1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=1983
| Conference = Big Eight Conference
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
| FirstTournamentEver=
| Image =
| ImageSize = 200px
| Caption =
| Teams = 8
| 1stRoundArena=Campus Sites
| 1stRoundCity=Campus Arenas
| FinalArena =Kemper Arena
| FinalCity = Kansas City, MO
| Champions = Oklahoma State
| TitleCount = 1st
| Coach = Paul Hansen
| CoachCount = 1st
| MVP = Leroy Combs
| MVPTeam = Oklahoma State
}}
{{1982–83 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–12 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.{{cite web| title=1982-83 Big 8 Conference Season Summary| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=2019| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-8/1983.html | accessdate =March 31, 2019}}
Number 3 seed Oklahoma State defeated top-seeded Missouri in the championship game, 93–92 in double overtime, to win their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament.
The Cowboys received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Missouri and Oklahoma, 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
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1 = Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 8
| RD2 = Semifinals
Friday, March 11
| RD3 = Championship
Saturday, March 12
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=#12 Missouri
| RD1-score1=88
| RD1-seed2=8
| RD1-team2={{cbb link|1982|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}}
| RD1-score2=73
| RD1-seed3=5
| RD1-team3=Iowa State
| RD1-score3=71
| RD1-seed4=4
| RD1-team4={{cbb link|1982|sex=men|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}
| RD1-score4=94
| RD1-seed5=3
| RD1-team5=Oklahoma State
| RD1-score5=75
| RD1-seed6=6
| RD1-team6={{cbb link|1982|sex=men|team=Kansas State Wildcats|title=Kansas State}}
| RD1-score6=61
| RD1-seed7=7
| RD1-team7=Kansas
| RD1-score7=87
| RD1-seed8=2
| RD1-team8=#19 Oklahoma
| RD1-score8=77
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=#12 Missouri
| RD2-score1=69
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=Nebraska
| RD2-score2=63
| RD2-seed3=3
| RD2-team3=Oklahoma State
| RD2-score3=90
| RD2-seed4=7
| RD2-team4=Kansas
| RD2-score4=83
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=#12 Missouri
| RD3-score1=92
| RD3-seed2=3
| RD3-team2=Oklahoma State
| RD3-score2=93**
}}
References
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{{Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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