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2007–08 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Las Vegas Classic Champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record17–16 (5–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaColeman Coliseum
(Capacity: 15,316)
Seasons← 2006–072008–09 →
2007–08 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 5 Tennessee 14 2   .875 31 5   .861
Kentucky 12 4   .750 18 13   .581
No. 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
2008 SEC tournament winner
As of April 7, 2008
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007–08 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his tenth season as Alabama. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 95th season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 17–16, 5–11 in SEC play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament and were invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational but decline the invitation.

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 5 2007*
7:00 p.m.
North Alabama W 99–71   
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2007*
7:00 p.m.
Troy W 84–72  1–0
Coleman Coliseum (9,724)
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 13, 2007*
6:30 p.m.
at Mercer W 90–83  2–0
Hawkins Arena (3,280)
Macon, GA
November 19, 2007*
6:00 p.m.
Belmont L 83–85  2–1
Coleman Coliseum (9,094)
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 23, 2007*
7:00 p.m.
Southern Miss W 79–77  3–1
Coleman Coliseum (9,140)
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 28, 2007*
8:20 p.m., ESPNU
at No. 16 Texas A&M L 63–76  3–2
Reed Arena (10,328)
College Station, TX
December 1, 2007*
6:00 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana W 63–61  4–2
Coleman Coliseum (9,056)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 5, 2007*
6:00 p.m., ESPN
vs. No. 5 Georgetown
Pizza Hut SEC/BIG EAST Invitational
L 60–70  4–3
BJCC Arena (10,411)
Birmingham, AL
December 13, 2007*
12:00 p.m.
Nicholls State W 91–53  5–3
Coleman Coliseum (8,813)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 17, 2007*
7:00 p.m.
Wofford
Las Vegas Classic campus site game
W 80–73  6–3
Coleman Coliseum (8,478)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 19, 2007*
7:00 p.m.
Texas–Pan American
Las Vegas Classic campus site game
W 75–65  7–3
Coleman Coliseum (8,343)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 22, 2007*
7:00 p.m.
vs. Missouri State
Las Vegas Classic
W 81–73  8–3
Orleans Arena (2,145)
Las Vegas, NV
December 23, 2007*
9:30 p.m.
vs. Iowa State
Las Vegas Classic
W 83–68  9–3
Orleans Arena (2,337)
Las Vegas, NV
December 29, 2007*
5:00 p.m.
George Washington W 93–57  10–3
Coleman Coliseum (9,920)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 1, 2008*
3:30 p.m.
No. 19 Clemson L 61–87  10–4
Coleman Coliseum (9,316)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 4, 2008*
7:00 p.m.
Chicago State W 93–79  11–4
Coleman Coliseum (8,646)
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC regular season
January 8, 2008
8:00 p.m., ESPN
Florida L 83–90  11–5
(0–1)
Coleman Coliseum (12,401)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 13, 2008
3:00 p.m., Raycom
at Arkansas L 74–83  11–6
(0–2)
Bud Walton Arena (19,153)
Fayetteville, AR
January 16, 2008
6:30 p.m.
at Georgia L 54–61  11–7
(0–3)
Stegeman Coliseum (7,982)
Athens, GA
January 19, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Mississippi State L 56–66  11–8
(0–4)
Coleman Coliseum (11,290)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 26, 2008
2:00 p.m., Raycom
Auburn
Iron Bowl of basketball
W 97–77  12–8
(1–4)
Coleman Coliseum (15,316)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 20, 2008
8:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 7 Tennessee L 86–93  12–9
(1–5)
Coleman Coliseum (11,891)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 2, 2008
2:00 p.m., Raycom
LSU W 81–72  13–9
(2–5)
Coleman Coliseum (15,316)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 6, 2008
7:00 p.m.
at Mississippi State L 66–73  13–10
(2–6)
Humphrey Coliseum (9,730)
Starkville, MS
February 9. 2008
12:00 p.m., Raycom
at Kentucky L 52–62  13–11
(2–7)
Rupp Arena (24,190)
Lexington, Kentucky
February 13, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Ole Miss W 76–67  14–11
(3–7)
Coleman Coliseum (9,230)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 16, 2008
6:00 p.m.
at South Carolina L 65–67  14–12
(3–8)
Colonial Center (13,336)
Columbia, South Carolina
February 24, 2008
1:00 p.m.
at Auburn
Iron Bowl of basketball
L 76–88  14–13
(3–9)
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (10,500)
Auburn, AL
February 27, 2008
7:00 p.m., Raycom
Arkansas W 59–56  15–13
(4–9)
Coleman Coliseum (9,164)
Tuscaloosa, AL
March 1, 2008
1:00 p.m.
at Mississippi L 88–91  15–14
(4–10)
Tad Smith Coliseum (8,908)
Oxford, MS
March 5, 2008
7:00 p.m.
at LSU L 74–80  15–15
(4–11)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,136)
Baton Rouge, LA
March 8, 2008
1:00 p.m., Raycom
No. 16 Vanderbilt W 78–73  16–15
(5–11)
Coleman Coliseum (11,462)
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC tournament
March 13, 2008
6:30 p.m., Raycom
(W5) vs. (E4) Florida
First Round
W 80–69  17–15
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
March 14, 2008
6:30 p.m., Raycom
(W5) vs. (W1) Mississippi State
Quarterfinals
L 67–69  17–16
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

References

  1. "Hoops season is over for Tide- al.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  2. "." rolltide.com. Retrieved on February 11, 2021.
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