The 2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Mike Anderson, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri.
Pre-season
With Missouri returning four starters and eleven scholarship players from a team that surprised many by winning 18 games in head coach Mike Anderson's first year with the team, expectations were running high for the Tigers in 2007. Among the returners was the 2007 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year Stefhon Hannah. In addition, the Tigers welcomed newcomer DeMarre Carroll as a transfer from Vanderbilt. Carroll was named the Big 12's Preseason Newcomer of the Year. With all of this in mind, the Big 12 coaches selected Missouri fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll.Mizzou Basketball Picked Fifth in Big 12 Preseason Poll
The Tigers played two preseason games in 2007. The first was against the University of Missouri–St. Louis, winning this game 78–51. The second of their two preseason games was against Missouri Western State University. They won this game by a score of 113–55.
Schedule
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Roster
Name # Position Height Weight Year Home Town DeMarre Carroll 1 Forward 6–8 225 JR Birmingham, Alabama Keon Lawrence 2 Guard 6–2 175 SO Newark, New Jersey Stefhon Hannah 3 Guard 6–1 175 SR Chicago, Illinois J.T. Tiller 4 Guard 6–3 187 SO Marietta, Georgia Leo Lyons 5 Forward 6–9 240 JR Kansas City, Kansas Nick Berardini 10 Guard 6–1 190 SR Lake Forest, Illinois Jason Horton 12 Guard 6–2 190 SR Dallas, Texas Michael Anderson Jr. 13 Guard 5–11 180 SR Birmingham, Alabama Marshall Brown 15 Forward 6–6 220 SR Austin, Texas Justin Safford 23 Forward 6–8 225 FR Bloomington, Illinois Vaidotas Volkus 32 Forward 6–8 220 SR Panevėžys, Lithuania Matt Lawrence 33 Guard 6–7 203 JR Wildwood, Missouri Darryl Butterfield 35 Center 6–7 225 SR Miami, Florida
Final Season statistics
PlayerGP-GSMin/GFG%3PT%FT%R/GA/GSTLBLKPTS/G Stefhon Hannah 20–19 28.1 .430 .385 .758 3.0 5.3 38 2 14.7 Leo Lyons 31–21 22.1 .583 .077 .640 5.7 1.7 22 21 13.1 DeMarre Carroll 32–30 25.3 .536 .176 .612 6.7 1.3 36 21 13.0 Keon Lawrence 32–20 29.2 .433 .349 .758 3.3 2.4 29 16 11.0 Matt Lawrence 32–31 26.1 .369 .348 .913 2.9 0.9 25 5 8.8 J.T. Tiller 32–12 19.7 .441 .267 .788 2.3 1.8 26 8 6.8 Marshall Brown 31–3 13.1 .409 .386 .625 1.9 0.9 14 9 4.5 Darryl Butterfield 30–1 14.2 .402 .308 .611 2.0 0.6 19 1 4.0 Jason Horton 29–13 23.0 .357 .216 .786 1.9 3.2 35 0 3.8 Justin Safford 24–0 8.9 .400 .368 .538 2.2 0.6 8 8 2.3 Vaidotas Volkus 28–10 8.0 .442 .000 .778 1.6 0.2 3 6 3.1 Nick Berardini 8–0 1.5 .600 .600 .000 0.3 0.3 1 0 1.1 Michael Anderson, Jr. 16–0 4.6 .286 .200 .000 0.1 0.4 3 0 0.3 starters in bold (Determined as five players with most starts)
See also 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings List of NCAA Division I institutions
References