2007–08 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team
| 2007–08 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball | |
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2007–08 NIT Season Tip-Off Champions
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NCAA Second Round vs. UCLA, L 49–51
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| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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| 2007–08 record | 25–11 (8–8 Big 12) |
| Head coach | Mark Turgeon |
| Assistant coach | Scott Spinelli |
| Assistant coach | Pooh Williamson |
| Assistant coach | Byron Smith |
| Home arena | Reed Arena |
| 2007–08 Big 12 Men's Basketball Standings | ||||||
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| Team (Rank) | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT |
| Kansas (#4) † | 13 | 3 | .813 | 37 | 3 | .925 |
| Texas (#7) | 13 | 3 | .813 | 31 | 7 | .816 |
| Kansas State | 10 | 6 | .625 | 21 | 12 | .636 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 7 | .563 | 23 | 12 | .657 |
| Baylor | 9 | 7 | .563 | 21 | 11 | .656 |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | .500 | 25 | 11 | .694 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 9 | .438 | 20 | 13 | .606 |
| Texas Tech | 7 | 9 | .438 | 16 | 15 | .516 |
| Oklahoma State | 7 | 9 | .438 | 17 | 16 | .515 |
| Missouri | 6 | 10 | .375 | 16 | 16 | .500 |
| Iowa State | 4 | 12 | .250 | 14 | 18 | .438 |
| Colorado | 3 | 13 | .188 | 12 | 20 | .375 |
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The 2007–08 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team is led by first-year head coach Mark Turgeon, who replaced Billy Gillispie in April 2007. In 2006–07, the Aggies finished 27–7 (13–3 in the Big 12), advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and finished 9th in the final AP Poll — their first top 25 finish since the 1979–80 season.
The 2007–08 team won the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament. The 98–54 home win against Texas Tech matched the Aggies' largest margin of victory set in 1959 against Texas.
Six Aggie players participated in summer games during the summer prior to the start of the season. Junior Josh Carter participated in the Kobe Bryant Skills Academy in late June, and tried out for the Team USA basketball team for the 2007 Pan American Games. Though Carter was one of the 14 finalists to play for the team, he was one of the two who got eliminated. He later joined Athletes in Action to play several games in Australia. Incoming freshmen B.J. Holmes, DeAndre Jordan, and Nathan Walkup participated in the Global Games in Dallas in June. Jordan later joined Team USA for the under-19 world championship game in Serbia, where the team lost in the gold medal game. Sophomore Donald Sloan played for a different Athletes in Action team in the William Jones Cup in July. Sloan's team finished with a 5–4 record and tied for third place. Sophomore Bryan Davis played for the East Coast All-Stars, who went on a 10-day tour in Belgium and the Netherlands in August. Against the Dutch national team, Davis scored 16 points and made 11 rebounds. Davis' team finished with a 3–4 record.
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