1978 Big Eight Conference Tournament

The 1978 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament was held at All-Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK. Oklahoma State University defeated University of Missouri for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	University of Missouri	7-3	Gene McArtor
East 2	University of Kansas	16-5	Floyd Temple
West 1	University of Oklahoma	10-2	Enos Semore
West 2	Oklahoma State University	8-7	Gary Ward

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

E1

Missouri

3

W2

Oklahoma State

1

E1

Missouri

4

W1

Oklahoma

3

W1

Oklahoma

2

E2

Kansas

1

E1

Missouri

2

6

W2

Oklahoma State

3

7

W1

Oklahoma

6

W2

Oklahoma State

5

W2

Oklahoma State

8

E2

Kansas

2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 17
Game 1	University of Missouri	3-1	Oklahoma State University
Game 2	University of Oklahoma	2-1	University of Kansas
May 18
Game 3	Oklahoma State University	5-2	University of Kansas	Kansas eliminated
Game 4	University of Missouri	4-3	University of Oklahoma
May 19
Game 5	Oklahoma State University	8-6	University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
May 20
Game 6	Oklahoma State University	3-2	University of Missouri
May 21
Game 7	Oklahoma State University	7-6	University of Missouri	Oklahoma State advances to NCAA tournament