Shot hand-held, RAW, cleaned up with Nik Dfine 2.0

Contrary to what many believe, higher ISO's on the 40D in even the poorest lighting are quite usable. You do not have to upgrade to a 7D to gain that usability. If shooting in very low light is such a need, go full frame.

Keep in mind, this is a very low mixed light setting as can been seen by the shutter speeds achieved. A basketball game would have roughly 4-6x more lighting with these same settings.