The 2007–08 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented
Coppin State University during the
2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 22nd year head coach
Fang Mitchell, played their home games at the
Coppin Center and were members of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...
. Despite losing 19 of their first 23 games and starting 0–8 in MEAC play, Coppin State finished the regular season 12–20 (7–9 MEAC). The Eagles then went on an unexpected run to win the
MEAC tournament title (upsetting the top three seeds, including Morgan State in the title game) to receive an automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament as one of two No. 16 seeds in the East region. In the Play-in Game, Coppin State lost to
Mount St. Mary's, 69–60.
Roster
Schedule and results
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MEAC tournament
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NCAA tournament
References
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2007-08
2007–08 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament participants
2007 in sports in Maryland
2008 in sports in Maryland