# 2007–08 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2007–08. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 20–13 and 9–7 in MAC play to finish tied for third in the MAC East. After the season O'Shea left Ohio for a position at his alma-mater.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Tim O'Shea | Head coach | Boston College | 1984 |
| John Rhodes | Assistant coach | Ohio University | 1988 |
| Kevin Kuwik | Assistant coach | Notre Dame | 1996 |
| Bacari Alexander | Assistant coach | Detroit | 1999 |
| Doug Dewey | Graduate Assistant | Ohio University | 2006 |

## Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 18, 2007. Ohio was picked third in the MAC East.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

#### East Division

* Kent State (10) 147
* Miami (9) 146
* Ohio (8) 131
* Akron (5) 128
* Buffalo 52
* Bowling Green 47

#### West Division

* Western Michigan (23) 173
* Toledo (6) 144
* Central Michigan (3) 131
* Eastern Michigan 92
* Northern Illinois 58
* Ball State 53

#### Tournament champs

Kent State (7), Western Michigan (6), Ohio (5), Miami (5), Akron (4), Toledo (3), Bowling Green (1)

### Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| Preseason All-MAC East | Jerome Tillman | F | Jr. |
| Preseason All-MAC East | Leon Williams | F | Sr. |
Source

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/9/07* 7:00 pm | New Mexico State | W 80–72 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (4,701) Athens, OH |
| 11/17/07* 7:00 pm | Cornell | W 102–89 | 2–0 | Convocation Center (4,570) Athens, OH |
| 11/26/07* 7:00 pm | at Holy Cross | L 60–62 | 2–1 | Hart Center (2,547) Worcester, MA |
| 11/29/07* 7:00 pm | at Temple | L 88–90 | 2–2 | Liacouras Center (4,286) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/2/07* 2:00 pm | at St. Francis (NY) | W 67–63 | 3–2 | Peter Aquilone Court (307) Brooklyn, NY |
| 12/5/07* 7:00 pm | St. Bonaventure | W 77–58 | 4–2 | Convocation Center (2,118) Athens, OH |
| 12/8/07* 2:00 pm | Delaware | W 78–59 | 5–2 | Convocation Center (3,538) Athens, OH |
| 12/12/07* 8:00 pm | at Maryland | W 61–55 | 6–2 | Comcast Center (12,950) College Park, MD |
| 12/15/07* 4:05 pm | at No. 3 Kansas | L 51–88 | 6–3 | Sprint Center (18,482) Kansas City, MO |
| 12/19/07* 5:00 pm | vs. St. John's Rainbow Classic | W 71–69 | 7–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,099) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/21/07* 7:30 pm | vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Rainbow Classic | W 74–68 | 8–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,075) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/22/07* 8:00 pm | vs. Saint Mary's Rainbow Classic | L 63–70 | 8–4 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,908) Honolulu, HI |
| 1/2/08* 7:00 pm | at Bucknell | W 53–47 | 9–4 | Sojka Pavilion (2,893) Lewisburg, PA |
| 1/5/09 4:00 pm | at Bowling Green | L 49–52 | 9–5 (0–1) | Stroh Center (1,414) Bowling Green, OH |
| 1/12/08 2:00 pm | Miami (OH) | W 72–63 | 10–5 (1–1) | Convocation Center (9,026) Athens, OH |
| 1/17/08 9:05 pm | at Akron | L 54–55 | 10–6 (1–2) | James A. Rhodes Arena (4557) Akron, OH |
| 1/19/08 6:00 pm | Kent State | W 71–59 | 11–6 (2–2) | Convocation Center (7,718) Athens, OH |
| 1/23/08 7:00 pm | at Buffalo | W 68–59 | 12–6 (3–2) | Alumni Arena (2,059) Buffalo, NY |
| 1/26/08 2:00 pm | Ball State | W 61–59 | 13–6 (4–2) | Convocation Center (10,182) Athens, OH |
| 1/29/08 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 62–47 | 14–6 (5–2) | Convocation Center (3,705) Athens, OH |
| 2/2/08 2:00 pm | at Northern Illinois | W 73–55 | 15–6 (6–2) | Convocation Center (2,324) DeKalb, IL |
| 2/6/08 7:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | L 56–63 | 15–7 (6–3) | Convocation Center (344) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 2/9/08 2:30 pm | Western Michigan | W 57–54 | 16–7 (7–3) | Convocation Center (6,884) Athens, OH |
