1987 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1987 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	8
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
Champions	Missouri (3rd title)
Winning coach	Norm Stewart (3rd title)
MVP	Danny Manning (Kansas)
Television	Raycom Sports (Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Championship) ABC (Championship game)
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournaments

1986–87 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Missouri †	11	–	3		.786			24	–	10		.706
No. 20 Kansas	9	–	5		.643			25	–	11		.694
Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			24	–	10		.706
Kansas State	8	–	6		.571			20	–	11		.645
Nebraska	7	–	7		.500			21	–	12		.636
Iowa State	5	–	9		.357			13	–	15		.464
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			8	–	20		.286
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			9	–	19		.321
† 1987 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1987 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Top-seeded Missouri defeated #2 seed Kansas in the championship game, 67–65, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 6					Semifinals Saturday, March 7					Championship Sunday, March 8
	1	#19 Missouri	65
	8	Colorado	59
						1	#19 Missouri	72
						4	Kansas State	69
	4	Kansas State	47
	5	Nebraska	45
											1	#19 Missouri	67
											2	Kansas	65
	3	#17 Oklahoma	83
	6	Iowa State	73
						3	#17 Oklahoma	77
						2	Kansas	82
	7	Oklahoma State	58
	2	Kansas	67