2007 – 08 Michigan Wolverines men 's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2007 – 08 season . The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor , Michigan , and was a member of the Big Ten Conference . Under the direction of head coach John Beilein , the team finished tied for ninth in the Big Ten Conference . The team earned a ninth seed and advanced to the second round of the 2008 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament . The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 2008 National Invitation Tournament or the 2008 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament . The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll , and ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll . Ron Coleman served as team captain , and Manny Harris earned team MVP honors
2008 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2007–08 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team