2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball

Conference	Horizon League
Record	22–14 (9–9 Horizon)
Head coach	Homer Drew
Assistant coaches	Bryce Drew Luke Gore Chris Sparks
Home arena	Athletics-Recreation Center
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Butler †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
Cleveland State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Wright State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Valparaiso	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
UIC	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Green Bay	9	–	9	.500	15	–	15	.500
Milwaukee	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Loyola Chicago	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Youngstown State	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Detroit	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† Horizon League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.

YouTube Encyclopedic

1/5
Views:
3 817
1 013
1 326
11 129
465

Transcription

Coaching staff

Homer Drew – Head coach
Bryce Drew – Associate head coach
Luke Gore – Assistant coach
Chris Sparks – Assistant coach
Tarrance Price – Director of Basketball Operations

Preseason

During the off-season, the Crusaders joined the Horizon League after previously competing in the Mid-Continent Conference.

Awards

Horizon League Player of the Week

Samuel Haanpää, week ending December 16^[1]

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No.	Position	Player
00	F	Urule Igbavboa
1	G	Michael Rogers
2	F	Benjamin Fumey
3	G	Matt Bennett
10	G	Brandon McPherson
11	C	Calum MacLeod

No.	Position	Player
13	G	Samuel Haanpää
14	G	Howard Little
23	G	Jarryd Loyd
33	G	Jake Diebler
35	F	Shawn Huff
44	F	Bryan Bouchie

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/12/2007*	Grace South Padre Island Invitational	W 90–59	1–0	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
11/15/2007*	IPFW	W 74–64	2–0	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
11/20/2007*	at Vanderbilt South Padre Island Invitational	L 78–87	2–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
11/23/2007*	vs. Maryland Eastern Shore South Padre Island Invitational	W 66–55	3–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX
11/24/2007*	vs. Austin Peay South Padre Island Invitational	W 61–47	4–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX
11/28/2007*	Western Michigan	W 77–65	5–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/01/2007* , WYIN	Ball State	W 71–58	6–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/06/2007	at Wright State	W 71–66	7–1 (1–0)	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
12/08/2007	at Detroit	W 81–68	8–1 (2–0)	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
12/11/2007* , WYIN	Evansville	W 75–67	9–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/15/2007*	Chicago State	W 90–61	10–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2007* , Big Ten Network	at Wisconsin	L 58–68	10–2	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/30/2007* , FSN	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 58–90	10–3	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
01/02/2008*	Indiana Wesleyan	W 93–46	11–3	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/05/2008	at No. 16 Butler	L 65–73	11–4 (2–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
01/10/2008 , Time Warner Sports Milwaukee	Milwaukee	L 69–71	11–5 (2–2)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/12/2008	UWGB	W 82–73	12–5 (3–2)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/17/2008 , MY-YTV	at Youngstown State	W 67–61	13–5 (4–2)	Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
01/19/2008 , STO	at Cleveland State	L 63–69	13–6 (4–3)	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
01/24/2008 , WYIN	UIC	W 60–56	14–6 (5–3)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/26/2008 , WYIN	Loyola(IL)	L 63–65	14–7 (5–4)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/05/2008 , ESPN2	No. 12 Butler	L 68–71	14–8 (5–5)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/07/2008 , WACY	at UWGB	L 71–76 ^OT	14–9 (5–6)	Resch Center Green Bay, WI
02/11/2008 , WYIN	at UIC	L 53–77	14–10 (5–7)	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
02/14/2008 , WYIN	Cleveland State	L 58–71	14–11 (5–8)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/16/2008	Youngstown State	W 77–58	15–11 (6–8)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/20/2008 , WYIN	at Loyola(IL)	L 61–68	15–12 (6–9)	Joseph J. Gentile Center Chicago, IL
02/23/2008* , ESPN Classic	Miami (Ohio) ESPNU Bracketbusters	W 99–94 ^2OT	16–12	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/25/2008 , Time Warner Sports Milwaukee	at Milwaukee	W 66–57	17–12 (7–9)	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI
02/28/2008 , WYIN	Detroit	W 59–56	18–12 (8–9)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
03/01/2008 , ESPN2	Wright State	W 75–73 ^OT	19–12 (9–9)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
03/04/2008*	UWGB 2008 Horizon League men's basketball tournament	W 75–67	20–12	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
03/07/2008*	vs. Wright State 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament	W 72–67	21–12	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/08/2008* , ESPNU	vs. Cleveland State 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament	L 73–78	21–13	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/19/2008* , Fox College Sports	at Washington 2008 College Basketball Invitational	W 72–71	22–13	Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA
03/24/2008*	at Houston 2008 College Basketball Invitational	L 67–91	22–14	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Associated Press. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ Men's Basketball Release #7^{[permanent dead link]}

v t e Valparaiso Beacons men's basketball
Venues	Hilltop Gym (1939–1984) ARC (1984–present)
Culture & lore	"The Shot"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

This page was last edited on 20 August 2023, at 20:22