1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1983 Big Eight Conference I Men's 200px 8 Campus Sites Campus Arenas Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO Oklahoma State 1st Paul Hansen 1st Leroy Combs Oklahoma State The 1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–12 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.1982-83 Big 8 Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-8/1983.html March 31, 2019 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 QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 8 SemifinalsFriday, March 11 ChampionshipSaturday, March 12 1 #12 Missouri 88 8 1982 men Colorado Buffaloes Colorado 73 5 Iowa State 71 4 1982 men Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 94 3 Oklahoma State 75 6 1982 men Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State 61 7 Kansas 87 2 #19 Oklahoma 77 1 #12 Missouri 69 4 Nebraska 63 3 Oklahoma State 90 7 Kansas 83 1 #12 Missouri 92 3 Oklahoma State 93** References Tournament Category:Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament