Automatic
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA tournament. Of these thirty-one automatic bids, a total of 30 teams receive automatic bids for winning their conference tournament championship. The Ivy League does not hold a tournament, so its regular season champion receives the automatic bid. Because Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard finished in a tie for first place, Ivy League rules called for a two-game stepladder playoff. Dartmouth defeated Harvard in the first game and went on to face Cornell for the automatic bid, which Cornell won 64-47.
| Automatic Bids | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | ||||
| Qualifying School | Conference | Regular Season |
Conference | Seed |
| Bucknell University | Patriot League | 0.516 !16–15 | 0.571 !8–6 | 16 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Southern Conference | 0.906 !29–3 | 1.018 !18–0 | 12 |
| Cleveland State University | Horizon League | 0.594 !19–13 | 0.556 !10–8 | 15 |
| University of Connecticut | Big East | 0.97 !32–1 | 0.938 !15–1 | 1 |
| Coppin State University | MEAC | 0.667 !22–11 | 0.813 !13–3 | 16 |
| Cornell University | Ivy League | 0.714 !20–8 | 0.786 !11–3 | 16 |
| East Tennessee State University | Atlantic Sun Conference | 0.656 !21–11 | 0.875 !14–2 | 14 |
| California State University, Fresno | WAC | 0.688 !22–10 | 0.875 !14–2 | 14 |
| University of Hartford | America East | 0.844 !27–5 | 0.875 !14–2 | 10 |
| Illinois State University | Missouri Valley Conference | 0.813 !26–6 | 0.722 !13–5 | 13 |
| Jackson State University | SWAC | 0.581 !18–13 | 0.722 !13–5 | 15 |
| Liberty University | Big South Conference | 0.903 !28–3 | 0.917 !11–1 | 12 |
| Marist College | MAAC | 0.939 !31–2 | 1.018 !18–0 | 7 |
| Miami University | MAC | 0.697 !23–10 | 0.75 !12–4 | 13 |
| University of Montana | Big Sky Conference | 0.806 !25–6 | 0.813 !13–3 | 13 |
| Murray State University | Ohio Valley Conference | 0.774 !24–7 | 0.75 !15–5 | 14 |
| University of New Mexico | Mountain West | 0.625 !20–12 | 0.563 !9–7 | 12 |
| University of North Carolina | ACC | 0.938 !30–2 | 1.014 !14–0 | 1 |
| Old Dominion University | Colonial | 0.879 !29–4 | 0.944 !17–1 | 5 |
| Oral Roberts University | SWAC | 0.594 !19–13 | 0.556 !10–8 | 16 |
| Purdue University | Big Ten | 0.563 !18–14 | 0.611 !11–7 | 9 |
| Robert Morris University | Northeast Conference | 0.719 !23–9 | 0.889 !16–2 | 15 |
| University of San Diego | West Coast Conference | 0.613 !19–12 | 0.5 !7–7 | 14 |
| Southern Methodist University | Conference USA | 0.75 !24–8 | 0.688 !11–5 | 12 |
| Stanford University | Pac-12 | 0.909 !30–3 | 0.889 !16–2 | 2 |
| University of Tennessee | SEC | 0.938 !30–2 | 0.929 !13–1 | 1 |
| Texas A&M University | Atlantic Sun Conference | 0.788 !26–7 | 0.688 !11–5 | 2 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Big West Conference | 0.767 !23–7 | 0.938 !15–1 | 13 |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | Southland | 0.719 !23–9 | 0.75 !12–4 | 15 |
| Western Kentucky University | Sun Belt Conference | 0.788 !26–7 | 0.889 !16–2 | 10 |
| Xavier University | Atlantic 10 | 0.75 !24–8 | 0.786 !11–3 | 9 |
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