1985 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1985 Big Eight Conference I Men's 200px 8 Campus Sites Campus Arenas Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO Oklahoma 2nd Billy Tubbs 1st Wayman Tisdale Oklahoma The 1985 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.1984-85 Big 8 Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-8/1985.html March 31, 2019 Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated #3 seed Iowa State in the championship game, 73–71, to win the Big Eight men's basketball tournament. The Sooners received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Iowa State and Kansas, 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 5 SemifinalsFriday, March 8 ChampionshipSaturday, March 9 1 4 Oklahoma 116 8 1984 men Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State 91 5 1984 men Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State 50 4 1984 men Missouri Tigers Missouri 68 3 Iowa State 76 6 1984 men Colorado Buffaloes Colorado 52 7 1984 men Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 69 2 10 Kansas 74 1 4 Oklahoma 104 4 Missouri 84 3 Iowa State 75 2 10 Kansas 59 1 4 Oklahoma 73 3 Iowa State 71 References Tournament Category:Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament