In the final post-NCAA tournament coaches' poll, UCLA dropped to #4, Stanford stayed at #11 and Washington State moved to #15.
UCLA, the #1 seed team, won the 2008 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on March 15, in front of a crowd of 18,672.
* Denotes a vacated win, as the result of a January 3, 2010 announcement that USC has vacated all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including its Pac-10 Conference tournament victory over Arizona State (therefore, USC finished the season with a record of 0–12).
Washington played in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), where they would lose their opening round game 71–72 to Valparaiso.
[5] On April 27, former Duke assistant Johnny Dawkins would becoming the 17th head coach in Stanford basketball history.
[6] In October 2008, Arizona Wildcats hall of fame coach Lute Olson would announce his retirement from the sport for health reasons.
Ryan Anderson (PF, Sophomore), of California was a Sporting News Second team All-American.