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]
1982 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1981–82 |
Teams | 8 |
First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
Finals site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
Champions | Missouri (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Norm Stewart (2nd title) |
MVP | Ricky Frazier (Missouri) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Missouri † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 27 | – | 4 | .871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1982 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Top-seeded Missouri defeated Oklahoma in the championship game, 68–63, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.
The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight member Kansas State, who earned an at-large bid.
Format
editAll 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 Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bracket
editQuarterfinals Tuesday, March 2 | Semifinals Friday, March 5 | Championship Saturday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | #5 Missouri | 72 | ||||||||||||
8 | Colorado | 60 | ||||||||||||
1 | #5 Missouri | 58 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nebraska | 53 | ||||||||||||
5 | Oklahoma State | 49 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nebraska | 60 | ||||||||||||
1 | #5 Missouri | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oklahoma | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oklahoma | 71 | ||||||||||||
6 | Iowa State | 67 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oklahoma | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | #17 Kansas State | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | Kansas | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | #17 Kansas State | 74 |
References
edit- ^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1981-82 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.