Before The Tournament
Before the beginning of the season the league's coaches voted Georgetown, the 2006-07 Big East regular season and tournament winner, and Louisville to share the conference title. Additionally, it was decided that each team's conference schedule would expand from 16 to 18 games so all of the teams would play each other. Fifteen Big East teams reached the beginning of their conference schedules with winning records, with four teams having only one loss and three others with only two losses. The out of conference schedule for the league included four teams playing in the inaugural Big East/SEC Invitational, where they went 3–1, and two teams beating top–10 ranked teams. At the end of conference play, Georgetown, who was ranked tenth in the Coaches Poll, won the regular season title. Six teams ended the season ranked, while eight ended with over 20 wins. The top–12 teams in the standings were invited to the tournament.
| 2007-08 Big East Conference Standings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conference Record | Overall | |||||
| W | L | GB | W | L | |||
| Georgetown | 15 | 3 | - | 27 | 5 | ||
| Notre Dame | 14 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||
| Louisville | 14 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Connecticut | 13 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Marquette | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 9 | ||
| West Virginia | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 10 | ||
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 9 | ||
| Villanova | 9 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 12 | ||
| Syracuse | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 13 | ||
| Cincinnati | 8 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Seton Hall | 7 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 15 | ||
| Providence | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 16 | ||
| DePaul | 6 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 19 | ||
| St. John's | 5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 19 | ||
| South Florida | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Rutgers | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 20 | ||
- Rankings reflect Coaches Poll as of March 10, 2008
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