2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The Alamo Dome was the site of the season ending Final Four and Championship game for 2007-08.
Preseason AP #1	North Carolina Tar Heels
Regular season	November 5, 2007– March 16, 2008
NCAA Tournament	2008
Tournament dates	March 20 – April 7, 2008
National Championship	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
NCAA Champions	Kansas
Other champions	Ohio State (NIT), Tulsa (CBI)
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden)	Tyler Hansbrough

The 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2007 ended with the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 7, 2008, in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Season headlines

• Behind Mario Chalmers' clutch three-pointer at the end of regulation, the Kansas Jayhawks won an overtime battle against the Memphis Tigers to take their third NCAA tournament title, twenty years after Danny Manning led the Jayhawks to their last championship. Bill Self sheds the title of "best coach never to go to a Final Four" in dramatic fashion.
• For the first time since teams were seeded for the NCAA Tournament, all four number one seeds advanced to the Final Four.
• In February, Kelvin Sampson agreed to a buyout and was relieved of his duties as coach of Indiana University following a recruiting scandal concerning impermissible phone calls. Dan Dakich was named interim coach, but the damage had been done as the Hoosiers (ranked #14 at the time Sampson was fired) go 3–4 the rest of the season and bow out to Arkansas in a listless performance in the first round of the NCAA tournament.^[1] After the season, IU hired Marquette coach Tom Crean to tackle the major rebuilding job ahead.
• Sophomore Stephen Curry put on a shooting display as the Davidson Wildcats upset Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin - then narrowly succumbed to eventual champion Kansas 59–57 - to go to their first Elite Eight since 1969. Curry scored 40, 30, 33 and 25 points in the four games and was named the Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player.^[2]
• North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's Michael Beasley engaged in a season-long battle for National player of the year honors. Hansbrough swept the POY awards, while Beasley won all Freshman of the Year awards and joined Hansbrough as a unanimous first-team All-American.
• Memphis flirted with being the first undefeated team since 1976. They started the season 26–0, but on February 23 cross-state rival Tennessee defeated the Tigers 66–62 on Memphis' home floor in a battle of the #1 and #2 teams.^[3] The Tigers finished the season 38–2, setting a single-season record for wins. However, all 38 wins were vacated by the NCAA in 2009, due to an invalid SAT score for star Derrick Rose.^[4]
• After beating Memphis, Tennessee attained the #1 ranking for the first time in school history.^[5] They lost their next game at Vanderbilt.
• The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 5. Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina was the leading vote-getter (71 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Roy Hibbert of Georgetown (62 votes), Chris Lofton of Tennessee (61), Drew Neitzel of Michigan State (31) and Darren Collison of UCLA (31).^[6]
• The Drake Bulldogs — picked in the preseason to finish ninth in the 10-team Missouri Valley Conference^[7] — had a dream season, starting 13–0, finishing 28–5 - and were ranked as high as #14 at one point during the season. Drake's charge was led by an unlikely hero — senior point guard Adam Emmenecker, a three-year walk-on who would go on to capture both the MVC's regular-season and tournament Most Valuable Player awards.
• On February 4, career coaching wins leader Bob Knight retired as head coach of Texas Tech,^[8] handing the reins to his son Pat. Knight would reappear as a studio host for ESPN in the postseason.
• A severe storm ripped a hole in the Georgia Dome, wreaking havoc on the SEC tournament. After game delays and a venue change, the Georgia Bulldogs scored an unlikely championship run that included winning two games in one day.^[9]
• At Arizona, coach Lute Olson took an unexpected leave of absence just prior to the season's start. Kevin O'Neill, assistant coach and supposed Olson successor, was named interim coach. Olson announced he would return for 2008–09 and did not retain O'Neill on his staff as rumors of a disagreement between the two swirled.^[10]
• The first College Basketball Invitational was held, offering a post-season alternative to teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament or NIT. Tulsa defeats Bradley in a best of three series to take the inaugural title.
• Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser died at 56 of an apparent heart attack the July before the season began.^[11] Assistant Dino Gaudio was named successor and led the Deacons through an emotional year punctuated by an upset of Duke.
• Lester Hudson of Tennessee-Martin recorded the first-ever quadruple-double in NCAA history. Against Central Baptist College, Hudson scored 25 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out 10 assists and recorded 10 steals in a 116–74 win.^[12]
• On January 23, Baylor beat Texas A&M 116–110 in five overtimes in the season's longest (and perhaps wildest) game.^[13]
• Houston's Rob McKiver scored 52 points (including seven three-pointers) in a game against Southern Mississippi to set the single-game scoring high for the season.^[14]
• Stephen Curry broke the NCAA record for three-pointers made in a season, connecting on 162. The previous record had been held by Butler's Darrin Fitzgerald set in 1987.^[15]
• Mike Krzyzewski,^[16] and Eddie Sutton^[17] each won their 800th career games.
• North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, Tennessee's Chris Lofton, Vanderbilt's Shan Foster, Virginia's Sean Singletary, Western Kentucky's Courtney Lee, Utah State's Jaycee Carroll, Colorado's Richard Roby, UNC Greensboro's Kyle Hines, High Point's Arizona Reid, Rider's Jason Thompson, Hofstra's Antoine Agudio, New Orleans' Bo McCalebb and VMI's Reggie Williams all eclipsed the career 2000-point mark during the season.
• Effective this season, the Mid-Continent Conference changed its name to The Summit League.
• Presbyterian, Cal State Bakersfield, Florida Gulf Coast, South Carolina Upstate and North Carolina Central, all moved up to Division I competition.
• Conference realignments: IPFW, North Dakota State and South Dakota State began play in the Summit League, while UC Davis competed in the Big West Conference for the first time. All four programs were independent in 2006–07. Valparaiso began play in the Horizon League after leaving the Summit League. Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina Upstate joined the Atlantic Sun Conference.
• Charles Barkley, Arnie Ferrin, Danny Manning, Billy Packer, Jim Phelan, Nolan Richardson and Dick Vitale were inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.^[18]
• Billy Packer announced his last Final Four after 34 years of broadcasting the event.^[19]

