1987 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament

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

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

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