College basketball tournament
| 1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1982–83 |
| Teams | 8 |
| First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
| Finals site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
| Champions | Oklahoma State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Hansen (1st title) |
| MVP | Leroy Combs (Oklahoma State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Missouri | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Oklahoma State † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1983 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
Number 3 seed Oklahoma State defeated top-seeded Missouri in the championship game, 93–92 in double overtime, to win their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament.
The Cowboys received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Missouri 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 first-round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The semifinals and championship game were played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #12 Missouri | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Colorado | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #12 Missouri | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nebraska | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nebraska | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #12 Missouri | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 93** | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kansas State | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | #19 Oklahoma | 77 | ||||||||||||
References
- "1982-83 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
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