2007–08 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2007–08 Idaho Vandals men's basketball

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	8–21 (5–11 WAC)
Head coach	George Pfeifer (2nd season)
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum
Seasons← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 WAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah State	12	–	4	.750	24	–	11	.686
Nevada	12	–	4	.750	21	–	12	.636
New Mexico State	12	–	4	.750	21	–	14	.600
Boise State †	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Hawaii	7	–	9	.438	11	–	19	.367
Idaho	5	–	11	.313	8	–	21	.276
Fresno State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	19	.406
San Jose State	4	–	12	.250	13	–	19	.406
Louisiana Tech	3	–	13	.188	6	–	24	.200

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2007–08 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Vandals were led by second-year head coach George Pfeifer and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 8–20 overall in the regular season and 5–11 in conference play, tied for sixth in the standings. They met host New Mexico State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament and lost by twenty points.

Pfeiefer was fired days later, succeeded by Don Verlin, an assistant at Utah State under Stew Morrill.

Postseason result

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
WAC Tournament
Thu, March 13	at (3) New Mexico State Quarterfinal	L 53–73	8–21	Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

sports-reference.com 2007-08 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
Jones, Hugh (March 21, 2008). "Pfeifer dismissed". Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). p. B5.
"Pfeifer fired after two seasons, 12-48 record". ESPN. Associated Press. March 21, 2008. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
Lee, Greg (March 25, 2008). "Verlin takes 'bird in hand'". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Retrieved April 22, 2019.
Jones, Hugh (March 25, 2008). "Spear welcomes new coach". Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). p. 11.

External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 2007–08 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 2008 editions

v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 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 2024–25

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