College basketball tournament
1984 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1983–84 |
Teams | 8 |
First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
Finals site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
Champions | Kansas (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Larry Brown (1st title) |
MVP | Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Oklahoma | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 29 | – | 5 | .853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1984 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1984 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
Second-seeded Kansas defeated top-seeded Oklahoma in the championship game, 79–78, to win the Big Eight men's basketball tournament.
The Jayhawks received an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight member Oklahoma, who earned an at-large bid.
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 8 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 | Championship Saturday, March 10 | ||||||||||||
1 | #6 Oklahoma | 72 | ||||||||||||
8 | Missouri | 66 | ||||||||||||
1 | #6 Oklahoma | 90 | ||||||||||||
5 | Colorado | 78 | ||||||||||||
5 | Colorado | 65 | ||||||||||||
4 | Iowa State | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | #6 Oklahoma | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas | 79 | ||||||||||||
3 | Nebraska | 39 | ||||||||||||
6 | Kansas State | 41 | ||||||||||||
6 | Kansas State | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas | 70 | ||||||||||||
7 | Oklahoma State | 58 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas | 75 |
References
- "1983-84 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
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