# 2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season was the 55th season for the league. The North Carolina Tar Heels won both the regular-season and conference titles. The ACC sent four teams to the NCAA tournament: North Carolina, Duke, Clemson and Miami.

## Final standings

| Team | ACC Regular Season | ACC % | ACC Home | ACC Road | All Games | All Games % | All Home | All Road | All Neutral |
| North Carolina | 14–2 | .875 | 6–2 | 8–0 | 35–2 | .946 | 14–2 | 13–0 | 9–1 |
| Duke | 13–3 | .813 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 28–6 | .824 | 15–1 | 8–2 | 5–3 |
| Clemson | 10–6 | .625 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 24–10 | .706 | 14–2 | 6–5 | 4–3 |
| Virginia Tech | 9–7 | .563 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 21–14 | .600 | 14–3 | 4–8 | 3–3 |
| Miami | 8–8 | .500 | 6–2 | 2–6 | 23–11 | .676 | 14–2 | 4–6 | 5–3 |
| Maryland | 8–8 | .500 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 19–15 | .559 | 13–6 | 6–5 | 0–4 |
| Georgia Tech | 7–9 | .438 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 15–17 | .469 | 6–7 | 6–8 | 3–2 |
| Wake Forest | 7–9 | .438 | 6–2 | 1–7 | 17–13 | .567 | 15–2 | 2–10 | 0–1 |
| Florida State | 7–9 | .438 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 19–15 | .559 | 13–5 | 4–7 | 2–3 |
| Virginia | 5–11 | .313 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 17–16 | .515 | 13–7 | 4–7 | 0–2 |
| Boston College | 4–12 | .250 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 14–17 | .452 | 11–8 | 2–7 | 1–2 |
| North Carolina State | 4–12 | .250 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 15–16 | .484 | 10–6 | 2–9 | 3–0 |

## Statistical leaders

| Points per game | | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | | Steals per game |
| Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SPG |
| Tyler Hansbrough | UNC | 22.6 | Tyler Hansbrough | UNC | 10.2 | Greivis Vásquez | MD | 6.8 | Toney Douglas | FSU | 2.7 |
| Tyrese Rice | BC | 21.0 | J. J. Hickson | NCSU | 8.5 | Sean Singletary | UVA | 6.1 | Jeff Allen | VT | 2.1 |
| Sean Singletary | UVA | 19.8 | James Johnson | WF | 8.1 | Ty Lawson | UNC | 5.2 | Cliff Hammonds | Clem. | 1.9 |
| Jack McClinton | Mia. | 17.7 | James Gist | MD | 7.9 | Tyrese Rice | BC | 5.0 | K. C. Rivers | Clem. | 1.9 |
| Greivis Vásquez | MD | 17.0 | Jeff Allen | VT | 7.6 | Ishmael Smith | WF | 4.7 | Jeff Teague | WF | 1.8 |
| Blocked shots per game | | Field goal percentage | Three-point FG percentage | | Free throw percentage |
| Player | School | BPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | 3FG% | Player | School | FT% |
| Tyrelle Blair | BC | 3.4 | J. J. Hickson | NCSU | 59.1 | Anthony Morrow | GT | 44.8 | Jack McClinton | Mia. | 91.9 |
| James Gist | MD | 2.3 | Tyler Hansbrough | UNC | 54.0 | Jack McClinton | Mia. | 42.7 | Jon Scheyer | Duke | 88.9 |
| Bambale Osby | MD | 2.1 | James Gist | MD | 49.6 | Terrence Oglesby | Clem. | 40.3 | Lance Hurdle | Mia. | 86.5 |
| Trevor Booker | Clem. | 1.9 | DeMarcus Nelson | Duke | 49.0 | | | | Sean Singletary | UVA | 85.1 |
| Chas McFarland | WF | 1.6 | James Johnson | WF | 48.7 | | | | Tyrese Rice | BC | 84.6 |

