1979 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1979 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1978–79
Teams 8
First round site Campus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
Champions Oklahoma (1st title)
Winning coach Dave Bliss (1st title)
MVP Al Beal (Oklahoma)
Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1978  1980»

The 1979 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27–March 3 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated Kansas in the championship game, 80–65, to capture their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Sooners, in turn, received a bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament. No other Big 8 members were invited to the 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 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 27 		Semifinals
Friday, March 2 		Championship
Saturday, March 3
         
1 Oklahoma 77
8 Colorado 57
1 Oklahoma 72
4 Kansas State 68
5 Nebraska 60
4 Kansas State 61**
1 Oklahoma 80
3 Kansas 65
3 Kansas 91
6 Iowa State 70
3 Kansas 76
2 Missouri 73
7 Oklahoma State 70
2 Missouri 92

References

  1. ↑ "1978-79 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
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