1985 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1985 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsOklahoma (2nd title)
Winning coachBilly Tubbs (1st title)
MVPWayman Tisdale (Oklahoma)
← 1984
1986 →
1984–85 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma 13 1   .929 31 6   .838
No. 13 Kansas 11 3   .786 26 8   .765
Iowa State 7 7   .500 21 13   .618
Missouri 7 7   .500 18 14   .563
Kansas State 5 9   .357 14 14   .500
Colorado 5 9   .357 11 17   .393
Nebraska 5 9   .357 16 14   .533
Oklahoma State 3 11   .214 12 16   .429
1985 Big Eight tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1985 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "1984-85 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.