2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team


The 2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Mike Anderson, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri.

Pre-season

With Missouri returning four starters and eleven scholarship players from a team that surprised many by winning 18 games in head coach Mike Anderson's first year with the team, expectations were running high for the Tigers in 2007. Among the returners was the 2007 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year Stefhon Hannah. In addition, the Tigers welcomed newcomer DeMarre Carroll as a transfer from Vanderbilt. Carroll was named the Big 12's Preseason Newcomer of the Year. With all of this in mind, the Big 12 coaches selected Missouri fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll.
The Tigers played two preseason games in 2007. The first was against the University of Missouri–St. Louis, winning this game 78–51. The second of their two preseason games was against Missouri Western State University. They won this game by a score of 113–55.

Recruiting

Schedule

!colspan=9| Preseason
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| Postseason

Roster

Name#PositionHeightWeightYearHome Town
DeMarre Carroll1Forward6–8225JRBirmingham, Alabama
Keon Lawrence2Guard6–2175SONewark, New Jersey
Stefhon Hannah3Guard6–1175SRChicago, Illinois
J.T. Tiller4Guard6–3187SOMarietta, Georgia
Leo Lyons5Forward6–9240JRKansas City, Kansas
Nick Berardini10Guard6–1190SRLake Forest, Illinois
Jason Horton12Guard6–2190SRDallas, Texas
Michael Anderson Jr.13Guard5–11180SRBirmingham, Alabama
Marshall Brown15Forward6–6220SRAustin, Texas
Justin Safford23Forward6–8225FRBloomington, Illinois
Vaidotas Volkus32Forward6–8220SRPanevėžys, Lithuania
Matt Lawrence33Guard6–7203JRWildwood, Missouri
Darryl Butterfield35Center6–7225SRMiami, Florida

Final Season statistics

PlayerGP-GSMin/GFG%3PT%FT%R/GA/GSTLBLKPTS/G
Stefhon Hannah20–1928.1.430.385.7583.05.338214.7
Leo Lyons31–2122.1.583.077.6405.71.7222113.1
DeMarre Carroll32–3025.3.536.176.6126.71.3362113.0
Keon Lawrence32–2029.2.433.349.7583.32.4291611.0
Matt Lawrence32–3126.1.369.348.9132.90.92558.8
J.T. Tiller32–1219.7.441.267.7882.31.82686.8
Marshall Brown31–313.1.409.386.6251.90.91494.5
Darryl Butterfield30–114.2.402.308.6112.00.61914.0
Jason Horton29–1323.0.357.216.7861.93.23503.8
Justin Safford24–08.9.400.368.5382.20.6882.3
Vaidotas Volkus28–108.0.442.000.7781.60.2363.1
Nick Berardini8–01.5.600.600.0000.30.3101.1
Michael Anderson, Jr.16–04.6.286.200.0000.10.4300.3