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Basketball Tournament |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2007–08 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Site | FedExForum Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Champions | Memphis (5th title) | ||
| Winning coach | John Calipari (4th title) | ||
| MVP | Antonio Anderson[1] Memphis | ||
| Post-Conference USA tournament(s) |
2008 NIT, 2008 NCAA, 2008 CBI |
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| Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was won by Memphis. By winning the tournament, Memphis received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It took place from March 12–15, 2008 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. However, the NCAA vacated Memphis' standings after Derrick Rose was found ineligible.
| First round March 12 |
Second round March 13 |
Semifinals March 14 |
C-USA Championship Game March 15 |
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| 8 | Marshall | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tulane | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tulane | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UCF | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Rice | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulsa | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulsa | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | East Carolina | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulsa | 78* | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UAB | 68* | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulsa | 64* | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UTEP | 62* | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UTEP | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UTEP | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | SMU | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
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