2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East
Record	13–17 (7–9 MAC)
Head coach	Louis Orr;
Assistant coaches	LaMonta Stone; George Jackson; Andy Moore;
Home arena	Anderson Arena

2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	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
	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

The 2007–08 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference.

Preseason

On April 4, 2007, Bowling Green State University announced Louis Orr as the program's 15th head coach, replacing Dan Dakich who left BG to become an assistant under Kelvin Sampson at Indiana. Louis Orr joined the Falcons after five years at Seton Hall, where he compiled an 80–69 record and led the Pirates to two NCAA tournament appearances.^[1] Entering the 2007–08 season, Bowling Green was picked to finish sixth in the MAC East division by the MAC News Media Association.^[2]

Coaching staff

Louis Orr – Head coach
LaMonta Stone – Assistant coach
George Jackson – Assistant coach
Andy Moore – Assistant coach
Rick Palmer – Director of Basketball Operations

Roster

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No.	Position	Player
1	G	Brian Moten
2	F	Darryl Clements
12	G	Ryan Sims
14	G	Joe Jakubowski
20	F	Nate Miller
23	F	Chris Knight

No.	Position	Player
24	F	Cameron Madlock
32	G	Matt Karaffa
34	F	Erik Marschall
45	C	Otis Polk
50	C	Marc Larson

Starters are indicated in bold

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/01/07* 7:00pm	Wayne State (MI) Exhibition	W 59–44	—	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
Regular season
11/09/07* 5:00pm	vs. Western Carolina Peggy Cronin Classic	L 60–63	0–1	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
11/10/07* 4:00pm	vs. Belmont Peggy Cronin Classic	W 78–67	1–1	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
11/11/07* 8:00pm, WXIX	at Cincinnati Peggy Cronin Classic	W 69–67	2–1	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
11/17/07* 4:00pm	Morehead State	W 86–70	3–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
11/24/07* 2:00pm, BCSN	Temple	L 55–72	3–2	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
11/27/07* 7:00pm	at Furman	W 67–58	4–2	Timmons Arena Greenville, SC
12/01/07* 4:00pm, FSN Detroit	at Oakland	L 80–90	4–3	Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI
12/06/07* 9:05pm	at Northern Colorado	L 60–64 ^OT	4–4	Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, CO
12/16/07* 2:00pm	Illinois State	L 58–69	4–5	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
12/22/07* 2:00pm, WTWO	at Indiana State	L 57–62	4–6	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
12/29/07* 7:00pm, BCSN	Eastern Illinois	W 52–48	5–6	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
01/02/08* 7:00pm, BCSN	Duquesne	L 78–96	5–7	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
01/02/08 4:00pm, BCSN	Ohio	W 52–49	6–7 (1–0)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
01/12/08 7:00pm	at Kent State	L 49–63	6–8 (1–1)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, OH
01/17/08 7:00pm, BCSN	Buffalo	W 83–70	7–8 (2–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
01/20/08 7:00pm	at Akron	L 44–80	7–9 (2–2)	James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
01/23/08 7:00pm, BCSN	Miami (OH)	W 55–52	8–9 (3–2)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
01/27/08 2:00pm, BCSN	Northern Illinois	W 63–59	9–9 (4–2)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
01/30/08 7:00pm	at Ball State	W 63–53	10–9 (5–2)	John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
02/02/08 4:00pm	at Western Michigan	L 50–64	10–10 (5–3)	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
02/06/08 7:00pm, BCSN	Central Michigan	L 77–81 ^OT	10–11 (5–4)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
02/10/08 4:00pm, ESPNU	Toledo	W 69–58	11–11 (6–4)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
02/13/08 7:00pm, Comcast Local	at Eastern Michigan	L 68–78	11–12 (6–5)	Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI
02/16/08 2:00pm	Akron	L 56–65	11–13 (6–6)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
02/19/08 7:00pm, ESPN Full Court	at Ohio	L 48–69	11–14 (6–7)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
02/23/08* 4:05pm	at Detroit ESPN Bracket Busters	W 81–65	12–14 (6–7)	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
03/01/08 12:30pm	No. 23 Kent State	W 89–83	13–14 (7–7)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
03/04/08 7:00pm	at Buffalo	L 50–96	13–15 (7–8)	Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
03/09/08 12:00pm, FSN Ohio	at Miami (OH)	L 59–75	13–16 (7–9)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
MAC tournament
3/13/08* 5:30pm	vs. Toledo MAC Tournament first round	L 48–52	13–17 (7–9)	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards

Mid-American Conference Player of the Week

Chris Knight, week 1
Joe Jakubowski, week 17

References

^ "Louis Orr Named Men's Basketball Coach". BGSUFalcons.com. April 4, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
^ "Falcons Picked Sixth in East Division". BGSUFalcons.com. October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008.

[1] "Louis Orr Named Men's Basketball Coach". BGSUFalcons.com. April 4, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008.

[2] "Falcons Picked Sixth in East Division". BGSUFalcons.com. October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008.

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