Major rule changes

Beginning in 2007-08, the following rules changes were implemented:^[20]

• During free throws, eliminated the first lane space nearest the basket on each side of the lane and used the second, third and fourth lane space on each side as an alignment for free throws.
• Use of courtside monitor allowed for determining whether a flagrant foul occurred or to assess the situation during a fight.

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls November 5, 2007.^[21]

Associated Press Ranking Team 1 North Carolina (29) 2 UCLA (24) 3 Memphis (18) 4 Kansas 5 Georgetown (1) 6 Louisville 7 Tennessee 8 Michigan State 9 Indiana 10 Washington State 11 Marquette 12 Oregon 13 Duke 14 Gonzaga 15 Texas 16 Texas A&M 17 Arizona 18 USC 19 Arkansas 20 Kentucky 21 North Carolina State 22 Pittsburgh 23 Stanford 24 Southern Illinois 25 Kansas State

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Ranking Team 1 North Carolina (10) 2 UCLA (12) 3 Memphis (8) 4 Kansas (1) 5 Georgetown 6 Louisville 7 Tennessee 8 Michigan State 9 Indiana 10 Washington State 11 Duke 12 Marquette 13 Oregon 14 Gonzaga 15 Texas A&M 16 Texas 17 Arizona 18 USC 19 Arkansas 20 Pittsburgh 21 Stanford 22 Kentucky 23 Southern Illinois 24 North Carolina State 25 Villanova

