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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.
The Big Eight Conference sponsored championships in 21 sports (11 men's and 10 women's) at various times during its existence from 1907 to 1996. [1] The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell.
The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football.It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) [2] by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, [2] University of Nebraska, and Washington University in ...
Pages in category "Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1978 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 28–March 4 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. [ 2 ] Seventh-seeded Missouri upset defending champions Kansas State in the championship game, 71–68 (in double overtime), to capture their first Big Eight men's ...
The 1988 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. [ 1 ] Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated #2 seed Kansas State in the championship game, 88–83, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament .
This category is for individual men's basketball seasons of the now-defunct Big Eight Conference. The Big Eight dissolved in 1996 when its members joined the newly formed Big 12 Conference. The conference had several names during its existence: 1907–1964: Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1928–1948: Big Six Conference ...
The 1982 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 2–6 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. [ 2 ] Top-seeded Missouri defeated Oklahoma in the championship game, 68–63, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.