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2007–08 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
year	2007–08
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	Basketball
image	Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	20–14
conf_record	8–10
head_coach	Tubby Smith
asst_coach1	Ron Jirsa
asst_coach2	Saul Smith
asst_coach3	Vince Taylor
stadium	Williams Arena
tourney	[NIT First Round](2008-national-invitation-tournament) vs. Maryland
tourney_result	L 68–58

The 2007–08 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2007–2008. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith began his first year at Minnesota after leaving Kentucky in March 2007. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season

On March 7, 2007, it was announced that Tubby Smith would be leaving Kentucky after ten years to coach at Minnesota. Smith still had 4 years left on his contract, but elected to sign on for seven years with the Golden Gophers. The season was highlighted with a run in the Big Ten tournament, where the Gophers defeated Northwestern in the first round, then shocked Indiana with a last second, miraculous jump shot by Blake Hoffarber to advance to the semifinals. Blake's shot earned him the second ESPY nomination of his career. Minnesota would then lose to Illinois and be selected as a #4 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they made a first round exit on their home court.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Al Nolen	6'1"	180	G	Fr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Minneapolis Henry HS
1	Lawrence McKenzie	6'2"	180	G	RSr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Minneapolis Henry HS
Oklahoma
2	Ryan Saunders	6'1"	180	G	RJr.	Medina, MN, U.S.	Wayzata HS
3	Kevin Payton	6'5"	215	G	RSo.	Camden, NJ, U.S.	Camden HS
4	Travis Busch	6'4"	220	G/F	RSo.	Mounds View, MN, U.S.	Mounds View HS
Cal Poly
11	Jon Williams	6'9"	285	C	RJr.	St. Cloud, MN, U.S.	St. Cloud Apollo HS
Notre Dame Prep (MA)
13	Dan Coleman	6'9"	225	F	RSr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Hopkins HS
20	Lawrence Westbrook	6'0"	195	G	So.	Chandler, AZ, U.S.	Winchendon Prep
23	Brandon Smith	6'6"	220	G/F	Jr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Minneapolis Henry HS
24	Blake Hoffarber	6'4"	200	G	Fr.	Minnetonka, MN, U.S.	Hopkins HS
33	Jamal Abu-Shamala	6'5"	210	G/F	Jr.	Shakopee, MN, U.S.	Shakopee HS
34	Damian Johnson	6'7"	195	F	RSo.	Thibodaux, LA, U.S.	Thibodaux HS
50	Spencer Tollackson	6'9"	260	C	Sr.	Chaska, MN, U.S.	Chaska HS

2007–08 Schedule and results

|- ! colspan="6" style="text-align: center; background:#800000" | Exhibition |- ! colspan="6" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Regular Season

|- ! colspan="6" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten Regular Season

|- ! colspan="6" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2008 Big Ten tournament

|- ! colspan="6" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2008 National Invitation tournament

Rankings

The 2007–08 Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team was not ranked during the season.

References

(March 22, 2007). "Smith leaving Kentucky to coach Minnesota". [[ESPN]].
(July 1, 2008). "Hoffarber, Vonn receive ESPY award nominations". [[Star Tribune]].
(March 16, 2008). "Maryland To Face Minnesota in 2008 MasterCard NIT". [[Maryland Terrapins.

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