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Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

FieldValue
nameBig Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
optional_subheaderConference basketball championship
defunctyes
sportCollege basketball
conferenceBig Eight Conference
formatSingle-elimination tournament
years1977–1996
most_championshipsMissouri (6)
all_stadiumsKemper Arena (1977–96)
all_locationsKansas City, MO (1977–96)

The Big Eight Conference was an NCAA athletic conference that existed from 1907 to 1996, when it and the Southwest Conference disbanded to create the Big 12 Conference. The post-season conference tournament was instituted in 1977 and from that time the winner won the conference's automatic NCAA tournament bid. From 1977 until 1985, the quarterfinals were played on the campus sites of the higher seeded teams. The last Big Eight men's basketball tournament ran through the conference's final season in 1996. Missouri won the most Big Eight tournament titles with six. Colorado was the only conference member not to win at least one tournament title during its existence.

Tournament champions by year

YearChampionScoreRunner-upMost Valuable PlayerVenue (and city)Reference
1977Kansas State72–67 (OT)MissouriMike Evans, Kansas StateSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1978Missouri71–68 (OT)Stan Ray, MissouriSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1979Oklahoma80–65KansasAl Beal, OklahomaSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1980Kansas State79–58KansasRolando Blackman, Kansas StateSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1981Kansas80–68Kansas StateDarnell Valentine, KansasSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1982Missouri68–63Ricky Frazier, MissouriSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1983Oklahoma State93–92 (2OT)MissouriLeroy Combs, Oklahoma StateSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1984Kansas79–78OklahomaWayman Tisdale, OklahomaSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1985Oklahoma73–71Iowa StateWayman Tisdale, OklahomaSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1986Kansas73–71Iowa StateDanny Manning, KansasKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1987Missouri67–65KansasDanny Manning, KansasKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1988Oklahoma88–83Kansas StateStacey King, OklahomaKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1989Missouri98–86OklahomaDoug Smith, MissouriKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1990Oklahoma92–80Shaun Vandiver, ColoradoKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1991Missouri90–82NebraskaDoug Smith, MissouriKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1992Kansas66–57Byron Houston, Oklahoma StateKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1993Missouri68–56Kansas StateChris Heller, MissouriKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1994Nebraska77–68Eric Piatkowski, NebraskaKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1995Oklahoma State62–53Iowa StateBryant Reeves, Oklahoma StateKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
1996Iowa State56–55KansasDedric Willoughby, Iowa StateKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)

Championships by school

TitlesSchool
6Missouri
4Kansas, Oklahoma
2Kansas State, Oklahoma State
1Iowa State, Nebraska
0Colorado

Television coverage

YearNetworkPlay-by-playAnalyst
date=July 2016bot=Cyberbot IIfix-attempted=yes }}CBSJim NantzBilly Packer
1994RaycomDave ArmstrongGary Thompson and Jimmy Dykes
1992ESPNRon FranklinClark Kellogg
date=July 2016bot=Cyberbot IIfix-attempted=yes }}ABCAl TrautwigCheryl Miller
date=July 2016bot=Cyberbot IIfix-attempted=yes }}David Robinson
date=July 2016bot=Cyberbot IIfix-attempted=yes }}Digger Phelps
date=July 2016bot=Cyberbot IIfix-attempted=yes }}CBSGary BenderDoug Collins
date=July 2016bot=Cyberbot IIfix-attempted=yes }}Billy Packer

References

References

  1. 1995-96 Big Eight Conference men's basketball media guide, page 55
  2. "Archived copy".
  3. "2012-13 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball media guide, page 115". Iowa State Athletics.
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