1989 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1989 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.^[1]

1989 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1988–89
Teams	8
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
Champions	Missouri (4th title)
Winning coach	Norm Stewart (4th title)
MVP	Doug Smith (Missouri)
Television	Raycom Sports (Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Championship) ABC (Championship game)
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1988 1990 →

1988–89 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma	12	–	2		.857			30	–	6		.833
No. 6 Missouri †	10	–	4		.714			29	–	8		.784
Kansas State	8	–	6		.571			19	–	11		.633
Oklahoma State	7	–	7		.500			17	–	13		.567
Iowa State	7	–	7		.500			17	–	12		.586
Kansas	6	–	8		.429			19	–	12		.613
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			17	–	16		.515
Colorado	2	–	12		.143			7	–	21		.250
† 1989 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

Second-seeded Missouri defeated #1 seed Oklahoma in the championship game, 98–86, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 10					Semifinals Saturday, March 11					Championship Sunday, March 12
	1	#2 Oklahoma	95
	8	Colorado	87
						1	#2 Oklahoma	76
						5	Iowa State	74
	4	Oklahoma State	69
	5	Iowa State	88
											1	#2 Oklahoma	86
											2	#10 Missouri	98
	3	Kansas State	73
	6	Kansas	65
						3	Kansas State	83
						2	#10 Missouri	88
	7	Nebraska	70
	2	#10 Missouri	98