
SG 		Alexandria, LA Peabody Magnet HS 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Nov 15, 2006 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 93
Overall Recruiting Rankings:     Scout – 13     Rivals – 2 [4]     ESPN –

Roster

Number Name Height Position Class
0 Kyle Austin 6–7 F SO
33 RouSean Cromwell 6–11 F JR
43 Kasey Cunningham 6–7 F FR
14 Mamadou Diarra 7-0 F FR
3 James Dunleavy 6–6 G FR
22 Taj Gibson 6–9 F SO
30 Terence Green 5-11 G JR
13 Daniel Hackett 6–5 G SO
5 Davon Jefferson 6–8 F FR
1 Angelo Johnson 5-11 F FR
21 Dwight Lewis 6–5 G SO
32 O. J. Mayo 6–5 G FR
20 Marcus Simmons 6–6 G FR
2 Ryan Wetherell 5–11 G SO
23 Keith Wilkinson 6–10 F JR

Schedule

Date Location Opponent rank Result Score Record Pac-10 Record
11/10/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Mercer 18 L 81-96 0-1
11/15/2007 McAlister Field House – Charleston, SC The Citadel W 74-47 1-1
11/17/2007 Colonial Center – Columbia, SC South Carolina W 85-75 2–1
11/22/2007 (ESPN2) Anaheim Convention Center – Anaheim, CA - Anaheim Classic San Diego W 60-50 3-1
11/23/2007 (ESPNU) Anaheim Convention Center – Anaheim, CA – Anaheim Classic Miami (OH) W 57-53 4-1
11/25/2007 (ESPN2) Anaheim Convention Center – Anaheim, CA - Anaheim Classic #18 Southern Illinois W 70-45 5-1
11/29/2007 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA - Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series Oklahoma 24 W 66-55 6-1
12/02/2007 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA #4 Kansas 24 L 55-59 6-2
12/04/2007 (ESPN) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY #2 Memphis (Jimmy V Classic) L 58-62 6-3
12/17/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Delaware State W 83-54 7-3
12/22/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Cal Poly W 78-55 8-3
12/29/2007 (Trojan TV All-Access) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA UC Riverside W 70-57 9-3
1/3/2008 Haas Pavilion – Berkeley, CA California L 82-92 9–4 0–1
1/5/2008 (FSNPT) Maples Pavilion – Palo Alto, CA #20 Stanford L 46-52 9-5 0-2
1/10/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA #4 Washington State L 58-73 9-6 0-3
1/12/2008 (FSNPT) Galen Cener – Los Angeles, CA Washington W 66-51 10-6 1-3
1/19/2008 (CBS) Pauley Pavilion – Los Angeles, CA #4 UCLA W 72-63 11–6 2–3
1/24/2008 (FSN West) Gill Coliseum – Corvallis, OR Oregon State W 68-44 12-6 3–3
1/26/2008 (FSN) McArthur Court – Eugene, OR Oregon W 95-86 13-6 4–3
1/31/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Arizona L 69-80 13-7 4-4
2/2/2008 (FSNPT) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Arizona State W 67-53 14-7 5-4
2/7/2008 (FSNPT) Bank of America Arena – Seattle, WA Washington W 73-59 15-7 6–4
2/9/2008 (ABC) Friel Court – Pullman, WA #17 Washington State L 50-74 15-8 6–5
2/17/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA #6 UCLA L 46-56 15–9 6–6
2/21/2008 (FSN) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Oregon W 81-75 16-9 7-6
2/23/2008 (FSN West) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Oregon State W 81-53 17-9 8-6
2/28/2008 (ESPN) McKale Center – Tucson, AZ Arizona W 70-58 18-9 9-6
3/1/2008 (FSNPT) Wells Fargo Arena – Tempe, AZ Arizona State L 66-80 18-10 9-7
3/6/2008 Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA California W 93-89 OT 19-10 10-7
3/8/2008 (CBS) Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA Stanford W 77-64 20-10 11-7
3/13/2008 (FSN) Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA - 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament Arizona State W 59-55 21-10
3/14/2008 (FSN) Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA - 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament #2 UCLA L 54-57 21-11
3/20/2008 (CBS) Qwest Center Omaha – Omaha, NE - NCAA tournament Kansas State L 67-80 21-12

Rankings reflect the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Regular season

Pacific-10 tournament

In the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament, the Trojans lost to UCLA, featuring Kevin Love, in the semi-finals. Both Mayo and Love were selected to the All-Pac-10 tournament team. In his NCAA tournament debut with the Trojans, Mayo scored 20 points as USC was beaten by Kansas State and freshman Michael Beasley.

  • Quarterfinals (March 13)
    • UCLA 88, California 66
  • Semifinals (March 14)
    • UCLA 57, USC 54

NCAA tournament

Seeding in brackets

  • Midwest
    • Kansas State (11) 80, Southern California (6) 67

[5]

Awards and honors

  • O. J. Mayo, All-Pac-10 tournament team

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 3 O. J. Mayo Minnesota Timberwolves

[6]

Punishment for NCAA rules violations

On January 3, 2010, USC announced it would punish the Men's Basketball Program for rules violations committed in the 2007–2008 season, when O. J. Mayo attended USC and Tim Floyd was still the head coach. Mayo received improper benefits in violation of NCAA rules while at USC, and Floyd was found to have assisted in the obtainment of these improper benefits. USC has declared Mayo was therefore ineligible to play in 2007–2008, and as a result, USC has vacated all wins from the 2007–2008 regular season, dropping their record to 1–32. The one win would be over Arizona State during the Pac-10 Conference tournament, as USC has only announced the vacation of all wins from the 2007–2008 regular season.* [7]

Since the initial announcement reported by ESPN, USC clarified that all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including any wins during the Pac-10 Conference tournament, would be vacated and not forfeited, meaning USC's record for 2007–2008 is 0–12, not 1–32 as previously reported. Vacated wins result in no win/loss application for the team vacating the win, unlike a forfeit, in which the forfeiting team is charged with a loss, and its opponent awarded a victory.[8]

Noel M. Ragsdale, law professor, University of Southern California, is the chair of the five-member Division I Infractions Appeals Committee, which hears and acts on the findings of major violations by the Division I Committee on Infractions.[9]

References

  1. ^ USC Class of 2007 – Rivals
  2. ^ USC Class of 2007 – Scout
  3. ^ USC Class of 2007 – ESPN
  4. ^ 2007 Team Recruiting Rankings – Rivals
  5. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  6. ^ "2008 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  7. ^ "Mayo fallout: USC forfeits postseason play, wins". January 3, 2010.
  8. ^ "In Internet Era, Vacated Wins do Sting -- NCAA Football FanHouse". Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  9. ^ Infractions process Q&A[permanent dead link‍], NCAA.org, January 5, 2010