1988 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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1988 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams8
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsOklahoma (3rd title)
Winning coachBilly Tubbs (2nd title)
MVPStacey King (Oklahoma)
TelevisionRaycom Sports (Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Championship)
ABC (Championship game)
← 1987
1989 →
1987–88 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma† 12 – 2   .857 35 – 4   .897
No. 20 Kansas State 11 – 3   .786 25 – 9   .735
Kansas 9 – 5   .643 27 – 11   .711
7 – 7   .500 19 – 11   .633
Iowa State 6 – 8   .429 20 – 12   .625
4 – 10   .286 14 – 16   .467
4 – 10   .286 13 – 18   .419
3 – 11   .214 7 – 21   .250
† 1988 Big Eight Tournament winner
As of March 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll


The 1988 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–12 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated #2 seed Kansas State in the championship game, 88–83, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 11 		Championship
Sunday, March 12
         
1 #4 Oklahoma 99
8 Colorado 66
1 #4 Oklahoma 102
4 Missouri 99
4 Missouri 90
5 Iowa State 80
1 #4 Oklahoma 88
2 Kansas State 83
3 Kansas 74
6 Oklahoma State 58
3 Kansas 54
2 Kansas State 69
7 Nebraska 70
2 Kansas State 75

References[]

  1. ^ "1987-88 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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