2007–08 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team

2007–08 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball
2007–08 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West
Record	6–24 (5–11 MAC)
Head coach	Billy Taylor;
Assistant coaches	Jim Molinari; Joseph Price; Bob Simmons;
Home arena	John E. Worthen Arena
	Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference.

2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State †	13	–	3	.813	28	–	7	.800
Akron	11	–	5	.688	24	–	11	.686
Ohio	9	–	7	.563	20	–	13	.606
Miami (OH)	9	–	7	.563	17	–	16	.515
Bowling Green	7	–	9	.438	13	–	16	.448
Buffalo	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333
West
Western Michigan	12	–	4	.750	20	–	12	.625
Central Michigan	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Toledo	7	–	8	.467	11	–	19	.367
Ball State	5	–	11	.313	6	–	24	.200
Northern Illinois	3	–	12	.200	6	–	22	.214

† 2008 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Coaching staff

Billy Taylor – Head coach
Jim Molinari – Assistant coach
Joseph Price – Assistant coach
Bob Simmons – Assistant coach
Jay Newberry – Director of Basketball Operations

Preseason

Billy Taylor replaced Ronny Thompson as head coach of the team. Only Peyton Stovall, Brandon Lampley, Anthony Newell and Rashaun McLemore (who redshirted) would return from last year's team.

Roster

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

No.	Position	Player
0	G	Othello Banaci
1	F	Malik Perry
2	G	Joey Clawson
3	G	Melvin Goins
4	G	Brandon Lampley
5	G	Deontay Twyman

No.	Position	Player
10	G	KeAundre Peak
11	G	Laron Frazier
12	G	Peyton Stovall
24	G	Rob Giles
30	F	Dexter Hinkley
32	F	Anthony Newell
34	G	Rashaun McLemore
69	C	Russian Cream
101	G	Jett Springer

Walk-on players are italicized.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/09/2007* 7:00 pm	Butler	W 61–45	0–1	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
11/14/2007* 7:00 pm	Milwaukee	W 81–74 ^OT	0–2	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
11/21/2007* 7:00 pm	No. 5 Georgetown	W 57–48	0–3	John E. Worthen Arena (4,381) Muncie, IN
11/24/2007* 2:00 pm	Evansville	W 51–50	0–4	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
11/27/2007* 7:00 pm	at Saint Joseph's	W 74–63	0–5	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Philadelphia, PA
12/01/2007* 7:30 pm	at Valparaiso	W 71–58	0–6	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/05/2007* 7:00 pm	at Purdue	W 70–57	0–7	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
12/08/2007* 7:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	at Indiana State	W 59–48	0–8	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
12/16/2007* 2:00 pm	at Arkansas State	W 57–47	0–9	Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR
12/19/2007* 7:00 pm	UC Santa Barbara	W 79–52	0–10	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
12/22/2007* 2:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	Illinois State	W 65–49	0–11	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
12/31/2007* 2:00 pm	IPFW	W 69–62	1–11	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
01/06/2008 2:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	at Toledo	L 54–58	1–12 (0–1)	Savage Hall Toledo, OH
01/13/2008 2:00 pm, Comcast Local	Central Michigan	W 82–71	2–12 (1–1)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
01/16/2008 7:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	Western Michigan	W 71–45	2–13 (1–2)	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
01/19/2008 2:00 pm, Comcast Local	Eastern Michigan	W 64–60	3–13 (2–2)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
01/22/2008 7:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	at Northern Illinois	W 60–58	3–14 (2–3)	Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
01/26/2008 2:00 pm, ESPN Full Court	at Ohio	W 61–59	3–15 (2–4)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
01/30/2008 7:00 pm	Bowling Green	W 63–53	3–16 (2–5)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
02/02/2008 2:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	Miami (OH)	W 66–54	3–17 (2–6)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
02/06/2008 7:00 pm	at Kent State	W 64–61 ^OT	3–18 (2–7)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, OH
02/09/2008 7:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	Akron	W 70–61	3–19 (2–8)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
02/13/2008 7:00 pm	at Buffalo	W 76–67	4–19 (3–8)	Alumni Arena Buffalo, NY
02/17/2008 2:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	Toledo	W 59–52	5–19 (4–8)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
02/20/2008 7:00 pm, Comcast Local	at Central Michigan	W 63–58	5–20 (4–9)	Daniel P. Rose Center Mount Pleasant, MI
02/23/2008* 7:00 pm	at Eastern Kentucky ESPN Bracket Busters	W 51–48	5–21	Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY
03/01/2008 2:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	at Eastern Michigan	W 75–64	5–22 (4–10)	Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI
03/04/2008 7:00 pm	Northern Illinois	W 69–63	6–22 (5–10)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
03/09/2008 2:00 pm, Ball State Sports Network	at Western Michigan	L 53–57	6–23 (5–11)	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
03/12/2008	vs. Eastern Michigan MAC tournament	L 55–59	6–24	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards

Mid-American Conference Player of the Week

Peyton Stovall, January 7