2007–08 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

2007–08 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record20–13 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2007–08 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
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

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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

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(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

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

West Division

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

Preseason All-MAC

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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

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All-MAC Awards

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

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References

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  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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