1976 Big Eight Conference Tournament

From BR Bullpen

The 1976 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament was held at All-Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK. University of Missouri defeated University of Oklahoma for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

School Conf. Record Head Coach
University of Colorado 2-4 Irv Brown
Iowa State University 3-5 Clair Rierson
University of Kansas 6-6 Floyd Temple
Kansas State University 11-10 Phil Wilson
University of Missouri 8-9 Gene McArtor
University of Nebraska 4-4 Tony Sharpe
University of Oklahoma 15-3 Enos Semore
Oklahoma State University 5-13 Chet Bryan

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round     Second round     Third round
                           
  Colorado 2  
  Kansas State 0    
      Colorado 8  
      Oklahoma State 0    
  Oklahoma State 2          
  Kansas 1        
      Colorado 2
      Missouri 8
  Missouri 4        
  Oklahoma 2          
      Missouri 7    
      Iowa State 6  
  Iowa State 8    
  Nebraska 7  
  Loser's bracket
  Kansas State 8  
  Kansas 3     Iowa State 11
    Kansas State 8
  Oklahoma 15  
  Nebraska 5     Oklahoma State 1
    Oklahoma 2
  Semifinals     Elimination     Final
                           
  Re-ordered Semifinals
  Missouri 0       Missouri 5
  Oklahoma 8           Oklahoma 3
      Oklahoma 9    
      Iowa State 4  
  Colorado 7    
  Iowa State 16  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 8
Game 1 University of Colorado 2-0 Kansas State University
Game 2 Oklahoma State University 2-1 University of Kansas
Game 3 University of Missouri 4-2 University of Oklahoma
Game 4 Iowa State University 8-7 University of Nebraska
May 9
Game 5 Kansas State University 8-3 University of Kansas Kansas eliminated
Game 6 University of Oklahoma 15-5 University of Nebraska Nebraska eliminated
Game 7 University of Missouri 7-6 Iowa State University
Game 8 University of Colorado 8-0 Oklahoma State University
May 10
Game 9 Iowa State University 11-8 Kansas State University Kansas State eliminated
Game 10 University of Oklahoma 2-1 Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State eliminated
Game 11 University of Missouri 8-2 University of Colorado
May 11
Game 12 Iowa State University 16-7 University of Colorado Colorado eliminated
Game 13 University of Oklahoma 8-0 University of Missouri
May 13
Game 14 University of Oklahoma 9-4 Iowa State University Iowa State eliminated
May 14
Game 15 University of Missouri 5-3 University of Oklahoma Missouri advances to NCAA tournament