Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

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Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament (defunct)
Conference basketball championship
Sport College basketball
Conference Big Eight Conference
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1977–1996
Most championships Missouri (6)
Host stadiums
Kemper Arena (1977–96)
Host locations
Kansas 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. [1] [2]

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Tournament champions by year

YearChampionScoreRunner-upMost Valuable PlayerVenue (and city)Reference
1977 Kansas State 72–67 (OT) Missouri Mike Evans, Kansas StateSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1978 Missouri 71–68 (OT) Kansas State Stan Ray, MissouriSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1979 Oklahoma 80–65 Kansas Al Beal, OklahomaSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1980 Kansas State 79–58 Kansas Rolando Blackman, Kansas StateSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1981 Kansas 80–68 Kansas State Darnell Valentine, KansasSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1982 Missouri 68–63 Oklahoma Ricky Frazier, MissouriSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1983 Oklahoma State 93–92 (2OT) Missouri Leroy Combs, Oklahoma StateSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1984 Kansas 79–78 Oklahoma Wayman Tisdale, OklahomaSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1985 Oklahoma 73–71 Iowa State Wayman Tisdale, OklahomaSemifinals and final at Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1986 Kansas 73–71 Iowa State Danny Manning, KansasKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1987 Missouri 67–65 Kansas Danny Manning, KansasKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1988 Oklahoma 88–83 Kansas State Stacey King, OklahomaKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1989 Missouri 98–86 Oklahoma Doug Smith, MissouriKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1990 Oklahoma 92–80 Colorado Shaun Vandiver, ColoradoKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1991 Missouri 90–82 Nebraska Doug Smith, MissouriKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1992 Kansas 66–57 Oklahoma State Byron Houston, Oklahoma StateKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1993 Missouri 68–56 Kansas State Chris Heller, MissouriKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1994 Nebraska 77–68 Oklahoma State Eric Piatkowski, NebraskaKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1995 Oklahoma State 62–53 Iowa State Bryant Reeves, Oklahoma StateKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [1]
1996 Iowa State 56–55 Kansas Dedric Willoughby, Iowa StateKemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) [3]

Championships by school

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

Television coverage

YearNetworkPlay-by-playAnalyst
1996 [4] CBS Jim Nantz Billy Packer
1994Raycom Dave Armstrong Gary Thompson and Jimmy Dykes
1992ESPN Ron Franklin Clark Kellogg
1989 [5] ABC Al Trautwig Cheryl Miller
1988 [6] David Robinson
1987 [7] Digger Phelps
1985 [8] CBS Gary Bender Doug Collins
1983 [9] Billy Packer

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