2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
| 2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Season | 2007–08 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Site |
FedExForum Memphis, Tennessee | ||||
| Champions | Memphis (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | John Calipari (3rd title) | ||||
| MVP | Antonio Anderson[1] (Memphis) | ||||
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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.
2008 Conference USA Tournament
| 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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