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1986 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

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1986 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1985–86
Teams8
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsKansas (3rd title)
Winning coachLarry Brown (2nd title)
MVPDanny Manning (Kansas)
← 1985
1987 →
1985–86 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Kansas 13 1   .929 35 4   .897
Iowa State 9 5   .643 22 11   .667
Nebraska 8 6   .571 19 11   .633
Missouri 8 6   .571 21 14   .600
No. 15 Oklahoma 8 6   .571 26 9   .743
Oklahoma State 6 8   .429 15 13   .536
Kansas State 4 10   .286 16 14   .533
Colorado 0 14   .000 8 20   .286
1986 Big Eight tournament winner
As of March 31, 1986
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1986 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]

Top-seeded Kansas defeated #2 seed Iowa State in the championship game, 73–71, to win the Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Jayhawks received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, who earned at-large bids.

Format

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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 three rounds – quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game – were played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7
Semifinals
Saturday, March 8
Championship
Sunday, March 9
         
1 #2 Kansas 74
8 Kansas State 51
1 #2 Kansas 72
5 #15 Oklahoma 70
5 #15 Oklahoma 78
4 Missouri 75
1 #2 Kansas 73
2 Iowa State 71
3 Nebraska 82
6 Oklahoma State 75
3 Nebraska 58
2 Iowa State 75
7 Colorado 60
2 Iowa State 78

References

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  1. ^ "1985-86 Big 8 Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.