1983 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198283
Teams8
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsGeorgia Southern (1st title)
Winning coachFrank Kerns (1st title)
MVPDonald Wilson (Arkansas–Little Rock)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
1982–83 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Arkansas–Little Rock122 .857236  .793
Houston Baptist104 .714209  .690
Georgia Southern86 .5711812  .600
Centenary86 .5711613  .552
Mercer68 .4291315  .464
Samford68 .4291315  .464
Northwestern State59 .357919  .321
Hardin–Simmons113 .071325  .107
Nicholls State00 1612  .571
1983 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN 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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