1983 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1983 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.[1]

1983 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198283
Teams8
SiteBirmingham–Jefferson Civic Center
Birmingham, AL
ChampionsUAB (2nd title)
Winning coachGene Bartow (2nd title)
MVPCliff Pruitt (UAB)
1982–83 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Old Dominion122 .8571910  .655
VCU122 .857247  .774
UAB95 .6431914  .576
South Florida86 .5712210  .688
South Alabama68 .4291612  .571
UNC Charlotte59 .357820  .286
Western Kentucky410 .2861216  .429
Jacksonville014 .000722  .241
1983 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

UAB topped South Florida in the championship game, 64–47, to win their second overall, as well as second consecutive, Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Blazers, in turn, received an automatic bid for the 1983 NCAA tournament, where they lost to Oklahoma in the First Round. They were joined in the tournament field by VCU, who received an at-large bid.

Format

With the additions of Old Dominion and Western Kentucky prior to the season, the Sun Belt's membership returned to eight teams. As such, it reverted to its old format of placing all eight teams in the initial quarterfinal round, with each team being seeded based on its regular season conference record. All byes were eliminated.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship
Sunday, March 6
         
1 Old Dominion 59
8 Jacksonville 63
8 Jacksonville 58
4 South Florida 71
5 South Alabama 59
4 South Florida 66
4 South Florida 47
3 UAB 64
3 UAB 65
6 UNC Charlotte 63
3 UAB 61
2 VCU 59
7 Western Kentucky 55
2 VCU 57

References

  1. "1982–83 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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