1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Site |
Barton Coliseum Little Rock, AR | ||||
| Champions | Georgia Southern (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Frank Kerns (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Donald Wilson (Arkansas–Little Rock) | ||||
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Template:1982–83 TAAC men's basketball standings
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
- ↑ "1982-83 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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