1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1982–83
Teams8
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsGeorgia Southern (1st title)
Winning coachFrank Kerns (1st title)
MVPDonald Wilson (Arkansas–Little Rock)
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12, 1983 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

Georgia Southern upset top-seeded Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 68–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Eagles, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Northeast Louisiana departed the TAAC for the Southland Conference prior to the season and were replaced with Nicholls State.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10 		Semifinals
Friday, March 11 		Championship
Saturday, March 12
         
1 Arkansas–Little Rock 74
8 Hardin–Simmons 57
1 Arkansas–Little Rock 88
4 Centenary 83
5 Mercer 95
4 Centenary 96
1 Arkansas–Little Rock 67
3 Georgia Southern 68
3 Georgia Southern 58
6 Samford 57
3 Georgia Southern 58
2 Houston Baptist 55
7 Northwestern State 65
2 Houston Baptist 80

References[]

  1. ^ "1982-83 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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