The 2007–08 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 29th in conference history, and involved its 16 full-time member schools.
Georgetown was the regular-season champion with a record of . Pittsburgh won the Big East tournament championship.
Rankings.
Georgetown was ranked in the Associated Press poll Top 25 all season, reaching No. 5 and finishing at No. 8. Marquette spent all but one week in the Top 25 and finished at No. 25. Connecticut, Louisville, Notre Dame, and Pittsburgh also appeared in the Top 25 and finished the season as ranked teams. Syracuse, Villanova, and West Virginia also spent time in the Top 25.
Postseason.
Big East tournament.
Seeding.
Teams were seeded in the Big East tournament based on conference record and tiebreakers. The No. 5 through No. 12 seeds played in the first round, and the No. 1 through No. 4 seeds received byes into the quarterfinal round. Teams which finished below 12th place in the conference after the application as necessary of tiebreakers did not qualify for the tournament
Seeding was and By finishing below 12th place, DePaul, Rutgers, St. John's, and South Florida did not qualify for the tournament.
NCAA tournament.
Eight Big East teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut lost in the first round and Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, and Pittsburgh in the second round. Villanova and West Virginia were defeated in the regional semifinals and Louisville in the regional finals.
National Invitation Tournament.
Syracuse received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. Seeded No. 1 in the in one of the tournament's unnamed brackets, the Orange lost in the quarterfinals.
College Basketball Invitational.
Cincinnati accepted a bid to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational. The Bearcats lost in the first round.
Awards and honors.
Big East Conference.
Player of the Year:
Defensive Player of the Year:
Co-Rookies of the Year:
Sixth Man of the Year:
Most Improved Player:
Coach of the Year:
All-Big East First Team
All-Big East Second Team:
Big East All-Rookie Team:
All-Americans.
The following players were selected to the 2008 Associated Press All-America teams.
Consensus All-America Second Team:
Second Team All-America:
AP Honorable Mention