1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1979–80
Teams 8
First round site Campus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
Champions Kansas State (2nd title)
Winning coach Jack Hartman (2nd title)
MVP Rolando Blackman (Kansas State)
Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1979  1981»

The 1980 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 26–28 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

Kansas State defeated rivals Kansas in the championship game, 79–58, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Wildcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament. Missouri was the only other Big Eight team to receive an invite to this year's tournament.

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, February 26 		Semifinals
Wednesday, February 27 		Championship
Thursday, February 28
         
1 Missouri 82
8 Oklahoma State 69
1 Missouri 71
4 Kansas 80
5 Colorado 65
4 Kansas 75
4 Kansas 58
2 Kansas State 79
3 Nebraska 75
6 Oklahoma 68
3 Nebraska 59
2 Kansas State 60
7 Iowa State 87
2 Kansas State 101

References

  1. ↑ "1979-80 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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