2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

	2007–08 Big 12 Men's Basketball Standings
	† Big 12 Tournament winner v; t; e;

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
National Champions; Big 12 Tournament Champions; Big 12 Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament; Championship Game, W 75–68 v. Memphis
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#4
2007–08 record	37–3 (13–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Self
Assistant coach	Danny Manning
Assistant coach	Joe Dooley
Assistant coach	Kurtis Townsend
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
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The 2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 2007–2008. The team was led by Bill Self in his fifth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. The team won the 2007–2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, marking the third tournament title in the school's history and fifth national title overall.

Recruiting

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Chase Buford SG	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Heights HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A
Chase Buford SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 71
Cole Aldrich C	Bloomington, MN	Jefferson HS	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Nov 1, 2005
Cole Aldrich C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97
Tyrel Reed PG	Burlington, KS	Burlington HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Nov 15, 2006
Tyrel Reed PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93
Conner Teahan SF	Leawood, KS	Rockhurst HS (Kansas City, MO)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Feb 26, 2007
Conner Teahan SF	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 34 Rivals: NR ESPN: NR
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Roster

2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
C	45	Cole Aldrich	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	—	Bloomington, MN
F	00	Darrell Arthur	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	—	Dallas, TX
G	11	Brennan Bechard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	—	Lawrence, KS
G	22	Chase Buford	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	—	San Antonio, TX
G	10	Jeremy Case	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	—	McAlester, OK
G	15	Mario Chalmers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	—	Anchorage, AK
G	4	Sherron Collins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Crane Tech	Chicago, IL
F	32	Darnell Jackson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	—	Oklahoma City, OK
C	24	Sasha Kaun	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	—	Melbourne, FL
C	54	Matt Kleinmann	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	—	Overland Park, KS
G	12	Brady Morningstar	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	So	—	Lawrence, KS
G	14	Tyrel Reed	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	—	Burlington, KS
G	3	Russell Robinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	—	New York, NY
G	25	Brandon Rush	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	—	Kansas City, MO
G	5	Rodrick Stewart	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	—	Seattle, WA
G	2	Conner Teahan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	—	Leawood, KS
G	40	Brad Witherspoon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	—	Humboldt, KS

