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(Top) 1 Coaching staff 2 Preseason 3 Awards 3.1 Horizon League Player of the Week 4 Roster 5 Schedule 6 References

2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

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2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball

Conference	Horizon League
Record	22–14 (9–9 Horizon)
Head coach	Homer Drew
Assistant coaches	Bryce Drew Luke Gore Chris Sparks
Home arena	Athletics-Recreation Center
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.11Butler †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
Cleveland State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Wright State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Valparaiso	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
UIC	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Green Bay	9	–	9	.500	15	–	15	.500
Milwaukee	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Loyola Chicago	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Youngstown State	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Detroit	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† Horizon League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.

Coaching staff[edit]

Homer Drew – Head coach
Bryce Drew – Associate head coach
Luke Gore – Assistant coach
Chris Sparks – Assistant coach
Tarrance Price – Director of Basketball Operations

Preseason[edit]

During the off-season, the Crusaders joined the Horizon League after previously competing in the Mid-Continent Conference.

Awards[edit]

Horizon League Player of the Week[edit]

Samuel Haanpää, week ending December 16^[1]

Roster[edit]

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

No.	Position	Player
00	F	Urule Igbavboa
1	G	Michael Rogers
2	F	Benjamin Fumey
3	G	Matt Bennett
10	G	Brandon McPherson
11	C	Calum MacLeod

No.	Position	Player
13	G	Samuel Haanpää
14	G	Howard Little
23	G	Jarryd Loyd
33	G	Jake Diebler
35	F	Shawn Huff
44	F	Bryan Bouchie

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/12/2007*	Grace South Padre Island Invitational	W 90–59	1–0	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
11/15/2007*	IPFW	W 74–64	2–0	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
11/20/2007*	at Vanderbilt South Padre Island Invitational	L 78–87	2–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
11/23/2007*	vs. Maryland Eastern Shore South Padre Island Invitational	W 66–55	3–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX
11/24/2007*	vs. Austin Peay South Padre Island Invitational	W 61–47	4–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX
11/28/2007*	Western Michigan	W 77–65	5–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/01/2007* , WYIN	Ball State	W 71–58	6–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/06/2007	at Wright State	W 71–66	7–1 (1–0)	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
12/08/2007	at Detroit	W 81–68	8–1 (2–0)	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
12/11/2007* , WYIN	Evansville	W 75–67	9–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/15/2007*	Chicago State	W 90–61	10–1	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2007* , Big Ten Network	at Wisconsin	L 58–68	10–2	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/30/2007* , FSN	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 58–90	10–3	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
01/02/2008*	Indiana Wesleyan	W 93–46	11–3	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/05/2008	at No. 16 Butler	L 65–73	11–4 (2–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
01/10/2008 , Time Warner Sports Milwaukee	Milwaukee	L 69–71	11–5 (2–2)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/12/2008	UWGB	W 82–73	12–5 (3–2)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/17/2008 , MY-YTV	at Youngstown State	W 67–61	13–5 (4–2)	Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
01/19/2008 , STO	at Cleveland State	L 63–69	13–6 (4–3)	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
01/24/2008 , WYIN	UIC	W 60–56	14–6 (5–3)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/26/2008 , WYIN	Loyola(IL)	L 63–65	14–7 (5–4)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/05/2008 , ESPN2	No. 12 Butler	L 68–71	14–8 (5–5)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/07/2008 , WACY	at UWGB	L 71–76 ^OT	14–9 (5–6)	Resch Center Green Bay, WI
02/11/2008 , WYIN	at UIC	L 53–77	14–10 (5–7)	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
02/14/2008 , WYIN	Cleveland State	L 58–71	14–11 (5–8)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/16/2008	Youngstown State	W 77–58	15–11 (6–8)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/20/2008 , WYIN	at Loyola(IL)	L 61–68	15–12 (6–9)	Joseph J. Gentile Center Chicago, IL
02/23/2008* , ESPN Classic	Miami (Ohio) ESPNU Bracketbusters	W 99–94 ^2OT	16–12	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/25/2008 , Time Warner Sports Milwaukee	at Milwaukee	W 66–57	17–12 (7–9)	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI
02/28/2008 , WYIN	Detroit	W 59–56	18–12 (8–9)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
03/01/2008 , ESPN2	Wright State	W 75–73 ^OT	19–12 (9–9)	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
03/04/2008*	UWGB 2008 Horizon League men's basketball tournament	W 75–67	20–12	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
03/07/2008*	vs. Wright State 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament	W 72–67	21–12	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/08/2008* , ESPNU	vs. Cleveland State 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament	L 73–78	21–13	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/19/2008* , Fox College Sports	at Washington 2008 College Basketball Invitational	W 72–71	22–13	Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA
03/24/2008*	at Houston 2008 College Basketball Invitational	L 67–91	22–14	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Associated Press. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ Men's Basketball Release #7^{[permanent dead link]}

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