2008 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament , a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season , took place from March 12 – March 15 , 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City . Its winner received the Big East Conference 's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament . It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round . The 12 Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate . Georgetown , the Big East regular season winner , received the number one seed in the tournament
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2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament