1985 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1985 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1984–85
Teams	8
First round site	Campus Sites Campus Arenas
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
Winning coach	Billy Tubbs (1st title)
MVP	Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma)
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournaments

1984–85 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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.

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 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 were played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 5					Semifinals Friday, March 8					Championship Saturday, March 9
	1	#4 Oklahoma	116
	8	Oklahoma State	91
						1	#4 Oklahoma	104
						4	Missouri	84
	5	Kansas State	50
	4	Missouri	68
											1	#4 Oklahoma	73
											3	Iowa State	71
	3	Iowa State	76
	6	Colorado	52
						3	Iowa State	75
						2	#10 Kansas	59
	7	Nebraska	69
	2	#10 Kansas	74

References

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