1980 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

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
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)
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1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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.

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, in turn, were played at a neutral site at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

	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

References

1. sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
2. "1979-80 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.