1980 Big Eight Conference Tournament

The 1980 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament was held at All-Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK. University of Missouri defeated University of Nebraska for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	University of Nebraska	16-4	John Sanders
East 2	University of Missouri	15-5	Gene McArtor
West 1	Oklahoma State University	17-3	Gary Ward
West 2	University of Oklahoma	8-10	Enos Semore

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

E1

Nebraska

13

W2

Oklahoma

6

E1

Nebraska

12

W1

Oklahoma State

5

W1

Oklahoma State

5

E2

Missouri

4

E1

Nebraska

0

3

E2

Missouri

9

5

W1

Oklahoma State

2

W2

Oklahoma

1

E2

Missouri

14

E2

Missouri

6

Game Results

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