2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball
2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	21–14 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Seth Greenberg;
Assistant coaches	James Johnson; Ryan Odom; Stacey Palimore;
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	14	–	2	.875	36	–	3	.923
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
No. 22 Clemson	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Virginia Tech	9	–	7	.563	21	–	14	.600
Miami (FL)	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
Maryland	8	–	8	.500	19	–	15	.559
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
Wake Forest	7	–	9	.438	17	–	13	.567
Florida State	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Virginia	5	–	11	.313	17	–	16	.515
Boston College	4	–	12	.250	14	–	17	.452
NC State	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484

† 2008 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies lost five seniors off of their 2006–07 season team, which finished as the third place team in the conference.

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name	First year at VT
Head coach	Seth Greenberg	2003
Assistant coach	James Johnson	2007
Assistant coach	Ryan Odom	2003
Assistant coach	Stacey Palmore	2004
Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/

Roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No.	Position	Player
0	F	Jeff Allen
1	F	Terrell Bell
3	G	Tom Amalfe
5	G	Marcus Travis
10	G	Hank Thorns
13	F/G	Deron Washington
15	F	Terrance Vinson

No.	Position	Player
21	F	Lewis Witcher
23	G	Malcolm Delaney
32	G	Paul Debnam
33	F	J. T. Thompson
34	F	Cheick Diakite
40	F/G	A. D. Vassallo

Starters are indicated in bold

Schedule and results[edit]

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Overall	Conf.
Regular Season
November 9, 2007	Elon	Blacksburg, VA	W 69–64	1–0	0–0
November 22, 2007	Eastern Washington¹	Anchorage, AK	W 69–52	2–0	0–0
November 23, 2007	#22 Butler¹	Anchorage, AK	L 78–84 (OT)	2–1	0–0
November 24, 2007	#14 Gonzaga¹	Anchorage, AK	L 64–82	2–2	0–0
November 28, 2007	Penn State²	University Park, PA	L 61–66	2–3	0–0
December 1, 2007	UNC Asheville	Blacksburg, VA	W 65–51	3–3	0–0
December 4, 2007	UNC Greensboro	Blacksburg, VA	W 67–39	4–3	0–0
December 9, 2007	George Washington	Blacksburg, VA	W 68–36	5–3	0–0
December 16, 2007	Old Dominion	Norfolk, VA	L 69–72	5–4	0–0
December 19, 2007	Liberty	Blacksburg, VA	W 58–46	6–4	0–0
December 23, 2007	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC	L 75–77	6–5	0–1
December 28, 2007	Hofstra³	Madison Square Garden, NY	W 84–59	7–5	0–1
December 29, 2007	St. John's³	Madison Square Garden, NY	W 54–48	8–5	0–1
January 3, 2008	Richmond	Richmond, VA	L 49–52	8–6	0–1
January 7, 2008	Charleston Southern	Blacksburg, VA	W 79–49	9–6	0–1
January 12, 2008	Maryland	Blacksburg, VA	W 67–66	10–6	1–1
January 16, 2008	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	W 70–69 OT	11–6	2–1
January 19, 2008	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	L 70–81	11–7	2–2
January 24, 2008	#4 Duke	Blacksburg, VA	L 64–81	11–8	2–3
January 26, 2008	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	W 81–73 OT	12–8	3–3
January 29, 2008	Florida State	Blacksburg, VA	W 89–80	13–8	4–3
February 2, 2008	Virginia	Blacksburg, VA	W 72–65 OT	14–8	5–3
February 5, 2008	NC State	Raleigh, NC	L 63–73	14–9	5–4
February 9, 2008	Miami	Blacksburg, VA	L 71–74	14–10	5–5
February 16, 2008	#5 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L 53–92	14–11	5–6
February 20, 2008	Maryland	College Park, MD	W 69–65	15–11	6–6
February 23, 2008	Georgia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 92–84	16–11	7–6
February 26, 2008	Boston College	Blacksburg, VA	W 67–48	17–11	8–6
March 4, 2008	Wake Forest	Blacksburg, VA	W 80–58	18–11	9–6
March 9, 2007	#24 Clemson	Clemson, SC	L 69–70	18–12	9–7
ACC tournament
March 14, 2008	Miami	Charlotte, NC	W 63–49	19–12
March 15, 2008	#1 North Carolina	Charlotte, NC	L 66–68	19–13
NIT tournament
March 19, 2008	Morgan State	Blacksburg, VA	W 94–62	20–13
March 24, 2008	UAB	Blacksburg, VA	W 75–49	21–13
March 26, 2008	Ole Miss	Blacksburg, VA	L 72–81	21–14
Conference games in bold*. ¹Great Alaska Shootout, ²ACC–Big Ten Challenge, ³ECAC Holiday Festival, rankings from the AP Poll at the time of the game

NIT, Quarterfinals

v t e Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball
Venues	War Memorial Gymnasium (1926–1961) Cassell Coliseum (1962–present)
Rivalries	Virginia
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

Coaching staff[edit]

Roster[edit]

Schedule and results[edit]

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