2007–08 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2007–08 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record20–13 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach
  • Sylvia Crawley (2nd season)
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2007–08 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bowling Green 13 – 3   .813 25 – 7   .781
Miami (OH)† 12 – 4   .750 23 – 10   .697
Ohio 10 – 6   .625 20 – 13   .606
Buffalo 8 – 8   .500 15 – 15   .500
Kent State 5 – 11   .313 9 – 21   .300
Akron 2 – 14   .125 7 – 24   .226
West
Eastern Michigan 11 – 5   .688 17 – 12   .586
Ball State 11 – 5   .688 15 – 15   .500
Western Michigan 9 – 7   .563 13 – 19   .406
Northern Illinois 6 – 8   .429 10 – 18   .357
Toledo 5 – 10   .333 14 – 16   .467
Central Michigan 2 – 13   .133 6 – 23   .207
† 2008 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2007–08 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by second year head coach Sylvia Crawley, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1] They finished the season 20–13 and 10–6 in MAC play. Ohio reached the MAC Tournament Final. After the season Crawley left to take the head coaching position at Boston College.[2]

Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 18, 2007. Ohio was picked first in the MAC East.[3]

Preseason women's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

  1. Ohio
  2. Bowling Green
  3. Miami
  4. Kent State
  5. Buffalo
  6. Akron

West Division

  1. Ball State
  2. Northern Illinois
  3. Eastern Michigan
  4. Western Michigan
  5. Toledo
  6. Central Michigan

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
Preseason All-MAC East Lauren Kohn

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Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2007*
 at Butler L 58–59  0–1
  
 
Nov 13, 2007*
 South Alabama L 59–73  0–2
  
 
Nov 24, 2007*
 Presbyterian W 85–55  1–2
  
 
Nov 26, 2007*
 at Cleveland State W 70–59  2–2
  
 
Nov 30, 2007*
 at vs. Utah Valley L 81–83  2–3
  
 
Dec 1, 2007*
 vs. Hampton W 70–64  3–3
  
 
Dec 5, 2007*
 at Pittsburgh L 55–69  3–4
  
 
Dec 10, 2007*
 at Lehigh W 67–53  4–4
  
 
Dec 14, 2007*
 Marshall L 74–78  4–5
  
 
Dec 16, 2007*
 Robert Morris W 75–70  5–5
  
 
Dec 21, 2007*
 at Michigan L 64–69  5–6
  
 
Dec 30, 2007*
 Morehead State W 76–54  6–6
  
 
Jan 5, 2008*
 at Navy W 81–52  7–6
  
 
MAC regular season
Jan 9, 2008
 Kent State L 68–74 OT 7–7
(0–1) 		 
 
Jan 12, 2008
 at Bowling Green L 45–60  7–8
(0–2) 		 
 
Jan 16, 2008
 at Buffalo W 74–64  8–8
(1–2) 		 
 
Jan 19, 2008
 Miami (OH) W 74–55  9–8
(2–2) 		 
 
Jan 22, 2008
 Akron W 78–64  10–8
(3–2) 		 
 
Jan 26, 2008
 at Central Michigan W 71–64  11–8
(4–2) 		 
 
Jan 30, 2008
 Ball State W 88–82 OT 12–8
(5–2) 		 
 
Feb 2, 2008
 at Western Michigan W 94–85  13–8
(6–2) 		 
 
Feb 9, 2008
 Eastern Michigan L 56–62  13–9
(6–3) 		 
 
Feb 13, 2008
 Toledo W 70–58  14–9
(7–3) 		 
 
Feb 20, 2008
 at Akron W 86–58  15–9
(8–3) 		 
 
Feb 23, 2008
 Buffalo L 63–67  15–10
(8–4) 		 
 
Feb 27, 2008
 Bowling Green L 67–82  15–11
(8–5) 		 
 
Mar 1, 2008
 at Kent State W 69–68  16–11
(9–5) 		 
 
Mar 3, 2008
 at Northern Illinois W 72–68  17–11
(10–5) 		 
 
Mar 5, 2008
 at Miami (OH) L 72–82 OT 17–12
(10–6) 		 
 
MAC Tournament
Mar 9, 2008
 Central Michigan W 68–65  18–12
  
 
Mar 11, 2008
 vs. Eastern Michigan W 76–62  19–12
  
 
Mar 14, 2008
 vs. Bowling Green W 68–66 2OT 20–12
  
 
Mar 15, 2008
 vs. Miami (OH) L 56–67  20–13
  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
All-MAC 1st team Lauren Kohn

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References

  1. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Crawley leaving Ohio for Boston College". Athens Messenger. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL". Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "2007-08 Women's Basketball". ohiobobcats.com. Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "2007-08 Women's Basketball". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POST SEASON AWARDS". Retrieved June 13, 2022.
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