1978 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1978 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1977–78
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsMissouri (1st title)
Winning coachNorm Stewart (1st title)
MVPStan Ray (Missouri)
← 1977
1979 →
1977–78 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Kansas 13 1   .929 24 5   .828
Iowa State 9 5   .643 14 13   .519
Nebraska 9 5   .643 22 8   .733
Kansas State 7 7   .500 18 11   .621
Oklahoma 7 7   .500 14 13   .519
Oklahoma State 4 10   .286 10 16   .385
Missouri 4 10   .286 14 16   .467
Colorado 3 11   .214 9 18   .333
1978 Big Eight tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1978 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 28–March 4 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]

Seventh-seeded Missouri upset defending champions Kansas State in the championship game, 71–68 (in double overtime), to capture their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Tigers, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the Big 8's regular season champion, Kansas, who earned at-large bid.

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1977-78 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1977-78 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.