2007-2008 Southern Utah Thunderbirds

2007-2008 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
- Nurudeen Adepoju Sr F 6-5 185 Feb 3, 1985 Kwara Nigeria A-Z International Secondary School
- Davis Baker Jr G 6-5 195 Apr 10, 1986 Coto de Caza (CA) United States Capistrano Valley High School
- John Clifford Jr C 6-10 210 Sep 4, 1987 South Jordan (UT) United States N/A
- Dax Crum Sr PG 6-1 180 Oct 2, 1984 Kirtland (NM) United States N/A
- Orlando Griego Sr F 6-7 208 Jun 9, 1985 Durango (CO) United States N/A
- Lance Higbee So F 6-4 180 Feb 23, 1985 Alamo (NV) United States N/A
- Cris Hoopes Jr F 6-5 215 Jun 3, 1983 Duchesne (UT) United States N/A
- Mike Josserand Fr PG 5-11 165 Dec 13, 1988 Las Vegas (NV) United States N/A
- Nick Livi So PG 6-1 200 Nov 4, 1985 Seattle (WA) United States Eastlake High School
- Dave Marek Jr G 6-2 180 Jun 8, 1985 Benesov Czech Republic Laurinburg Institute
- Geoff Payne Jr F 6-7 195 Dec 13, 1984 Sandy (UT) United States N/A
- Tyler Quinney Jr F 6-7 210 Aug 14, 1987 Sandy (UT) United States N/A
- Rick Roberts So F 6-5 185 Nov 10, 1984 Alpine (UT) United States N/A
- Tate Sorensen Sr F 6-7 215 Jan 15, 1983 Altamont (UT) United States N/A
- Damar Wilson RS-Fr G 6-4 217 Jan 24, 1989 Anchorage (AK) United States East Anchorage High School

Southern Utah Transfers Sitting Out 2007-2008

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Lucas Jones So C 6-9 220 Jan 30, 1988 Murfreesboro (TN) United States Virginia Military

Recent Southern Utah Thunderbirds History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 10-21 (5-15) 10th (WAC) N/A N/A
2022-2023 24-13 (12-6) 3rd (WAC) Runner Up CBI 3rd Rnd
2021-2022 23-12 (14-6) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd The Basketball Classic 3rd Rnd
2020-2021 20-4 (12-2) 1st (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (9-11) 7th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 17-17 (9-11) 7th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 13-19 (5-13) 10th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-27 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 5-24 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 10-19 (7-11) 9th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2013-2014 2-27 (1-19) 11th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2012-2013 11-20 (8-12) 6th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 14-17 (8-10) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 11-19 (7-11) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 7-22 (3-15) 9th (Summit) N/A N/A
2008-2009 11-20 (8-10) 5th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (9-9) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 16-14 (6-8) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 10-20 (8-8) 4th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 13-15 (6-10) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 10-18 (6-10) 7th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 12-16 (5-9) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A

2007-2008 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Geoff Payne The Summit League All-First Team
Geoff Payne The Summit League Freshman of the Year
Geoff Payne The Summit League All-Newcomer Team

2007-2008 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Marek N. Adepoju D. Baker G. Payne T. Quinney
Rotation N. Livi R. Roberts O. Griego   T. Sorensen
Rotation M. Josserand   C. Hoopes    
Rotation D. Crum        
Lim PT   L. Higbee     J. Clifford

2007-2008 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Geoff Payne 30 35.7 20.6 6.8 2.3 1.8 0.4 3.0
Dave Marek 30 33.2 8.8 1.7 3.7 1.0 0.0 2.3
Nick Livi 5 18.2 7.8 1.4 2.4 0.4 0.0 3.2
Davis Baker 27 19.8 6.5 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 1.3
Tyler Quinney 30 19.7 6.4 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.1 1.2
Nurudeen Adepoju 28 19.0 6.4 2.7 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.6
Tate Sorensen 22 18.0 6.1 4.3 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.3
Orlando Griego 29 13.2 4.5 2.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.8
Rick Roberts 30 16.8 3.9 3.1 1.5 0.5 0.3 1.3
Cris Hoopes 18 11.7 3.6 2.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7
Dax Crum 20 12.4 3.5 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 1.0
Mike Josserand 29 12.8 2.2 0.9 1.8 0.7 0.0 1.9
John Clifford 19 7.2 1.4 2.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5
Lance Higbee 8 4.9 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6

2007-2008 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Austin Ainge Assistant Coach 2007-2008 N/A
Ken Beazer Athletic Director 2006-2007 N/A