# 2007–08 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by fourth year head coach Trent Johnson, and played their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. After the season ended Trent Johnson would leave Stanford and accept the job at LSU.

## Previous season

The Cardinal started the season winning eight of their first ten games. After a small stumble against #7 Arizona and in-state rival California, the Cardinal followed it up with seven straight wins, four of which against ranked teams. Following those four wins against ranked teams, they began the next week in the top 25 for the first time under Trent Johnson. While being ranked, Stanford would lose three of their next four and fall out of the top 25 and ended the regular season going 3-3 in the final six games.
Stanford would finish conference play in sixth place and would play third seed USC in the Pac-10 Conference tournament. The Cardinal lost in over time 79–83. They would gain an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament placed in the South Region as the #11 seed and would play #6 seed Louisville. The Cardinals beat the Cardinal 78–58 ending the Cardinal season at 18–13 overall and 10–8 in conference play.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Carlton Weathery | G | 6'1" | 180 | RS-Senior | Tacoma, WA | Graduated |
| Chris Bobel | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Palo Alto, CA | Graduated |

### Incoming

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Josh Owens F | Kennesaw, GA | Phillips Exeter Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Stanford Commit List for 2007". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 13, 2022. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 13, 2022. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 22, 2007* | | at Veroli Italy Tour | W 103–52 | – | Palla Coccia Rome, Italy |
| August 24, 2007* | | at Stella Marine Italy Tour | W 99–44 | – | Ostia, Italy |
| August 25, 2007* | | at Sutor Basket Montegranaro Italy Tour | L 79–93 | – | Palaport Salicone (250) Norcia, Italy |
| August 27, 2007* | | at Robeuz et Fidres Italy Tour | W 80–68 | – | Varese, Italy |
| August 28, 2007* | | at Pallacanestro Biella Italy Tour | L 58–72 | – | Vigliano Biellese, Italy |
| August 29, 2007* | | at Pallacanestro Varese Italy Tour | L 68–69 | – | (2,500) Varese, Italy |
| August 30, 2007* | | at A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale Italy Tour | W 82–77 | – | (400) Valenza, Italy |
| November 5, 2007* 7:00 PM | No. 23 | Concordia | W 82–70 | – | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| December 16, 2007* 7:00 PM | | College of Idaho | W 81–53 | – | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2007* 7:00 PM | No. 23 | Harvard Basketball Travelers Classic | W 111–56 | 1-0 | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| November 10, 2007* 7:00 PM | No. 23 | Northwestern State Basketball Travelers Classic | W 97–58 | 2-0 | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| November 11, 2007* 3:00 PM | No. 23 | UC Santa Barbara Basketball Travelers Classic | W 67–48 | 3-0 | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| November 15, 2007* 6:00 PM | No. 20 | at Northwestern | W 71–60 | 4-0 | Welsh–Ryan Arena (3,854) Evanston, IL |
| November 17, 2007* 10:00 AM | No. 20 | at Siena | L 67–79 | 4-1 | Times Union Center (6,274) Albany, NY |
| November 20, 2007* 7:00 PM | | Yale | W 72–61 | 5-1 | Maples Pavilion (7,322) Stanford, CA |
| November 24, 2007* 8:00 PM | | Colorado State | W 73–53 | 6-1 | Maples Pavilion (7,339) Stanford, CA |
| November 27, 2007* 7:00 PM | | Sacramento State | W 84–58 | 7-1 | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| December 2, 2007* 1:00 PM | | at Colorado | W 67–43 | 8-1 | Coors Events Conference Center (6,175) Boulder, CO |
| December 19, 2007* 7:30 PM | | Santa Clara | W 74–48 | 9-1 | Maples Pavilion (7,354) Stanford, CA |