| 2/13/08 7:00 pm | at Toledo | L 52–54 | 16–8 (7–4) | Savage Arena (3,576) Toledo, OH |
| 2/16/08 3:00 pm | at Kent State | L 62–72 | 16–9 (7–5) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (6,130) Kent, Ohio |
| 2/19/08 2:00 pm | Bowling Green | W 69–48 | 17–9 (8–5) | Convocation Center (3,486) Athens, OH |
| 2/23/08* 1:00 pm | George Mason | W 69–57 | 18–9 (8–5) | Convocation Center (7,439) Athens, OH |
| 3/1/08 7:30 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 49–73 | 18–10 (8–6) | Millett Hall (3,535) Oxford, OH |
| 3/4/08 7:00 pm | Akron | L 77–80 | 18–11 (8–7) | Convocation Center (4,139) Athens, OH |
| 3/9/08 2:00 pm | Buffalo | W 94–80 | 19–11 (9–7) | Convocation Center (4,139) Athens, OH |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/12/08 9:40 pm | vs. Miami (OH) First Round | L 61–74 | 19–12 | Quicken Loans Arena (5,073) Cleveland, OH |
| CBI ||||||
| 3/18/08* 7:00 pm | Brown First Round | W 80–74 | 20–12 | Convocation Center (1,169) Athens, OH |
| 3/24/08* 7:05 pm | at Bradley Quarterfinals | L 73–79 | 20–13 | Carver Arena (6,425) Peoria, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 2007–108 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2234 | 2147 |
| Scoring Average | 67.70 | 65.06 |
| Field goals – Att | 765–1703 | 745–1697 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 224–647 | – |
| Free throws – Att | 480–671 | – |
| Rebounds | 1106 | 1006 |
| Assists | 477 | |
| Turnovers | 474 | |
| Steals | 251 | |
| Blocked Shots | 66 | |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Leon Williams | 33 | 33 | 1009 | 30.6 | 542 | 16.4 | 180 | 293 | 0.614 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 247 | 0.733 | 145 | 180 | 325 | 9.8 | 41 | 93 | 80 | 47 | 23 |
| Jerome Tillman | 32 | 32 | 1026 | 32.1 | 427 | 13.3 | 152 | 293 | 0.519 | 24 | 64 | 0.375 | 99 | 129 | 0.767 | 69 | 173 | 242 | 7.6 | 36 | 79 | 69 | 34 | 15 |
| Bubba Walther | 31 | 19 | 920 | 29.7 | 380 | 12.3 | 118 | 293 | 0.403 | 82 | 225 | 0.364 | 62 | 71 | 0.873 | 9 | 52 | 61 | 2 | 116 | 47 | 61 | 46 | 2 |
| Bert Whittington | 33 | 13 | 716 | 21.7 | 263 | 8 | 91 | 262 | 0.347 | 49 | 149 | 0.329 | 32 | 50 | 0.64 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 1.9 | 45 | 50 | 51 | 34 | 1 |
| Justin Orr | 33 | 27 | 765 | 23.2 | 224 | 6.8 | 81 | 192 | 0.422 | 28 | 76 | 0.368 | 34 | 53 | 0.642 | 32 | 54 | 86 | 2.6 | 45 | 42 | 52 | 16 | 9 |
| Michael Allen | 32 | 29 | 953 | 29.8 | 153 | 4.8 | 57 | 127 | 0.449 | 13 | 36 | 0.361 | 26 | 44 | 0.591 | 14 | 56 | 70 | 2.2 | 142 | 81 | 84 | 36 | 3 |
| Kenneth van Kempen | 33 | 1 | 379 | 11.5 | 77 | 2.3 | 31 | 77 | 0.403 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 14 | 21 | 0.667 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 1.9 | 10 | 73 | 25 | 7 | 5 |
| Allen Hester | 27 | 7 | 341 | 12.6 | 71 | 2.6 | 25 | 87 | 0.287 | 12 | 56 | 0.214 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 1.1 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| Tommy Freeman | 30 | 4 | 248 | 8.3 | 60 | 2 | 18 | 43 | 0.419 | 13 | 35 | 0.371 | 11 | 15 | 0.733 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.5 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| DeVaughn Washington | 32 | 0 | 208 | 6.5 | 29 | 0.9 | 10 | 27 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0.45 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 1.1 | 4 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| Asown Sayles | 8 | 0 | 29 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Vroman | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | - | 6600 | - | 2234 | 67.7 | 765 | 1703 | 0.449 | 224 | 647 | 0.346 | 480 | 671 | 0.715 | 352 | 754 | 1106 | 33.5 | 477 | 566 | 474 | 251 | 66 |
| Opponents | 33 | - | - | - | 2147 | 65.1 | 745 | 1697 | 0.439 | | | - | | | - | | | 1006 | 30.5 | | | | | |
Source

## Awards and honors
### All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| All-MAC First team | Leon Williams | F | Sr. |
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Jerome Tillman | F | Jr. |
Source