Head coach

Bill Self

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
2007/11/01* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	Pittsburg State	W 94–59		Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
2007/11/06* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	Fort Hays State	W 93–56		Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Regular season
2007/11/09* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	Louisiana-Monroe	W 107–78	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/11/11* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	UMKC Jayhawk Invitational	W 85–62	2–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/11/15* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	Washburn Jayhawk Invitational	W 92–60	3–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/11/21* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	Northern Arizona Jayhawk Invitational	W 87–46	4–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/11/25* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	#4	Arizona Jayhawk Invitational/Big 12-Pac-10 Hardwood Series	W 76–72 ^OT	5–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/11/28* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#4	Florida Atlantic	W 87–49	6–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/12/02* 1:00 p.m., FSN	#4	at #24 USC	W 59–55	7–0	Galen Center (10,017) Los Angeles, California
2007/12/05* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#3	Eastern Washington	W 85–47	8–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/12/08* 1:00 p.m., ESPN	#3	DePaul	W 84–66	9–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/12/15* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	#3	vs. Ohio American Century Investments Shootout	W 88–51	10–0	Sprint Center (18,482) Kansas City, Missouri
2007/12/18* 6:00 p.m., ESPN	#3	at Georgia Tech	W 71–66	11–0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,191) Atlanta, Georgia
2007/12/22* 12:00 p.m., J-TV	#3	Miami (OH)	W 78–54	12–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2007/12/29* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#3	Yale	W 86–53	13–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/01/05* 11:00 a.m., ESPN	#3	at Boston College	W 85–60	14–0	Conte Forum (8,606) Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
2008/01/08* 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#3	Loyola (MD)	W 90–60	15–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/01/12 8:00 p.m., ESPN	#3	at Nebraska	W 79–58	16–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,829) Lincoln, Nebraska
2008/01/14 7:00 p.m., ESPN	#3	Oklahoma	W 85–55	17–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/01/19 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	#3	at Missouri	W 76–70	18–0	Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, Missouri
2008/01/23 6:00 p.m., ESPN	#2	Iowa State	W 83–59	19–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/01/26 12:45 p.m., BIG 12-ESPN+	#2	Nebraska	W 84–49	20–0	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/01/30 7:00 p.m., BIG 12-ESPN+	#2	at #24 Kansas State	L 75–84	20–1	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, Kansas
2008/02/02 2:30 p.m., ABC	#2	at Colorado	W 72–59	21–1	Coors Events Center (10,347) Boulder, Colorado
2008/02/04 8:00 p.m., ESPN	#5	Missouri	W 90–71	22–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/02/09 7:00 p.m., J-TV	#5	Baylor	W 100–90	23–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/02/11 8:00 p.m., ESPN	#3	at #11 Texas	L 69–72	23–2	Frank Erwin Center (16,755) Austin, Texas
2008/02/16 12:45 p.m., BIG 12-ESPN+	#3	Colorado	W 69–45	24–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/02/23 3:00 p.m., CBS	#5	at Oklahoma State	L 60–61	24–3	Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,905) Stillwater, Oklahoma
2008/02/27 6:00 p.m., ESPN	#7	at Iowa State	W 75–64	25–3	Hilton Coliseum (13,624) Ames, Iowa
2008/03/01 8:00 p.m., ESPN	#7	Kansas State	W 88–74	26–3	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/03/03 8:00 p.m., ESPN	#6	Texas Tech	W 109–51	27–3	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
2008/03/08 3:00 p.m., CBS	#6	at Texas A&M	W 72–55	28–3	Reed Arena (12,054) College Station, Texas
Big 12 Tournament
2008/03/14 6:00 p.m., BIG 12-ESPN+	#5	vs. Nebraska Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship	W 64–54	29–3	Sprint Center (18,897) Kansas City, Missouri
2008/03/15 3:20 p.m., BIG 12-ESPN+	#5	vs. Texas A&M Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship	W 77–71	30–3	Sprint Center (18,897) Kansas City, Missouri
2008/03/16 2:00 p.m., ESPN	#5	vs. #6 Texas Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship	W 84–74	31–3	Sprint Center (19,047) Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
2008/03/20 11:25 a.m., CBS	#4 (1)	vs. (16)Portland State NCAA Div. I Tournament Midwest Subregional	W 85–61	32–3	Qwest Center Omaha (17,839) Omaha, Nebraska
2008/03/22 5:50 p.m., CBS	#4 (1)	vs. (8) UNLV NCAA Div. I Tournament Midwest Subregional	W 75–56	33–3	Qwest Center Omaha (17,162) Omaha, Nebraska
2008/03/28 8:50 p.m., CBS	#4 (1)	vs. (12) Villanova NCAA Div. I Tournament Midwest Regional Semifinal	W 72–57	34–3	Ford Field (57,028) Detroit, Michigan
2008/03/30 4:05 p.m., CBS	#4 (1)	vs. #23 (10) Davidson NCAA Div. I Tournament Midwest Regional Final	W 59–57	35–3	Ford Field (57,563) Detroit, Michigan
2008/04/05 8:47 p.m., CBS	#4 (1)	vs. #1 (1) North Carolina NCAA Div. I Tournament National Semifinal	W 84–66	36–3	Alamo Dome (43,718) San Antonio, Texas
2008/04/07 8:21 p.m., CBS	#4 (1)	vs. #3 (1) Memphis NCAA Div. I Tournament National Championship Game	W 75–68 ^OT	37–3	Alamo Dome (43,257) San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parenthesis. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	6	5	4	4	–
Coaches	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	5	3	5	7	6	5	4	1

Awards

Big 12 Sixth Man Award^[1]: Sherron Collins (Sophomore, Guard); he is the first KU player to receive the award
Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week: Darnell Jackson (Senior, Forward), January 7 (co-winner)^[2]; Brandon Rush (Junior, Guard), March 3 (co-winner)^[3]; Sherron Collins, March 9 (co-winner)^[4]
All-Big 12 Teams^[1]: Darrell Arthur (Sophomore, Forward), First Team; Brandon Rush, First Team; he is just the second player in Big 12 history to be a three-time All-Big 12 First Team choice; Mario Chalmers (Junior, Guard), Second Team; Darnell Jackson, Third Team
Big 12 All-Defensive Team^[1]: Mario Chalmers; it is his third straight season; Russell Robinson (Senior, Guard); it is his third straight season
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team^[5]: Brandon Rush, as Most Outstanding Player; Mario Chalmers
NCAA (Midwest) Regional All-Tournament Team^[6]: Brandon Rush; Mario Chalmers; Sasha Kaun (Senior, Center)
NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player^[7]: Mario Chalmers

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	Conf			Overall
2007–08 Big 12 Men's Basketball Standings
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
† Big 12 Tournament winner v t e