2008–09 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

2008–09
USF Sun Dome
2008–09 USF Sun Dome
	Seasons ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Louisville†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	6	.838
No. 4 Pittsburgh	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 5 Connecticut	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 11 Villanova	13	–	5	.722	30	–	8	.789
No. 23 Marquette	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
No. 13 Syracuse	11	–	7	.611	28	–	10	.737
West Virginia	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
Providence	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Cincinnati	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Seton Hall	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
Georgetown	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	16	–	18	.471
South Florida	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344
DePaul	0	–	18	.000	9	–	24	.273


† AP Poll

The 2008–09 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the

USF Sun Dome. The Bulls finished the season 9–22, 4–14 in Big East play, and lost in the first round of the 2009 Big East men's basketball tournament

in their first ever appearance.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 04, 2008* 7:00pm		West Florida (DII)	W 80–41	1–0	Tampa, FL
November 10* 7:00pm		Tampa (DII)	W 79–64	2–0	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
Regular Season
November 14* 7:00pm		SMU	W 60–46	1–0	Tampa, FL
November 19* 7:00pm		at Virginia	L 75–77	1–1	Charlottesville, VA
November 25* 7:00pm		High Point	W 59–46	2–1	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
November 29* 7:00pm, BHSN		Northeastern	W 55–37	3–1	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
December 03* 9:00pm		at UAB	L 77–78 ^OT	3–2	Birmingham, AL
December 06* 7:00pm, BHSN		at UCF War on I-4	L 63–71	3–3	Orlando, FL
December 14* 1:00pm, BHSN		Niagara	L 55–70	3–4	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
December 16* 7:00pm, ESPN2		at SEC/Big East Invitational	L 52–71	3–5	Nashville, TN
December 20* 3:00pm		vs. Murray State San Juan Shootout	W 73–64	4–5	Coliseo Deportivo Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
December 21* 5:15pm		vs. Wright State San Juan Shootout	L 43–60	4–6	Coliseo Deportivo Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
December 22* 5:15pm		vs. Oral Roberts San Juan Shootout	L 63–86	4–7	Coliseo Deportivo Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
December 27* 7:00pm, BHSN		Iona	W 68–55	5–7	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
January 2, 2009 8:30pm, ESPN		No. 13 Syracuse	L 54–59	5–8 (0–1)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
January 07 7:00pm, ESPN2		No. 23 Louisville	L 57–71	5–9 (0–2)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
January 10 2:00pm, ESPN360		at DePaul	W 80–58	6–9 (1–2)	Rosemont, IL
January 14 7:00pm, ESPNU		at No. 1 Pittsburgh	L 62–75	6–10 (1–3)	Pittsburgh, PA
January 17 12:00pm, WFTS-ABC		at West Virginia	L 59–62	6–11 (1–4)	Morgantown, WV
January 20 9:00pm, ESPNU		DePaul	W 70–61	7–11 (2–4)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
January 24 12:00pm, WFTS-ABC		No. 20 Villanova	L 61–70	7–12 (2–5)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
January 28 7:00pm, BHSN		at No. 7 Louisville	L 54–80	7–13 (2–6)	Louisville, KY
February 1 2:00pm, ESPNU		at St. John's	L 48–65	7–14 (2–7)	Queens, NY
February 6 7:00pm, BHSN		No. 8 Marquette	W 57–56	8–14 (3–7)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
February 10 7:00pm, ESPN360		Providence	L 62–77	8–15 (3–8)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
February 15 2:00pm, WFTS-ABC		at Notre Dame	L 57–67	8–16 (3–9)	Notre Dame, IN
February 18 7:00pm, BHSN		Georgetown	L 40–65	8–17 (3–10)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
February 21 2:00pm, BHSN		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 50–64	8–18 (3–11)	Hartford, CT
February 25 7:00pm, BHSN		at Seton Hall	L 60–75	8–19 (3–12)	Newark, NJ
March 1 4:00pm, BHSN		West Virginia	L 50–64	8–20 (3–13)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
March 3 7:00pm, ESPNU		Cincinnati	W 70–59	9–20 (4–13)	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
March 7 2:00pm, ESPN360		at Rutgers	L 42–45	9–21 (4–14)	Piscataway, NJ
2009 Big East men's basketball tournament
March 10 BigEast.org	(14)	vs. (11) Seton Hall First Round	L 54–68	9–22	New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.

[standings-1] "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.

v t e South Florida Bulls men's basketball
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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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