1977 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1977 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 1–4 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[2] This was the inaugural edition of the tournament.

1977 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsKansas State (1st title)
Winning coachJack Hartman (1st title)
MVPMike Evans (Kansas State)
1976–77 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 16 Kansas State †11–3 .786  23–8  .742
Missouri9–5 .643  21–8  .724
Oklahoma9–5 .643  18–10  .643
Kansas8–6 .571  18–10  .643
Nebraska7–7 .500  15–14  .517
Colorado5–9 .357  11–16  .407
Oklahoma State4–10 .286  10–17  .370
Iowa State3–11 .214  7–20  .259
† 1977 Big Eight Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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*
2 Missouri 67
3 Oklahoma 68
6 Colorado 56
3 Oklahoma 72
2 Missouri 90
7 Oklahoma State 74
2 Missouri 92
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References
  1. sports-reference.com 1976-77 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
  2. "1976-77 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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