2007–08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

2007–08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 15
Record25–8 (14–4 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sean Kearney
  • Gene Cross
  • Rod Balanis
Home arenaEdmund P. Joyce Center
2007–08 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Georgetown 15 3   .833 28 6   .824
No. 13 Louisville 14 4   .778 27 9   .750
No. 15 Notre Dame 14 4   .778 25 8   .758
No. 16 Connecticut 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
West Virginia 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
No. 25 Marquette 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
No. 17 Pittsburgh 10 8   .556 27 10   .730
Villanova 9 9   .500 22 13   .629
Syracuse 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Cincinnati 8 10   .444 13 19   .406
Seton Hall 7 11   .389 17 15   .531
Providence 6 12   .333 15 16   .484
*DePaul 6 12   .333 11 19   .367
*St. John's 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
*South Florida 3 15   .167 12 19   .387
*Rutgers 3 15   .167 11 20   .355
2008 Big East tournament winner
As of April 7, 2008
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2008 Big East tournament.

The 2007–08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represent the University of Notre Dame in the college basketball season of 2007-08, competing in the Big East Conference. The team is led by eighth-year head coach, Mike Brey, and play their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.

The previous year's team finished with a 24–8 record and 11–5 record in Big East games. They competed in the 2007 Big East men's basketball tournament and received an at-large bid in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament, where they lost their first game. The team graduated its two top-scorers between the seasons, but returned three starters and added four recruits for 2007–08. They were picked to finish ninth in the Big East.

Notre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam tournament and reached their conference games with a 10–2 record. Currently the team is ranked 14th in the Associated Press (AP) Poll and 15th in the Coaches Poll, and has a 24–7 record overall. The 14–4 record in conference places the team tied in second in the conference, and is the most conference wins in the history of the school. Dating to 2006, the team won 37 consecutive home games, the second longest active winning streak in the nation.