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League doesn't have a conference tournament, and Cornell, who won the regular season title,^[22] received their automatic invitation.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	UMBC[23]	Marqus Blakely, Vermont[24]	2008 America East Men's Basketball Tournament	Binghamton University Events Center (Binghamton, New York)	UMBC[25]
Atlantic 10 Conference	Xavier[26]	Gary Forbes, Massachusetts[27]	2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)	Temple[28]
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina[29]	Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina[30]	2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament	Charlotte Bobcats Arena (Charlotte, North Carolina)	North Carolina[31]
Atlantic Sun Conference	Belmont[32]	Thomas Sanders, Gardner-Webb[33]	2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament	Allen Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)	Belmont[34]
Big 12 Conference	Kansas[35] & Texas[36]	Michael Beasley, Kansas State[37]	2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament	Sprint Center (Kansas City, Missouri)	Kansas[38]
Big East Conference	Georgetown[39]	Luke Harangody, Notre Dame[40]	2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament	Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)	Pittsburgh[41]
Big Sky Conference	Portland State[42]	Jeremiah Dominguez, Portland State[43]	2008 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament	Rose Garden (Portland, Oregon)	Portland State[44]
Big South Conference	UNC Asheville[45] & Winthrop[46]	Arizona Reid, High Point[47]	2008 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Campus Sites	Winthrop[48]
Big Ten Conference	Wisconsin[49]	D. J. White, Indiana[50]	2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Wisconsin[51]
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton,[52] Cal State Northridge[52] & UC Santa Barbara[52]	Scott Cutley, Cal State Fullerton & Alex Harris, UC Santa Barbara[53]	2008 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California)	Cal State Fullerton[54]
Colonial Athletic Association	VCU[55]	Eric Maynor, VCU[56]	2008 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	George Mason[57]
Conference USA	Memphis[58]	Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis[59]	2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament	FedExForum (Memphis, Tennessee)	Memphis[60]
Horizon League	Butler[61]	Mike Green, Butler[62]	2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament	Campus Sites	Butler[63]
Ivy League	Cornell[64]	Louis Dale, Cornell[65]	No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Rider[66] & Siena[67]	Jason Thompson, Rider[68]	2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Times Union Center (Albany, New York)	Siena[69]
Mid-American Conference	Kent State[70] (East) Western Michigan[71] (West)	Al Fisher, Kent State[72]	2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio)	Kent State[73]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Morgan State[74]	Jamar Smith, Morgan State[75]	2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	RBC Center (Raleigh, North Carolina)	Coppin State[76]
Missouri Valley Conference	Drake[77]	Adam Emmenecker, Drake[78]	2008 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)	Drake[79]
Mountain West Conference	BYU[80]	Lee Cummard, BYU & J. R. Giddens, New Mexico[81]	2008 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)	UNLV[82]
Northeast Conference	Robert Morris[83]	Tony Lee, Robert Morris[84]	2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Campus Sites	Mount St. Mary's[85]
Ohio Valley Conference	Austin Peay[86]	Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin[87]	2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, Tennessee)	Austin Peay[88]
Pacific-10 Conference	UCLA[89]	Kevin Love, UCLA[90]	2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)	UCLA[91]
Patriot League	American[92]	Greg Sprink, Navy[93]	2008 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament	Campus Sites	American[94]
Southeastern Conference	Tennessee[95] (East) Mississippi State[96] (West)	Shan Foster, Vanderbilt[97]	2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament	Georgia Dome and Alexander Memorial Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)	Georgia[98]
Southern Conference	Appalachian State[99] & Chattanooga[100] (North) Davidson[101] (South)	Stephen Curry, Davidson[102]	2008 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	North Charleston Coliseum (North Charleston, South Carolina)	Davidson[103]
Southland Conference	Lamar[104] (East) Stephen F. Austin[105] (West)	Josh Alexander, Stephen F. Austin[106]	2008 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, Texas)	Texas-Arlington[107]
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Alabama State[108]	Andrew Hayles, Alabama State[109]	2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Fair Park Arena (Birmingham, Alabama)	Mississippi Valley State[110]
The Summit League	Oral Roberts[111]	George Hill, IUPUI[112]	2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament	John Q. Hammons Arena (Tulsa, Oklahoma)	Oral Roberts[113]
Sun Belt Conference	South Alabama[114] (East) Arkansas-Little Rock[115] & Louisiana-Lafayette[116] (West)	Courtney Lee, Western Kentucky[117]	2008 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament	Mitchell Center (Mobile, Alabama)	Western Kentucky[118]
West Coast Conference	Gonzaga[119]	Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga[120]	2008 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego, California)	San Diego[121]
Western Athletic Conference	Utah State[122] Nevada[123] New Mexico State[124] & Boise State[125]	Jaycee Carroll, Utah State[126]	2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Pan American Center (Las Cruces, New Mexico)	Boise State[127]

