Dates and sites for the 2008 conference tournaments.
Automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament are handed out to 30 conference tournament champions. The Ivy League's bid goes to its regular-season champion, which is Cornell for the first time since 1988.
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| Conference-by-conference rundown |
| Conference | Tournament site | Dates/Champion |
| ACC | Charlotte, N.C. | North Carolina (32-2) |
| America East | Binghamton, N.Y. | UMBC (24-8) |
| Atlantic Sun | Nashville, Tenn. | Belmont (25-8) |
| Atlantic 10 | Atlantic City, N.J. | Temple (21-12) |
| Big East | New York | Pittsburgh (26-9) |
| Big Sky | Portland, Ore. | Portland State (23-9) |
| Big South | Campus sites (higher seeds) | Winthrop (22-11) |
| Big Ten | Indianapolis | Wisconsin (29-4) |
| Big 12 | Kansas City, Mo. | Kansas (31-3) |
| Big West | Anaheim, Calif. | CS Fullerton (24-8) |
| Colonial | Richmond, Va. | George Mason (23-10) |
| Conference USA | Memphis, Tenn. | Memphis (33-1) |
| Horizon | Campus sites/top seed | Butler (29-3) |
| Ivy League | No Tournament | Cornell (22-5) |
| MAAC | Albany, N.Y. | Siena (22-10) |
| MAC | Cleveland | Kent State (28-6) |
| MEAC | Raleigh, N.C. | Coppin State (16-20) |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | Drake (28-4) |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | UNLV (26-7) |
| Northeast | Campus sites (higher seeds) | Mount St. Mary's (18-14) |
| Ohio Valley | Nashville, Tenn. | Austin Peay (24-10) |
| Pac-10 | Los Angeles | UCLA (31-3) |
| Patriot | Campus sites (higher seeds) | American (21-11) |
| SEC | Atlanta | Georgia (17-16) |
| Southern | Charleston, S.C. | Davidson (26-6) |
| Southland | Katy, Texas | Texas-Arlington (21-11) |
| Summit | Tulsa, Okla. | Oral Roberts (24-8) |
| Sun Belt | Mobile, Ala. | Western Kentucky (27-6) |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Ala. | Mississippi Valley State (17-15) |
| WAC | Las Cruces, N.M. | Boise State (25-8) |
| West Coast | San Diego | San Diego (21-13) |
