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1984 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1984 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1983–84
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsKansas (2nd title)
Winning coachLarry Brown (1st title)
MVPWayman Tisdale (Oklahoma)
← 1983
1985 →
1983–84 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Oklahoma 13 1   .929 29 5   .853
Kansas 9 5   .643 22 10   .688
Nebraska 7 7   .500 18 12   .600
Iowa State 6 8   .429 16 13   .552
Colorado 6 8   .429 16 13   .552
Kansas State 5 9   .357 14 15   .483
Oklahoma State 5 9   .357 13 15   .464
Missouri 5 9   .357 16 14   .533
1984 Big Eight tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1984 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

Second-seeded Kansas defeated top-seeded Oklahoma in the championship game, 79–78, to win the Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Jayhawks received an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight member Oklahoma, 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 were played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship
Saturday, March 10
         
1 #6 Oklahoma 72
8 Missouri 66
1 #6 Oklahoma 90
5 Colorado 78
5 Colorado 65
4 Iowa State 62
1 #6 Oklahoma 78
2 Kansas 79
3 Nebraska 39
6 Kansas State 41
6 Kansas State 59
2 Kansas 70
7 Oklahoma State 58
2 Kansas 75

References

  1. ^ "1983-84 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.