# 2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fifth season at Illinois. The team finished with 5–13 conference and 16–19 overall records. A runner-up finish in the Big Ten tournament, and the play of freshman guard Demetri McCamey highlighted the season. Shaun Pruitt was the lone all-Big-Ten honoree; he was named to the all-Big-Ten third team by the press.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 10/31/07* 7:00 pm | Quincy | W 82–61 | | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/6/07* 7:00 pm | Kentucky Wesleyan | W 76–39 | | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| 11/11/07* no, ESPN360 | Northeastern | W 63–55 | 1–0 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 11/17/07* no | at Hawaii | W 79–77 | 2–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,308) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/19/07* no, ESPN2 | vs. Arizona State Maui Invitational | W 77–54 | 3–0 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI |
| 11/20/07* no, ESPN | vs. Duke Maui Invitational | L 66-79 | 3–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI |
| 11/21/07* no, ESPN2 | vs. Oklahoma State Maui Invitational | W 65–49 | 4–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI |
| 11/28/07* no, ESPN2 | at Maryland | L 61–69 | 4–2 | Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD |
| 12/01/07* no, BTN | Weber State | W 78–61 | 5–2 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/08/07* no, ESPN | vs. No. 24 Arizona | L 72–78 $^{OT}$ | 5–3 | United Center (19,573) Chicago, IL |
| 12/17/07* no, BTN | Western Carolina | W 58–35 | 6–3 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/20/07* no, BTN | Miami (OH) | L 58–61 $^{OT}$ | 6–4 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/22/07* no, ESPN2 | vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights | W 59–58 | 7–4 | Scottrade Center (21,941) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/28/07* no, BTN | Loyola (MD) | W 77–43 | 8–4 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 12/30/07 no, BTN | Tennessee State | L 58–60 | 8–5 | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| Big Ten regular season |||||
| 1/03/08 no, ESPN | Ohio State | L 58–74 | 8–6 (0–1) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/06/08 no, BTN | Penn State | L 64–68 | 8–7 (0–2) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/10/08 no, ESPN | at No. 21 Wisconsin | L 60–70 | 8–8 (0–3) | Kohl Center (17,190) Madison, WI |
| 1/13/08 no, CBS | at No. 11 Indiana Rivalry | L 58–62 | 8–9 (0–4) | Assembly Hall (17,359) Bloomington, IN |
| 1/16/08 no, BTN | Michigan | W 75–57 | 9–9 (1–4) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/19/08 no, ESPN | at Purdue | L 67–74 | 9–10 (1–5) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| 1/22/08 no, BTN | at Ohio State | L 58–64 | 9–11 (1–6) | Value City Arena (19,049) Columbus, OH |
| 1/27/08 no, BTN | Northwestern Rivalry | W 70–37 | 10–11 (2–6) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 1/30/08 no, BTN | at No. 7 Michigan State | L 41–51 | 10–12 (2–7) | Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI |
| 2/02/08 no, BTN | Purdue | L 75–83 | 10–13 (2–8) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/07/08 no, ESPN | No. 13 Indiana Rivalry | L 79–83 $^{2OT}$ | 10–14 (2–9) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/12/08 no, BTN | at Minnesota | W 84–60 | 11–14 (3–9) | Williams Arena (12,773) Minneapolis, MN |
| 2/16/08 no, BTN | at Penn State | L 51–52 | 11–15 (3–10) | Bryce Jordan Center (10,632) University Park, PA |
| 2/20/08 no, BTN | No. 10 Wisconsin | L 57–71 | 11–16 (3–11) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2/23/08 no, BTN | at Michigan | L 43–49 | 11–17 (3–12) | Crisler Arena (11,017) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 3/01/08 no, BTN | at Iowa Rivalry | W 58–47 | 12–17 (4–12) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 3/06/08 no, ESPN2 | No. 18 Michigan State | L 51–59 | 12–18 (4–13) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 3/08/08 no, BTN | Minnesota | W 67–58 | 13–18 (5–13) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| Big Ten tournament |||||
| 3/13/08 no, ESPN2 | vs. (7) Penn State Big Ten tournament First Round | W 64–63 | 14–18 | Conseco Fieldhouse (13,852) Indianapolis, IN |
| 3/14/08 no, BTN | vs. (2) No. 16 Purdue Big Ten tournament quarterfinal | W 74–67 $^{OT}$ | 15–18 | Conseco Fieldhouse (18,691) Indianapolis, IN |
| 3/15/08 no, CBS | vs. (6) Minnesota Big Ten tournament semifinal | W 54–50 | 16–18 | Conseco Fieldhouse (17,520) Indianapolis, IN |
| 3/16/08 no, CBS | vs. (1) No. 6 Wisconsin Big Ten tournament Championship | L 48–61 | 16–19 | Conseco Fieldhouse (14,579) Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |||||

## Season statistics

Individual 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 | TO | Blk | Stl |
| Pruitt, Shaun | 34 | 33 | 919 | 27.0 | 427 | 12.6 | 163 | 285 | .572 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 101 | 179 | .564 | 107 | 141 | 248 | 7.3 | 27 | 73 | 20 | 16 |
| Meacham, Trent | 34 | 31 | 1005 | 29.6 | 345 | 10.1 | 109 | 265 | .411 | 74 | 185 | .400 | 53 | 71 | .746 | 9 | 73 | 82 | 2.4 | 79 | 50 | 3 | 24 |
| Randle, Brian | 33 | 32 | 838 | 25.4 | 309 | 9.4 | 117 | 254 | .461 | 8 | 39 | .205 | 67 | 112 | .598 | 68 | 114 | 182 | 5.5 | 46 | 56 | 16 | 21 |
| McCamey, Demetri | 35 | 17 | 956 | 27.3 | 287 | 8.2 | 100 | 275 | .364 | 50 | 147 | .340 | 37 | 59 | .627 | 22 | 79 | 101 | 2.9 | 115 | 87 | 3 | 18 |
| Brock,Calvin | 35 | 16 | 775 | 22.1 | 258 | 7.4 | 100 | 220 | .455 | 17 | 46 | .370 | 41 | 62 | .661 | 54 | 77 | 131 | 3.7 | 46 | 50 | 8 | 31 |
| Frazier, Chester | 34 | 29 | 1136 | 33.4 | 166 | 4.9 | 57 | 169 | .337 | 25 | 91 | .275 | 27 | 52 | .519 | 35 | 130 | 165 | 4.9 | 122 | 76 | 5 | 28 |
| Alexander, Rodney | 31 | 15 | 424 | 13.7 | 143 | 4.6 | 49 | 126 | .389 | 11 | 57 | .193 | 34 | 48 | .708 | 38 | 52 | 90 | 2.9 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 11 |
| Tisdale, Mike | 35 | 2 | 363 | 10.4 | 127 | 3.6 | 53 | 110 | .482 | 2 | 12 | .167 | 19 | 30 | .633 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 1.7 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Davis, Mike | 34 | 0 | 355 | 10.4 | 87 | 2.6 | 36 | 82 | .439 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 15 | 32 | .469 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 1.8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| Cole, Bill | 12 | 0 | 81 | 6.8 | 28 | 2.3 | 11 | 21 | .524 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1.4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Holdren, Steve | 14 | 0 | 97 | 6.9 | 17 | 1.2 | 5 | 19 | .263 | 3 | 15 | .200 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan, Jeff | 26 | 0 | 139 | 5.3 | 26 | 1.0 | 7 | 24 | .292 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Hicks, Chris | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1.3 | 7 | 0.7 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Semrau, Richard | 8 | | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlwell, Brian | 3 | | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 440 | 826 | 1266 | | | 478 | | |
| Total | 35 | | 7125 | | 2227 | 63.6 | 809 | 1860 | .435 | 196 | 614 | .319 | 413 | 679 | .608 | 440 | 826 | 1266 | 36.2 | 482 | 478 | 94 | 171 |
| Opponents | 35 | | 7125 | | 2139 | 61.1 | 720 | 1806 | .399 | 215 | 641 | .335 | 484 | 672 | .720 | 352 | 748 | 1100 | 31.4 | 380 | 451 | 111 | 191 |