2008 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2008 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 12–March 15, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. The 12 Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate. Georgetown, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

2008 Big East men's basketball tournament
2008 Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200708
Teams12
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsPittsburgh (2nd title)
Winning coachJamie Dixon (1st title)
MVPSam Young (Pittsburgh)
Top scorerSam Young (Pittsburgh)
(80 points)
2007–08 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Georgetown153 .833286  .824
No. 13 Louisville144 .778279  .750
No. 15 Notre Dame144 .778258  .758
No. 16 Connecticut135 .722249  .727
West Virginia117 .6112611  .703
No. 25 Marquette117 .6112510  .714
No. 17 Pittsburgh108 .5562710  .730
Villanova99 .5002213  .629
Syracuse99 .5002114  .600
Cincinnati810 .4441319  .406
Seton Hall711 .3891715  .531
Providence612 .3331516  .484
*DePaul612 .3331119  .367
*St. John's513 .2781119  .367
*South Florida315 .1671219  .387
*Rutgers315 .1671120  .355
2008 Big East tournament winner
As of April 7, 2008
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2008 Big East tournament.

The first round of the tournament saw no upsets, as each of the higher seeds won their games. However, the second round had three of the four lower seeds winning their games. In the semi-finals, number one seed, Georgetown, easily won, while the seventh seed, Pittsburgh, won in a close game. The two teams played each other for the tournament championship and Pittsburgh was victorious, winning the conference's automatic bid. After the tournament, eight of the teams that participated were invited to the NCAA Tournament. It was Pittsburgh's second Big East tournament championship.

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