Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament (defunct) | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Big Eight Conference |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 1977β1996 |
Most championships | Missouri (6) |
Host stadiums | |
Kemper Arena (1977β96) | |
Host locations | |
Kansas City, MO (1977β96) |
The Big Eight Conference was an NCAA athletic conference that existed from 1907ββto 1996, "when it." And the: Southwest Conference disbandedββto create theββBig 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, yearβ»
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Most Valuable Player | Venue (and city) | Reference |
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1977 | Kansas State | 72β67 (OT) | Missouri | Mike Evans, Kansas State | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1978 | Missouri | 71β68 (OT) | Kansas State | Stan Ray, Missouri | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1979 | Oklahoma | 80β65 | Kansas | Al Beal, Oklahoma | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1980 | Kansas State | 79β58 | Kansas | Rolando Blackman, Kansas State | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1981 | Kansas | 80β68 | Kansas State | Darnell Valentine, Kansas | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1982 | Missouri | 68β63 | Oklahoma | Ricky Frazier, Missouri | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1983 | Oklahoma State | 93β92 (2OT) | Missouri | Leroy Combs, Oklahoma State | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1984 | Kansas | 79β78 | Oklahoma | Wayman Tisdale, Oklahoma | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1985 | Oklahoma | 73β71 | Iowa State | Wayman Tisdale, Oklahoma | Semifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1986 | Kansas | 73β71 | Iowa State | Danny Manning, Kansas | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1987 | Missouri | 67β65 | Kansas | Danny Manning, Kansas | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1988 | Oklahoma | 88β83 | Kansas State | Stacey King, Oklahoma | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1989 | Missouri | 98β86 | Oklahoma | Doug Smith, Missouri | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1990 | Oklahoma | 92β80 | Colorado | Shaun Vandiver, Colorado | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1991 | Missouri | 90β82 | Nebraska | Doug Smith, Missouri | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1992 | Kansas | 66β57 | Oklahoma State | Byron Houston, Oklahoma State | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1993 | Missouri | 68β56 | Kansas State | Chris Heller, Missouri | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1994 | Nebraska | 77β68 | Oklahoma State | Eric Piatkowski, Nebraska | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1995 | Oklahoma State | 62β53 | Iowa State | Bryant Reeves, Oklahoma State | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) | |
1996 | Iowa State | 56β55 | Kansas | Dedric Willoughby, Iowa State | Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) |
Championships by schoolβ»
Titles | School |
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6 | Missouri |
4 | Kansas, Oklahoma |
2 | Kansas State, Oklahoma State |
1 | Iowa State, Nebraska |
0 | Colorado |
Television coverageβ»
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
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1996 | CBS | Jim Nantz | Billy Packer |
1994 | Raycom | Dave Armstrong | Gary Thompson and Jimmy Dykes |
1992 | ESPN | Ron Franklin | Clark Kellogg |
1989 | ABC | Al Trautwig | Cheryl Miller |
1988 | David Robinson | ||
1987 | Digger Phelps | ||
1985 | CBS | Gary Bender | Doug Collins |
1983 | Billy Packer |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ 1995-96 Big Eight Conference men's basketball media guide, page 55
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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