| December 22. 2007* 1:30 PM | | vs. Texas Tech | W 62–61 | 10-1 | (7,119) Dallas, TX |
| December 29, 2007* 2:00 PM | | Fresno State | W 55–48 | 11-1 | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| Pac-10 Conference ||||||
| January 3, 2008 7:20 PM | No. 24 | No. 5 UCLA | L 67–76 | 11-2 (0–1) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| January 5, 2008 5:00 PM | No. 24 | No. 22 USC | W 52–46 | 12-2 (1–1) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| January 10, 2008 6:00 PM | No. 23 | at Oregon State | W 66–46 | 13-2 (2–1) | Gill Coliseum (4,017) Corvallis, OR |
| January 13, 2008 1:30 PM | No. 23 | at Oregon | L 66–71 | 13-3 (2–2) | McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR |
| January 17, 2008 8:00 PM | | Arizona | W 56–52 | 14-3 (3–2) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| January 19, 2008 7:00 PM | | Arizona State | W 67–52 | 15-3 (4–2) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| January 26, 2008 4:00 PM | No. 20 | at California | W 82–77 | 16-3 (5–2) | Haas Pavilion (10,077) Berkeley, CA |
| January 31, 2008 7:00 PM | No. 14 | at Washington | W 65–51 | 17-3 (6–2) | Bank of America Arena (9,373) Seattle, WA |
| February 2, 2008 12:00 PM | No. 14 | at No. 9 Washington State | W 67–65 $^{OT}$ | 18-3 (7–2) | Beasley Coliseum (9,202) Pullman, WA |
| February 7, 2008 7:00 PM | No. 9 | Oregon | W 72–43 | 19-3 (8–2) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| February 9, 2008 5:00 PM | No. 9 | Oregon State | W 71–56 | 20-3 (9–2) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| February 14, 2008 7:30 PM | No. 7 | at Arizona State | L 68–72 $^{OT}$ | 20-4 (9–3) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,566) Tempe, AZ |
| February 16, 2008 12:30 PM | No. 7 | at Arizona | W 67–66 | 21-4 (10–3) | McKale Center (14,589) Tucson, AZ |
| February 24, 2008 6:00 PM | No. 9 | California | W 79–69 | 22-4 (11–3) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| February 28, 2008 7:00 PM | No. 8 | Washington | W 82–79 | 23-4 (12–3) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| March 1, 2008 1:00 PM | No. 8 | No. 22 Washington State | W 60–53 | 24-4 (13–3) | Maples Pavilion (7,329) Stanford, CA |
| March 6, 2008 8:00 PM | No. 7 | at No. 3 UCLA | L 67–77 $^{OT}$ | 24-5 (13–4) | Pauley Pavilion (12,671) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 8, 2008 11:00 AM | No. 7 | at USC | L 64–77 | 24-6 (13–5) | Galen Center (9,427) Los Angeles, CA |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2008 8:30 pm | (2) No. 11 | vs. (7) Arizona Quarterfinals | W 75–64 | 25–6 | Staples Center (16,442) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 14, 2008 8:30 pm | (2) No. 11 | vs. (3) No. 21 Washington State Semifinals | W 75–68 | 26–6 | Staples Center (18,997) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 15, 2008 3:00 pm | (2) No. 11 | vs. (1) No. 3 UCLA Final | L 64–67 | 26–7 | Staples Center (17,534) Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 20, 2008* 1:55 pm, CBS | (3) No. 10 | vs. (14) Cornell First Round | W 77–53 | 27–7 | Honda Center (17,600) Anaheim, CA |
| March 22, 2008* 3:45 pm, CBS | (3) No. 10 | vs. (6) No. 25 Marquette Second Round | W 82–81 $^{OT}$ | 28–7 | Honda Center (17,600) Anaheim, CA |
| March 28, 2008* 3:27 pm, CBS | (3) No. 10 | vs. (2) No. 7 Texas Sweet Sixteen | L 62–82 | 28–8 | Reliant Stadium (32,931) Houston, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific Standard Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | RV | 20 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | Not released |
| Coaches | 21 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 20 | 23 | RV | 21 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 |

## 2008 NBA draft

| Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 | Brook Lopez | New Jersey Nets |
| 2008 | 1 | 15 | Robin Lopez | Phoenix Suns |