1977 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1977 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
First round site Campus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
Champions Kansas State (1st title)
Winning coach Jack Hartman (1st title)
MVP Mike Evans (Kansas State)
Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 1977 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 1–4 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] This was the inaugural edition of the tournament.

Kansas State defeated Missouri in the championship game, 72–67 (in overtime), to take home their first Big 8 men's basketball tournament.

The Wildcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1977 NCAA Tournament. Kansas State was the only Big 8 team to qualify for 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, March 1 		Semifinals
Thursday, March 3 		Championship
Friday, March 4
         
1 Kansas State 97
8 Iowa State 62
1 Kansas State 80
4 Kansas 67
5 Nebraska 58
4 Kansas 61
1 Kansas State 72*
Missouri 67
3 Oklahoma 68
6 Colorado 56
3 Oklahoma 72
2 Missouri 90
7 Oklahoma State 74
2 Missouri 92

References

  1. ↑ "1976-77 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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