1990 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

1990 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	8
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
Champions	Oklahoma (4th title)
Winning coach	Billy Tubbs (3rd title)
MVP	Shaun Vandiver (Colorado)
Television	Raycom Sports (Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Championship) ABC(Championship game)
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournaments

1989–90 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Missouri	12	–	2		.857			26	–	6		.813
No. 1 Oklahoma †	11	–	3		.786			27	–	5		.844
No. 5 Kansas	11	–	3		.786			30	–	5		.857
Kansas State	7	–	7		.500			17	–	15		.531
Oklahoma State	6	–	8		.429			17	–	14		.548
Iowa State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	18		.357
Nebraska	3	–	11		.214			10	–	18		.357
Colorado	2	–	12		.143			12	–	18		.400
† 1990 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

The 1990 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Second-seeded Oklahoma defeated #8 seed Colorado in the championship game, 92–80, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 9					Semifinals Saturday, March 10					Championship Sunday, March 11
	1	#6 Missouri	88
	8	Colorado	92
						8	Colorado	82
						5	Oklahoma State	72
	4	Kansas State	78
	5	Oklahoma State	82
											8	Colorado	80
											2	#1 Oklahoma	92
	3	#2 Kansas	118
	6	Iowa State	75
						3	#2 Kansas	77
						2	#1 Oklahoma	95
	7	Nebraska	65
	2	#1 Oklahoma	78