The 2007–08 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Bob Huggins and played their home games in the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. It completed the season 26–11 (11–7 in the Big East) and lost to Xavier 79–75 (in overtime) in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2008 NCAA tournament. West Virginia finished the season ranked #17.

Roster

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown Joe Alexander 11 F 6-8 225 Junior Mount Airy, Maryland Jarrett Brown 31 G 6-4 220 Sophomore West Palm Beach, Florida Da'Sean Butler 1 F 6-7 225 Sophomore Newark, New Jersey John Flowers 41 F 6-7 195 Freshman Waldorf, Maryland Joe Mazzulla 3 G 6-2 210 Sophomore Johnston, Rhode Island Darris Nichols 14 G 6-3 200 Senior Radford, Virginia Cameron Payne 25 G 6-4 200 Freshman Charleston, West Virginia Alex Ruoff 22 G 6-6 215 Junior Spring Hill, Florida Jamie Smalligan 43 C 7-0 265 Senior East Grand Rapids, Michigan Wellington Smith 35 F 6-7 215 Sophomore Summit, New Jersey Josh Sowards 21 F 6-7 205 Sophomore Scott Depot, West Virginia Ted Talkington 32 G 6-2 200 Junior New Martinsville, West Virginia Will Thomas 24 G 6-5 205 Freshman East Cleveland, Ohio Cam Thoroughman 2 F 6-7 215 Freshman Portsmouth, Ohio Jonnie West 4 G 6-3 175 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee

Schedule and results

!colspan=12| Regular season

!colspan=12| Big East tournament

!colspan=12| NCAA tournament

Standings Big East Conference Overall   W-L     GB     PCT     W-L     PCT   #8 Georgetown 15-3 - .833 27-5 .844 #15 Notre Dame 14-4 1 .778 24-7 .774 #13 Louisville 14-4 1 .778 24-8 .750 #17 Connecticut 13-5 2 .722 24-8 .750 #25 Marquette 11-7 4 .611 24-9 .727 West Virginia 11-7 4 .611 24-10 .706 Pittsburgh 10-8 5 .556 26-9 .743 Villanova 9-9 6 .500 20-12 .625 Syracuse 9-9 6 .500 19-13 .594 Cincinnati 8-10 7 .444 13-18 .419 Seton Hall 7-11 8 .389 17-15 .531 Providence 6-12 9 .333 15-16 .484 DePaul 6-12 9 .333 11-19 .367 St. John's 5-13 10 .278 11-19 .367 South Florida 3-15 12 .167 12-19 .387 Rutgers 3-15 12 .167 11-20 .355

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