1982 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1982 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	8
First round site	Campus Sites Campus Arenas
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
Champions	Missouri (2nd title)
Winning coach	Norm Stewart (2nd title)
MVP	Ricky Frazier (Missouri)
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournaments

The 1982 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–4 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Top-seeded Missouri defeated Oklahoma in the championship game, 68–63, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.

The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight member Kansas State, who earned an at-large bid.

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 the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 2					Semifinals Wednesday, March 3					Championship Thursday, March 4
	1	Missouri	72
	8	Colorado	60
						1	Missouri	58
						4	Nebraska	53
	5	Oklahoma State	49
	4	Nebraska	60
											1	Missouri	68
											3	Oklahoma	63
	3	Oklahoma	71
	6	Iowa State	67
						3	Oklahoma	68
						2	Kansas State	62
	7	Kansas	62
	2	Kansas State	74