2008 Indiana Fever season

The 2008 Indiana Fever season was their 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association. They finished 4th in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and 17 losses on the season. The season marked the fourth consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals 2–1 by the Detroit Shock.

Offseason

On October 26, 2007, the Fever announced that they declined the option for head coach, Brian Winters, ending his four-year tenure as head coach. On December 12, 2007, assistant coach Lin Dunn was named as the replacement for Winters.
In one of the biggest trades in WNBA history the Fever traded Tamika Whitmore and their first-round pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun for Indianapolis native Katie Douglas on February 19, 2008.
The following player was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream :

Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA draft in Tampa Bay.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
2	26	Khadijah Whittington	Small forward		N.C. State

The Fever were involved in the following transactions during the 2008 season.

Tully Bevilaqua was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team.
Katie Douglas was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from May 26 through June 1.
Tamika Catchings was awarded the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award for her work in the Indianapolis community with her Catch the Stars Foundation.
Tamika Catchings was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team.
Tammy Sutton-Brown was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from September 8 through September 14.
Ebony Hoffman was awarded the WNBA's Most Improved Player Award.

On September 14, 2008, the Indiana Fever set a franchise record for points in a game with 103 against the Phoenix Mercury.

Katie Douglas recorded her 3,000th career point July 27, 2008 against the Phoenix Mercury.