2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific-10 Conference for the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In his fifth year as head coach, Ben Howland led the team to its third straight Final Four appearance. The Bruins also set a new record number of wins for the regular season, eclipsing the 26 wins of 2006–07. Though the team was composed of many standout players, freshman center Kevin Love garnered much of the media's and school's attention with his  .565 shooting percentage, 10.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 blocks, and 17.6 points per game. The only losses the Bruins incurred during the regular season were to No. 8 Texas, and Pac-10 rivals USC and Washington, though the USC victory was later vacated upon discovery that USC player O. J. Mayo received illegal benefits while playing for USC. After becoming the Pacific-10 regular season champions and winning the Pacific-10 tournament, the Bruins were seeded No. 1 in the West Regional bracket of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Bruins  held Mississippi Valley State to 29 points, the lowest total ever allowed in the first or second round of the tournament. After reaching the Final Four for the third year in a row, the Bruins lost to Memphis, the South Regional Champions. On August 20, 2009, Memphis' 38 wins during the 2007–2008 season and Final Four appearances were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for the team's using an ineligible player, Derrick Rose. Roster. Thirteen scholarships were available to the team, and there were sixteen players on the roster. Kevin Love received permission from Walt Hazzard to wear  the No. 42 he wore as player for UCLA. Hazzard's jersey had been retired by UCLA in 1996. Schedule. ! style=|Non-Conference Season ! style=|Non-Conference Season ! style=|Conference Season !| Pac-10 Tournament !| NCAA Tournament Source: Awards. Pac-10 Player of the Year Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year All-Pac-10 first team All-Pac-10 second team All-Pac-10 third team Pac-10 All-Defensive team Pac-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player Pac-10 All-Tournament Team U.S. Basketball Writers Association First Team All-America Oscar Robertson Trophy nominee U.S. Basketball Writers Association District IX Player of the Year U.S.  Basketball Writers Association All-District IX team Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week