1988 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1988 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1987–88
Teams	8
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
Champions	Oklahoma (3rd title)
Winning coach	Billy Tubbs (2nd title)
MVP	Stacey King (Oklahoma)
Television	Raycom Sports (Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Championship) ABC (Championship game)
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournaments

1987–88 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma†	12	–	2		.857			35	–	4		.897
No. 20 Kansas State	11	–	3		.786			25	–	9		.735
Kansas	9	–	5		.643			27	–	11		.711
Missouri	7	–	7		.500			19	–	11		.633
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			20	–	12		.625
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			14	–	16		.467
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			13	–	18		.419
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			7	–	21		.250
† 1988 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

The 1988 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated #2 seed Kansas State in the championship game, 88–83, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 10					Semifinals Saturday, March 11					Championship Sunday, March 12
	1	#4 Oklahoma	99
	8	Colorado	66
						1	#4 Oklahoma	102
						4	Missouri	99
	4	Missouri	90
	5	Iowa State	80
											1	#4 Oklahoma	88
											2	Kansas State	83
	3	Kansas	74
	6	Oklahoma State	58
						3	Kansas	54
						2	Kansas State	69
	7	Nebraska	70
	2	Kansas State	75