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The 1980 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held February 26–28 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]
1980 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1979–80 |
Teams | 8 |
First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
Finals site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
Champions | Kansas State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Jack Hartman (2nd title) |
MVP | Rolando Blackman (Kansas State) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Missouri | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State † | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1980 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Kansas State defeated rivals Kansas in the championship game, 79–58, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.
The Wildcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament. Missouri was the only other Big Eight team to receive an invite to this year's tournament.
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.
Quarterfinals Tuesday, February 26 | Semifinals Wednesday, February 27 | Championship Thursday, February 28 | ||||||||||||
1 | #11 Missouri | 82 | ||||||||||||
8 | Oklahoma State | 69 | ||||||||||||
1 | #11 Missouri | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | Kansas | 80 | ||||||||||||
5 | Colorado | 65 | ||||||||||||
4 | Kansas | 75 | ||||||||||||
4 | Kansas | 58 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas State | 79 | ||||||||||||
3 | Nebraska | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Oklahoma | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | Nebraska | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas State | 60 | ||||||||||||
7 | Iowa State | 87 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas State | 101 |
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