2007–08 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings
	† ACC Tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
2007–08 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
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CBI, #1 Seed, East Region, Semifinal (Loss, #4 Butler)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2007–08 record	17–16 (5–11 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Leitao (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Bill Courtney (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Steve Seymour (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Drew Diener (1st year)
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
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The 2007–08 University of Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers sought to continue their 2006–07 season success in which they finished tied for first place in the conference with North Carolina (see 2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season).

The Cavaliers were picked to finish 5th place for the 2007–2008 season in the ACC Preseason Poll.^[1] Senior Sean Singletary was named to the five-member preseason All-ACC team.^[1]

Players

Roster

2007–08 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G	1	Jeff Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Fr	Monsignor Bonner	Chester, Pa.
G	2	Mustapha Farrakhan, Jr.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Thornton Township	Harvey, Ill.
G	4	Calvin Baker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Woodside/William & Mary	Newport News, VA
F	11	Laurynas Mikalauskas	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jr	Blue Ridge School	Palanga, Lithuania
F	12	Jamil Tucker	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	West Side	Gary, IN
G	13	Sammy Zeglinski	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	William Penn Charter School	Philadelphia, Pa.
C	21	Tunji Soroye	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Montrose Christian	Dugbe Ibadan, Nigeria
F	22	Will Sherrill	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Phillips Academy Andover	New York, N.Y.
G/F	24	Mamadi Diane	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Jr	DeMatha Catholic	Potomac, MD
F	30	Adrian Joseph (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Brewster Academy	San Fernando, Trinidad
F	31	Andy Burns	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	So	Bishop Ireton	Alexandria, VA
F	32	Mike Scott	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Deep Creek/Hargrave Military	Chesapeake, Va.
F/C	34	Ryan Pettinella	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Sr	McQuaid Jesuit	Webster, NY
G/F	43	Will Harris	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Brewster Academy	Corona, NY
G	44	Sean Singletary (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	William Penn Charter School	Philadelphia, PA
G/F	45	Solomon Tat	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Community Christian School	Jos Plateau, Nigeria
F/C	55	Jerome Meyinsse	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	McKinley	Baton Rouge, LA

Head coach

Dave Leitao (Northeastern)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Courtney (Bucknell)
Steve Seymour (Bridgewater (MA))
Drew Diener (St. Louis)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12 December 2014

Recruits

The Virginia Cavalier 2007 recruiting class consisted of 4 signed players. The class is headlined by consensus four star shooting guard, Jeff Jones.

2007 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mustapha Farrakhan SG	Harvey, Illinois	Thornton Township High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Nov 14, 2006
Mustapha Farrakhan SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86
Jeff Jones SG	Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania	Monsignor Bonner High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 18, 2006
Jeff Jones SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Mike Scott PF	Chesapeake, Virginia	Deep Creek High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 28, 2006
Mike Scott PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Sam Zeglinski PG	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	William Penn Charter School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 25, 2005
Sam Zeglinski PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84
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Watch list

Sean Singletary
- Pre-season All American (CBS Sportsline,^[2]^[3] Collegehoops.net,^[3]^[4] CollegeInsider.com^[3]^[5])
- Wooden Award Candidate^[3]^[6]
- Naismith Award Candidate^[3]^[7]
- Bob Cousy Award Candidate^[3]^[8]
- Pre-season All Atlantic Coast Conference^[1]^[3]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 11* 2:00 PM		Vermont	W 90–72	1–0 (0–0 ACC)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,893) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 14* 7:00 PM		Howard	W 92–53	2–0 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,162) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 17* 10:30 PM, FSN		at #17 Arizona	W 75–72	3–0 (0–0)	McKale Center (14,602) Tucson, AZ
Nov. 20* 8:00 PM, CN8	#23	Drexel Philly Classic	W 72–58	4–0 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,975) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 23* 9:00 PM, CN8	#23	vs. Pennsylvania Philly Classic	W 100–85	5–0 (0–0)	The Palestra (3,116) Philadelphia, PA
Nov. 24* 9:00 PM, CN8	#23	vs. Seton Hall Philly Classic	L 74–60	5–1 (0–0)	The Palestra (3,871) Philadelphia, PA
Nov. 27* 7:00 PM, ESPNU		Northwestern ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 94–52	6–1 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (12,609) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 5* 7:30 PM, ESPN2		Syracuse	L 70–68	6–2 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,603 ) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 7* 7:00 PM		Longwood	W 76–57	7–2 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,366) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 19* 7:00 PM		Hampton	W 79–65	8–2 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,516) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 22* 2:00 PM, CSN		Elon	W 91–61	9–2 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,626) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 30* 3:00 PM		Hartford	W 78–70	10–2 (0–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,647) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 3* 9:00 PM, CSTV		at Xavier	L 108–70	10–3 (0–0)	Cintas Center (10,073) Cincinnati, OH
Conference regular season
Jan. 13 8:00 PM, FSN		at #7 Duke	L 65–87	10–4 (0–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Jan. 16 7:00 PM, ESPNU		Virginia Tech	L 70–69	10–5 (0–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,433) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 19 8:00 PM, RLF		Boston College	W 84–66	11–5 (1–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,039) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 23 7:00 PM		at Florida State	L 69–66	11–6 (1–3)	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,314) Tallahassee, FL
Jan. 27 4:30 PM, FSN		Georgia Tech	L 92–82 ^OT	11–7 (1–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,138) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 30 7:00 PM, ESPN		at Maryland	L 75–95	11–8 (1–5)	Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD
Feb. 2 1:00 PM, RLF		at Virginia Tech	L 65–72 ^OT	11–9 (1–6)	Cassell Coliseum (9,847) Blacksburg, VA
Feb. 7 7:00 PM, ESPN2		Clemson	L 51–82	11–10 (1–7)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,929) Charlottesville, VA
Feb. 9 3:30 PM, ABC		at Wake Forest	L 64-80	11–11 (1–8)	LJVM Coliseum (14,179) Winston-Salem, NC
Feb. 12 8:00 PM, ESPN2/RLF		#5 North Carolina	L 74–75	11–12 (1–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,765) Charlottesville, VA
Feb. 17 1:00 PM, RLF		at Boston College	W 79–74	12–12 (2–9)	Silvio O. Conte Forum (7,154) Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb. 24 4:30 PM, FSN		NC State	W 78–60	13–12 (3–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,630) Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 1 2:00 PM, RLF		at Miami	L 93–95	13–13 (3–10)	BankUnited Center (6,128) Coral Gables, FL
Mar. 3^[9] 7:00 PM, RSN		Georgia Tech	W 76–74	14–13 (4–10)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (9,191) Atlanta, GA
Mar. 5 7:00 PM, ESPN		#6 Duke	L 70–86	14–14 (4–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,273) Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 9 7:30 PM, FSN		Maryland	W 91–76	15–14 (5–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,154) Charlottesville, VA
ACC Tournament
Mar. 13 7:00 PM, ESPN		vs. Georgia Tech ACC Tournament	L 76–94	15–15 (5–11)	Charlotte Bobcats Arena (20,035) Charlotte, NC
College Basketball Invitational
Mar. 18* 7:00 PM, FCS		Richmond CBI First Round	W 66–64	16–15 (5–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (4,022) Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 24* 7:00 PM, FCS		Old Dominion CBI Quarterfinals	W 80–76	17–15 (5–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (6,460) Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 26* 7:00 PM, FCS		Bradley CBI Semifinals	L 85–96	17–16 (5–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Associated Press Poll prior to game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 North Carolina†	14	–	2	.875	36	–	3	.923
#9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
#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
North Carolina State	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484

† ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll