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2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	2007–08
team	UCLA Bruins
image	UCLA Bruins logo.svg
image_size	200px
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
CoachRank	4
APRank	3
record	35–4
conf_record	16–2
head_coach	Ben Howland
hc_year	5th
asst_coach1	Donny Daniels
asst_coach2	Scott Duncan
asst_coach3	Scott Garson
stadium	Pauley Pavilion
champion	Pac-10 regular season & [tournament](2008-pacific-10-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament) champions
College Basketball Experience champions
bowl	[NCAA tournament](2008-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result	Final Four

College Basketball Experience champions

The 2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific-10 Conference for the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In his fifth year as head coach, Ben Howland led the team to its third straight Final Four appearance. The Bruins also set a new record number of wins for the regular season, eclipsing the 26 wins of 2006–07. Though the team was composed of many standout players, freshman center Kevin Love garnered much of the media's and school's attention with his .565 shooting percentage, 10.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 blocks, and 17.6 points per game.

The only losses the Bruins incurred during the regular season were to No. 8 Texas, and Pac-10 rivals USC and Washington, though the USC victory was later vacated upon discovery that USC player O. J. Mayo received illegal benefits while playing for USC. After becoming the Pacific-10 regular season champions and winning the Pacific-10 tournament, the Bruins were seeded No. 1 in the West Regional bracket of the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Bruins held Mississippi Valley State to 29 points, the lowest total ever allowed in the first or second round of the tournament. After reaching the Final Four for the third year in a row, the Bruins lost to Memphis, the South Regional Champions. On August 20, 2009, Memphis' 38 wins during the 2007–2008 season and Final Four appearances were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for the team's using an ineligible player, Derrick Rose.

Recruiting class

Roster

UCLA's starting lineup of ''(left to right)'' Love, Shipp, Collison, Aboya, and Mbah a Moute.

Donny Daniels (Cal State Fullerton)
Scott Duncan (College of Wooster)
Scott Garson (UC Santa Barbara) Thirteen scholarships were available to the team, and there were sixteen players on the roster. Kevin Love received permission from Walt Hazzard to wear the No. 42 he wore as player for UCLA. Hazzard's jersey had been retired by UCLA in 1996.

Schedule

Collison at the 2008 Pac-10 Championship game

Notes

Awards

UCLA's Kevin Love on the perimeter at Pac-10 Championship game against Stanford at Staples Center, Los Angeles, 2008. Ben Howland and the UCLA bench looks on from the sideline.

Pac-10 Player of the Year :Kevin Love Pac-10 Freshman of the Year :Kevin Love Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year :Russell Westbrook All-Pac-10 first team :Kevin Love All-Pac-10 second team :Darren Collison All-Pac-10 third team :Russell Westbrook Pac-10 All-Defensive team :Darren Collison :Russell Westbrook :Kevin Love (honorable mention) :Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (honorable mention) Pac-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player :Darren Collison Pac-10 All-Tournament Team :Kevin Love :Russell Westbrook U.S. Basketball Writers Association First Team All-America :Kevin Love Oscar Robertson Trophy nominee :Kevin Love U.S. Basketball Writers Association District IX Player of the Year :Kevin Love U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District IX team :Kevin Love :Darren Collison Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week :Kevin Love – November 19–25 :Kevin Love – January 7–13 :Kevin Love – January 21–27 :Darren Collison – February 12–18

Notes

The Bruins had the most ever wins for a final record (including postseason tournaments) as well, with 35.
Seven of the Bruins wins were vs. ranked teams (AP Top-25) at the time they played: (#11 Michigan State, #20 Stanford, #4 Washington State, #17 Washington State, #7 Stanford, #11 Stanford and #12 Xavier)

References

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(March 3, 2008). "Love is all you need, or at least so it seems". Daily Bruin.
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(September 2016). "This week in Pac-10 men's basketball".
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(March 17, 2007). "Love Named USBWA First Team All-America".
(March 5, 2007). "Kevin Love nominated for Oscar Robertson Trophy".
(March 11, 2007). "Love Named Sporting News All-American, USBWA Player of the Year".
(November 26, 2007). "Kevin Love named Pacific-10 Player of the Week".
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(February 19, 2008). "Darren Collison Named U.S. Bank Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week".

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