## Players of the week

Throughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough broke the ACC single-season record for player of the week honors during the 2007–08 season with eight awards. The record had previously been seven, held by JJ Redick and Antawn Jamison. The MVP of the ACC tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.
| Week | Player of the week | Rookie of the week |
| 11/12/07 | Anthony Morrow, GT | Jeff Allen, VT |
| 11/19/07 | Sean Singletary, UVA | J. J. Hickson, NCSU |
| 11/26/07 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | Kyle Singler, Duke |
| 12/3/07 | K. C. Rivers, Clem. | Kyle Singler, Duke |
| 12/3/07 | Wayne Ellington, UNC | Kyle Singler, Duke |
| 12/10/07 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | Corey Raji, BC |
| 12/17/07 | Jack McClinton, Mia. | Jeff Teague, WF |
| 12/24/07 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | Terrence Oglesby, Clem. |
| 12/31/07 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | J. J. Hickson, NCSU |
| 12/31/07 | Toney Douglas, FSU | J. J. Hickson, NCSU |
| 1/7/08 | Wayne Ellington, UNC | Kyle Singler, Duke |
| 1/14/08 | Trevor Booker, Clem. | Jeff Allen, VT |
| 1/21/08 | James Gist, MD | James Johnson, WF |
| 1/28/08 | Matt Causey, GT | J. J. Hickson, NCSU |
| 1/28/08 | DeMarcus Nelson, Duke | J. J. Hickson, NCSU |
| 2/4/08 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | Jeff Teague, WF |
| 2/11/08 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | Kyle Singler, Duke |
| 2/18/08 | Greivis Vásquez, MD | Jeff Teague, WF |
| 2/18/08 | Tyrese Rice, BC | Jeff Teague, WF |
| 2/25/08 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | Maurice Miller, GT |
| 3/3/08 | Tyrese Rice, BC | Terrence Oglesby, Clem. |
| 3/10/08 | Sean Singletary, UVA | Jeff Teague, WF |
| 3/17/08 | Tyler Hansbrough, UNC | None Selected |

## Conference honors

ACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season. Tyler Hansbrough was the unanimous choice for ACC player of the year, while Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg won conference Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Hokies to a fourth-place finish after being picked tenth in the preseason. Duke swept the remaining individual honors as Kyle Singler and DeMarcus Nelson won Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year respectively.

### Player of the year

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina

### Rookie of the year

Kyle Singler, Duke

### Coach of the year

Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech

### Defensive player of the year

DeMarcus Nelson, Duke

### All-Atlantic Coast Conference

First Team
* Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., North Carolina
* Tyrese Rice, Jr., Boston College
* Sean Singletary, Sr., Virginia
* DeMarcus Nelson, Sr., Duke
* Jack McClinton, Jr., Miami
Second Team
* Greivis Vásquez, So., Maryland
* James Gist, Sr., Maryland
* Wayne Ellington, So., North Carolina
* A. D. Vassallo, Jr., Virginia Tech
* K. C. Rivers, Jr., Clemson
Third Team
* Kyle Singler, Fr., Duke
* Cliff Hammonds, Sr., Clemson
* Toney Douglas, Jr., Florida State
* James Johnson, Fr., Wake Forest
* Greg Paulus, Jr., Duke
Honorable Mention: Ty Lawson, So., UNC; J. J. Hickson, Fr., NCSU; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; Anthony Morrow, Sr., GT

### All-ACC freshman team

* Kyle Singler, Duke
* James Johnson, Wake Forest
* J. J. Hickson, NC State
* Jeff Allen, Virginia Tech
* Jeff Teague, Wake Forest
Honorable Mention: Terrence Oglesby, Clemson

### All-ACC Defensive team

* DeMarcus Nelson, Sr., Duke
* Toney Douglas, Jr., Florida State
* Tyrelle Blair, Sr., Boston College
* Marcus Ginyard, Jr., North Carolina
* James Gist, Sr., Maryland
Honorable Mention: Cliff Hammonds, Sr., Clemson; D'Andre Bell, Jr., GT; Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., UNC; Jeff Allen, Fr., VT; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; James Mays, Sr., Clemson

## ACC tournament

See 2008 ACC men's basketball tournament

## Postseason
### NCAA tournament

ACC Record: 6–4
1 North Carolina (4–1) – Final Four
       W 16 Mount St. Mary's 113–76
       W 9 Arkansas 108–77
       W 4 Washington State 68–47
       W 3 Louisville 83–73
       L 1 Kansas 66–84
2 Duke (1–1)
       W 15 Belmont 71–70
       L 7 West Virginia 67–73
5 Clemson (0–1)
       L 12 Villanova 69–75
7 Miami (1–1)
       W 10 St, Mary's 78–64
       L 2 Texas 72–75

### NIT

ACC Record: 3–3
1 Virginia Tech (2–1)
       W 8 Morgan State 94–62
       W 5 Alabama-Birmingham 75–49
       L 2 Ole Miss 72–81
3 Florida State (0–1)
       L 6 Akron 60–63 (OT)
5 Maryland (1–1)
       W 4 Minnesota 68–58
       L 1 Syracuse 72–88

### CBI

ACC Record: 2–1
1 Virginia (2–1)
       W 4 Richmond 66–64
       W 2 Old Dominion 80–76
       L 1 Bradley 85–96