The 2007–08 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by fourth-year head coach Trent Johnson, and played their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. After the season ended, Trent Johnson left Stanford and accepted a job at LSU.
Previous season The Cardinal started the season by winning eight of their first ten games. After a small stumble against #7 Arizona and in-state rival California, the Cardinal followed it up with seven straight wins, four of which were against ranked teams. Following those four wins against ranked teams, they began the next week in the top 25 for the first time under Trent Johnson. While being ranked, Stanford would lose three of their next four, and fall out of the top 25. They ended the regular season going 3–3 in the final six games.
Stanford finished conference play in sixth place and played third seed USC in the Pac-10 Conference tournament. The Cardinal lost in overtime 83–79. They gained an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament placed in the South Region as the #11 seed, and played #6 seed Louisville. The Cardinals beat the Cardinal 78–58, ending the Cardinal season at 18–13 overall and 10–8 in conference play.
Offseason
Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure G 180 Tacoma, WA Graduated G 195 Palo Alto, CA Graduated
Incoming
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-10 Conference
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-10 tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
Rankings
2008 NBA draft Year Round Pick Player NBA club 2008 1 10 Brook Lopez New Jersey Nets 2008 1 15 Robin Lopez Phoenix Suns
References