Major upsets

Regular season and conference tournaments

• Oakland 68, Oregon 62^[128]
• Gardner-Webb 84, Kentucky 68^[129]
• Robert Morris 57, Boston College 51^[130]
• Winthrop 76, Miami (FL) 71^[131]
• Dayton 80, Pittsburgh 55^[132]
• Maryland 82, North Carolina 80^[133]
• Kentucky 72, Tennessee 66^[134]
• Wake Forest 86, Duke 73^[135]
• Washington 71, UCLA 61^[136]

NCAA Tournament

• #13 San Diego 70, #4 Connecticut 69 (OT)^[137]
• #13 Siena 83, #4 Vanderbilt 64^[138]
• #10 Davidson 74, #2 Georgetown 70^[139]
• #10 Davidson 73, #3 Wisconsin 56^[140]
• #12 Western Kentucky 101, #5 Drake 99 (OT)^[141]

Statistical leaders

Points Per Game				Rebounds Per Game				Assists Per Game				Steals Per Game
Player	School	PPG		Player	School	RPG		Player	School	APG		Player	School	SPG
Reggie Williams	VMI	27.8		Michael Beasley	Kansas State	12.4		Jason Richards	Davidson	8.1		Devin Gibson	TX-San Antonio	3.3
Charron Fisher	Niagara	27.6		Jason Thompson	Rider	12.1		TeeJay Bannister	Liberty	7.2		Devan Downey	South Carolina	3.2
Michael Beasley	Kansas State	26.2		Jon Brockman	Washington	11.6		Paul Stoll	TX-Pan American	7.2		Chris Gaynor	Winthrop	2.9
Stephen Curry	Davidson	25.9		Durell Vinson	Wagner	11.5		Jay Greene	UMBC	7.2		Lester Hudson	Tenn.-Martin	2.8
Lester Hudson	Tenn.-Martin	25.7		Marqus Blakely	Vermont	11.0		Mike Jefferson	High Point	7.0		Tony Lee	Robert Morris	2.8
				Arizona Reid	High Point	11.0

Blocked Shots Per Game				Field Goal Percentage				Three-Point FG Percentage				Free Throw Percentage
Player	School	BPG		Player	School	FG%		Player	School	3FG%		Player	School	FT%
Jarvis Varnado	Miss. St.	4.6		Kenny George	UNC-Asheville	69.6		Jaycee Carroll	Utah St.	49.8		Tyler Relph	St. Bonaventure	93.8
Mickell Gladness	Alabama A&M	4.5		Vladimir Kuljanin	UNC-Wilmington	66.7		Chad Toppert	New Mexico	48.0		Jaycee Carroll	Utah St.	91.9
Hasheem Thabeet	UConn	4.5		Matt Nelson	Boise St.	64.7		Shawn Huff	Valparaiso	47.9		Jack McClinton	Miami (FL)	91.9
Kleon Penn	McNeese St.	4.0		Ahmad Nivins	St. Joseph's	64.7		Darnell Harris	La Salle	47.9		Justin Hare	Belmont	91.8
Shawn James	Duquesne	4.0		Will Thomas	George Mason	64.2		Henry Salter	TCU	47.7		Julio Anthony	E. Illinois	91.5

Post-season tournaments

NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Tournament tipped off on March 18, 2008 with the opening round game in Dayton, Ohio, and concluded on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Of the 65 teams that were invited to participate, 31 were automatic bids while 34 were at-large bids. The 34 at-large teams came from 10 conferences, with the Big East tying its own 2006 record with eight bids.^[142] Three other conferences, the Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC, had six teams invited to the tournament. Notably absent from the field were Florida and Ohio State, the champions and runners-up of the 2007 Tournament, the first time that both teams from a previous year's finals failed to make the tournament since 1980.^[143] Kansas defeated Memphis, 75–68 in overtime to win their third NCAA Tournament championship, and Jayhawks guard Mario Chalmers was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Final Four – Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

	National Semifinals April 5					National Championship Game April 7
	E1	North Carolina	66
	M1	Kansas	84
						M1	Kansas	75*
						S1	Memphis	68
	S1	Memphis	78
	W1	UCLA	63

National Invitation Tournament

After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National Invitation Tournament invited teams to participate. Eight teams were given automatic bids for winning their conference regular seasons, and 24 other teams were also invited. The field came from 10 conferences, with the Atlantic 10 having the most teams invited with four. The Atlantic Coast and Missouri Valley Conferences each had three bids, and five other conferences placed two teams in the tournament.^[144] Last year's NCAA finalists, Ohio State and Florida both made the semifinals, with the Buckeyes winning the tournament, defeating UMass 92–85 in the final. Ohio State center Kosta Koufos was named tournament MVP.

NIT semifinals and final

Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1 and 3

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Ohio State	81
	2	Mississippi	69
						1	Ohio State	92
						2	UMass	85
	2	Florida	66
	2	UMass	78

College Basketball Invitational

The inaugural College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament was held starting March 18 and ended with a best-of-three final which saw Tulsa defeat Bradley for the championship. Jerome Jordan of Tulsa was named tournament MVP.

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
D. J. Augustin	G	Sophomore	Texas
Michael Beasley	F	Freshman	Kansas State
Chris Douglas-Roberts	G-F	Junior	Memphis
Tyler Hansbrough	C	Junior	North Carolina
Kevin Love	C	Freshman	UCLA

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Stephen Curry	G	Sophomore	Davidson
Shan Foster	G-F	Senior	Vanderbilt
Luke Harangody	F	Sophomore	Notre Dame
Roy Hibbert	C	Senior	Georgetown
Chris Lofton	G	Senior	Tennessee
D. J. White	F-C	Senior	Indiana

Major player of the year awards

• Wooden Award: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• Naismith Award: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• Associated Press Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• NABC Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• Adolph Rupp Trophy: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• CBS/Chevrolet Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
• Sporting News Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina

Major freshman of the year awards

• USBWA Freshman of the Year: Michael Beasley, Kansas State
• Sporting News Freshman of the Year: Michael Beasley, Kansas State

Major coach of the year awards

• Associated Press Coach of the Year: Keno Davis, Drake
• Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Keno Davis, Drake
• NABC Coach of the Year: Bob McKillop, Davidson
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: John Calipari, Memphis
• CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: Keno Davis, Drake
• Adolph Rupp Cup: Bruce Pearl, Tennessee
• Sporting News Coach of the Year: Keno Davis, Drake

Other major awards

• Bob Cousy Award (Best point guard): D. J. Augustin, Texas
• Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best big man): Michael Beasley, Kansas State
• NABC Defensive Player of the Year: Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Mike Green, Butler
• Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (top senior): Shan Foster, Vanderbilt
• Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Pat Calathes, St. Joseph's and Mark Tyndale, Temple (Co-MVPs)
• NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in NYC): Jason Thompson, Rider

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.^[145]

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
Alcorn State	Samuel West		Larry Smith[146]	West was fired after a 7-23 season, former Alcorn State star and ex-NBA player Smith was hired
Arizona	Lute Olson	Kevin O'Neill	Lute Olson	Olsen took a leave of absence due to a divorce; but announced he would return in 2008–09. O'Neill left following season. However, Olson would ultimately retire on October 23, 2008, before the 2008–09 season; several days later, Olson revealed (through his personal physician) that he had suffered a stroke during the season.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Van Holt		George Ivory	Holt resigned after going 50–124 in six years.
Arkansas State	Dickey Nutt	Shawn Forest Al Grushkin	John Brady[147]	Nutt resigned three wins shy of becoming the Red Wolves' winningest coach. Coincidentally, his resignation came shortly after his brother, Houston Nutt, was forced out as football coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Brown	Craig Robinson		Jesse Agel	Robinson left to take the Oregon State job
Bucknell	Pat Flannery		Dave Paulsen	Flannery retires as coach.
California	Ben Braun		Mike Montgomery	Mongomery goes across the bay from Stanford, where he coached before going to the Golden State Warriors.
Centenary	Rob Flaska		Greg Gary
Detroit	Perry Watson	Kevin Mondro	Ray McCallum	Retired after taking a medical leave of absence during the season.[148]
Drake	Keno Davis		Mark Phelps	Davis left to take the Providence job. Phelps was an assistant at Arizona State.
Florida Atlantic	Rex Walters		Mike Jarvis	Walters left for San Francisco, while Jarvis comes back after a self-imposed retitrement.
Grambling	Larry Wright		Rick Duckett
Idaho	George Pfeifer		Don Verlin	Pfeifer was fired following a 12–48 record in two years.
Indiana	Kelvin Sampson	Dan Dakich	Tom Crean	Sampson was embroiled in a cell phone controversy.
James Madison	Dean Keener		Matt Brady
Kent State	Jim Christian		Geno Ford	Ford replaces Christian, who went to TCU.
LSU	John Brady	Butch Pierre	Trent Johnson	Brady was fired in midst of disappointing season, two years after guiding LSU to the Final Four.
Loyola Marymount	Rodney Tention		Bill Bayno
Marist	Matt Brady		Chuck Martin	Brady left to go to JMU. Martin takes his first head coaching job after serving as an assistant at Memphis.
Marquette	Tom Crean		Buzz Williams	Crean resigned to take Indiana job; ex-University of New Orleans coach takes over after serving as an assistant.
UMass	Travis Ford		Derek Kellogg	Ford left for the Oklahoma State job. UMass alum Kellogg was hired off of ex-Minutemen coach John Calipari's staff at Memphis.
Mercer	Mark Slonaker		Bob Hoffman
Missouri State	Barry Hinson		Cuonzo Martin
NJIT	Jim Casciano		Jim Engles	Team in first year of D-I hoops went 0–29
Oklahoma State	Sean Sutton		Travis Ford	Son of Eddie Sutton resigned.
Oregon State	Jay John	Kevin Mouton	Craig Robinson	John was fired in midst of horrid season. The brother-in-law of Barack Obama comes in from Brown as permanent coach.
Pepperdine	Vance Walberg	Eric Bridgeland	Tom Asbury	Walberg resigned mid-season with 12–48 overall mark. Former Waves head coach Asbury returned to take the position.
Providence	Tim Welsh		Keno Davis
Rice	Willis Wilson		Ben Braun	After firing at Cal, Braun comes to C-USA.
Sacramento State	Jerome Jenkins		Brian Katz
San Francisco	Jessie Evans	Eddie Sutton	Rex Walters	Sutton won his 800th game this year, coming out of retirement for an interim stint.
South Carolina	Dave Odom		Darrin Horn	Odom retired after the season.
Stanford	Trent Johnson		Johnny Dawkins	Johnson leaves Stanford to take the job at LSU. Duke associate head coach Dawkins takes his first head coaching job.
TCU	Neil Dougherty		Jim Christian
Texas Tech	Bob Knight	Pat Knight	Pat Knight	Winningest coach in D-I resigned, son Pat took over.
Toledo	Stan Joplin		Gene Cross
Western Illinois	Derek Thomas		Jim Molinari
Western Kentucky	Darrin Horn		Ken McDonald	Horn goes to South Carolina.

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