1982 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1982 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–6 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]

1982 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198182
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsMissouri (2nd title)
Winning coachNorm Stewart (2nd title)
MVPRicky Frazier (Missouri)
1981–82 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Missouri122 .857  274  .871
Kansas State104 .714  238  .742
Oklahoma86 .571  2211  .667
Nebraska77 .500  1612  .571
Oklahoma State77 .500  1512  .556
Iowa State59 .357  1017  .370
Kansas410 .286  1314  .481
Colorado311 .214  1116  .407
1982 Big Eight Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Top-seeded Missouri defeated Oklahoma in the championship game, 68–63, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight member Kansas State, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams placed and paired in the initial quarterfinal round.

All first-round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The semifinals and championship game, in turn, were played at a neutral site at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 2
Semifinals
Friday, March 5
Championship
Saturday, March 6
         
1 Missouri 72
8 Colorado 60
1 Missouri 58
4 Nebraska 53
5 Oklahoma State 49
4 Nebraska 60
1 Missouri 68
3 Oklahoma 63
3 Oklahoma 71
6 Iowa State 67
3 Oklahoma 68
2 Kansas State 62
7 Kansas 62
2 Kansas State 74

References

  1. sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
  2. "1981-82 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
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