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in the championship game, 80–65, to capture their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament.
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623:Top-seeded
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1319:Conference
1071:References
966:Iowa State
683:Semifinals
464:Iowa State
96:Dave Bliss
33:Division I
1386:Southwest
1331:Big Eight
1106:April 30,
1015:Missouri
627:defeated
108:Al Beal (
81:Champions
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845:Nebraska
799:Oklahoma
780:Colorado
752:Oklahoma
625:Oklahoma
546:Colorado
423:Nebraska
300:Missouri
258:Oklahoma
183:Overall
110:Oklahoma
85:Oklahoma
1336:Big Sky
921:Kansas
662:Bracket
598:AP Poll
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