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2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team

2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball
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SEC regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division East
2007–08 record 31–5 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach Bruce Pearl
Assistant coach Tony Jones
Assistant coach Steve Forbes
Assistant coach Jason Shay
Home arena Thompson–Boling Arena
Seasons
← 2006–07
2008–09 →
2007–08 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
#5 Tennessee 14 2   .875     31 5   .861
Kentucky 12 4   .750     18 13   .581
#19 Vanderbilt 10 6   .625     26 8   .765
Florida 8 8   .500     24 12   .667
South Carolina 5 11   .313     14 18   .438
Georgia 4 12   .250     17 17   .500
West
Mississippi State 12 4   .750     23 11   .676
Arkansas 9 7   .563     23 12   .657
Ole Miss 7 9   .438     24 11   .686
LSU 6 10   .375     13 18   .419
Alabama 5 11   .313     17 16   .515
Auburn 4 12   .250     14 16   .467
SEC Tournament winner
As of April 7, 2008; Rankings from AP Poll

To begin a highly touted year, the 2007 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team traveled to Europe and played a few European teams going 4–1 against them. The Vols were hurt when Sophomore F Duke Crews was suspended. Crews suffered a 30-day suspension, but missed both exhibition games with an ankle injury. UT's first exb. game was against the California-Pennsylvania Vulcans, winning handily, 106–46. The University of Tennessee lead the SEC in unrelated Smiths (JaJaun, Tyler, and Ramar). Crews also missed about a month due to heart problems. The Vols finished 31–5, winning the SEC regular season championship, for the first time since 2000. But the Vols lost in the 3rd round of both the SEC and NCAA Tournament.

Legend: C = Team Captain

Steven Pearl, Quinn Cannington, Tanner Wild, Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Justin Jackson, Brett Jackson

Head Coach: Bruce Pearl, Associate Coach: Tony Jones, Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes, Assistant Coach: Jason Shay, Director of Basketball Operations: Ken Johnson


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