1981 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1981 Big Eight Conference I Men's 200px 8 Campus Sites Campus Arenas Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO Kansas 1st Ted Owens 1st Darnell Valentine Kansas The 1981 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.1980-81 Big 8 Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-8/1981.html May 10, 2016 In a rematch of the 1980 final (won by KSU), Kansas upset rivals Kansas State in the championship game, 80–68, to win their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament. The Jayhawks, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Missouri and Kansas State, 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, in turn, were played at a neutral site at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Bracket QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 3 SemifinalsWednesday, March 4 ChampionshipThursday, March 5 1 Missouri 95 8 Iowa State 70 5 1980 men Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State 69 4 Kansas 96 3 Nebraska 66 6 1980 men Colorado Buffaloes Colorado 70 7 1980 men Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 56 2 Kansas State 75 1 Missouri 70 4 Kansas 75 6 Colorado 61 2 Kansas State 64 4 Kansas 80 2 Kansas State 68 References Tournament Category:Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament