Big Eight Regular Season Champions
Big Eight Regular Season Champions
Full list of Big Eight Conference regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The Big Eight Conference was active from 1928-29 through the 1995-96 season and, along with the Southwest, was a predecessor to the Big 12. Kansas was the program with the most titles (30), followed by Kansas State (22), Oklahoma (12) and Missouri (11). Phog Allen was the head coach to win the most titles (16), followed by Tex Winter and Norm Stewart (eight each). See also: Big Eight Tournament Champions
1928-29 — Oklahoma, Hugh McDermott
1929-30 — Missouri, George Edwards
1930-31 — Kansas, Phog Allen
1931-32 — Kansas (2), Phog Allen (2)
1932-33 — Kansas (3), Phog Allen (3)
1933-34 — Kansas (4), Phog Allen (4)
1934-35 — Iowa State, Louis Menze
1935-36 — Kansas (5), Phog Allen (5)
1936-37 (tie) — Kansas (6), Phog Allen (6) // Nebraska, William Browne
1937-38 — Kansas (7), Phog Allen (7)
1938-39 (tie) — Missouri (2), George Edwards (2) // Oklahoma (2), Bruce Drake
1939-40 (tie) — Kansas (8), Phog Allen (8) // Missouri (3), George Edwards (3) // Oklahoma (3), Bruce Drake (2)
1940-41 (tie) — Iowa State (2), Louis Menze (2) // Kansas (9), Phog Allen (9)
1941-42 (tie) — Kansas (10), Phog Allen (10) // Oklahoma (4), Bruce Drake (3)
1942-43 — Kansas (11), Phog Allen (11)
1943-44 (tie) — Iowa State (3), Louis Menze (3) // Oklahoma (5), Bruce Drake (4)
1944-45 — Iowa State (4), Louis Menze (4)
1945-46 — Kansas (12), Phog Allen (12)
1946-47 — Oklahoma (6), Bruce Drake (5)
1947-48 — Kansas State, Jack Gardner
1948-49 (tie) — Nebraska (2), Harry Good // Oklahoma (7), Bruce Drake (6)
1949-50 (tie) — Kansas (13), Phog Allen (13) // Kansas State (2), Jack Gardner (2) // Nebraska (3), Harry Good (2)
1950-51 — Kansas State (3), Jack Gardner (3)
1951-52 — Kansas (14), Phog Allen (14)
1952-53 — Kansas (15), Phog Allen (15)
1953-54 (tie) — Colorado, Bebe Lee // Kansas (16), Phog Allen (16)
1954-55 — Colorado (2), Bebe Lee (2)
1955-56 — Kansas State (4), Tex Winter
1956-57 — Kansas (17), Dick Harp
1957-58 — Kansas State (5), Tex Winter (2)
1958-59 — Kansas State (6), Tex Winter (3)
1959-60 (tie) — Kansas (18), Dick Harp (2) // Kansas State (7), Tex Winter (4)
1960-61 — Kansas State (8), Tex Winter (5)
1961-62 — Colorado (3), Sox Walseth
1962-63 (tie) — Colorado (4), Sox Walseth (2) // Kansas State (9), Tex Winter (6)
1963-64 — Kansas State (10), Tex Winter (7)
1964-65 — Oklahoma State, Henry Iba
1965-66 — Kansas (19), Ted Owens
1966-67 — Kansas (20), Ted Owens (2)
1967-68 — Kansas State (11), Tex Winter (8)
1968-69 — Colorado (5), Sox Walseth (3)
1969-70 — Kansas State (12), Cotton Fitzsimmons
1970-71 — Kansas (21), Ted Owens (3)
1971-72 — Kansas State (13), Jack Hartman
1972-73 — Kansas State (14), Jack Hartman (2)
1973-74 — Kansas (22), Ted Owens (4)
1974-75 — Kansas (23), Ted Owens (5)
1975-76 — Missouri (4), Norm Stewart
1976-77 — Kansas State (15), Jack Hartman (3)
1977-78 — Kansas (24), Ted Owens (6)
1978-79 — Oklahoma (8), Dave Bliss
1979-80 — Missouri (5), Norm Stewart (2)
1980-81 — Missouri (6), Norm Stewart (3)
1981-82 — Missouri (7), Norm Stewart (4)
1982-83 — Missouri (8), Norm Stewart (5)
1983-84 — Oklahoma (9), Billy Tubbs
1984-85 — Oklahoma (10), Billy Tubbs (2)
1985-86 — Kansas (25), Larry Brown
1986-87 — Missouri (9), Norm Stewart (6)
1987-88 — Oklahoma (11), Billy Tubbs (3)
1988-89 — Oklahoma (12), Billy Tubbs (4)
1989-90 — Missouri (10), Norm Stewart (7)
1990-91 (tie) — Kansas (26), Roy Williams // Oklahoma State (2), Eddie Sutton
1991-92 — Kansas (27), Roy Williams (2)
1992-93 — Kansas (28), Roy Williams (3)
1993-94 — Missouri (11), Norm Stewart (8)
1994-95 — Kansas (29), Roy Williams (4)
1995-96 — Kansas (30), Roy Williams (5)
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