1978 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1978 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
First round site Campus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
Champions Missouri (1st title)
Winning coach Norm Stewart (1st title)
MVP Stan Ray (Missouri)


The 1978 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 28–March 4 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

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 basketball tournament.

The Tigers, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the Big 8's regular season champion, Kansas, who earned 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 beginning play 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, February 28 		Semifinals
Friday, March 3 		Championship
Saturday, March 4
         
1 Kansas 82
8 Colorado 66
1 Kansas 76
4 Kansas State 87
5 Oklahoma 44
4 Kansas State 52
4 Kansas State 68
7 Missouri 71**
3 Nebraska 71
6 Oklahoma State 63
3 Nebraska 58
7 Missouri 61
7 Missouri 65
2 Iowa State 63

References

  1. ↑ "1977-78 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
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