1986_Big_Eight_Conference_men's_basketball_tournament

1986 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1986 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 1986 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

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Top-seeded Kansas defeated #2 seed Iowa State in the championship game, 73–71, to win the Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Jayhawks received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, who earned at-large bids.

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 three rounds – quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game – were played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 8 		Championship
Sunday, March 9
         
1 #2 Kansas 74
8 Kansas State 51
1 #2 Kansas 72
5 #15 Oklahoma 70
5 #15 Oklahoma 78
4 Missouri 75
1 #2 Kansas 73
2 Iowa State 71
3 Nebraska 82
6 Oklahoma State 75
3 Nebraska 58
2 Iowa State 75
7 Colorado 60
2 Iowa State 78

References

  1. [1]
    "1985-86 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
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