1983 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

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1983 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1982–83
Teams7
SiteBeaumont Civic Center
Beaumont, TX
ChampionsLamar (2nd title)
Winning coachPat Foster (2nd title)
MVPKenneth Lyons, (North Texas)
Lamont Robinson (Lamar)
← 1982
1984 →
1982–83 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lamar 9 3   .750 23 8   .742
Louisiana Tech 8 4   .667 19 9   .679
McNeese State 6 6   .500 16 13   .552
Louisiana-Monroe 6 6   .500 14 14   .500
Arkansas State 5 7   .417 17 12   .586
North Texas 5 7   .417 15 15   .500
Texas-Arlington 3 9   .250 9 19   .321
1983 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1983 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas.[2] This was the third edition of the tournament.

Lamar defeated North Texas in the championship game, 75–54, to win their second Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Cardinals received a bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament.

Format edit

All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the quarterfinal round.

All games were played at the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas, the home court of regular season champion Lamar.

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 10
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 11
Championship
Thursday, March 12
         
1 Lamar 66
5 Arkansas State 46
5 Arkansas State 66
7 Texas-Arlington 56
1 Lamar 75
6 North Texas 54
3 Louisiana–Monroe 74
4 McNeese State 79
4 McNeese State 60
6 North Texas 66
2 Louisiana Tech 73
6 North Texas 87

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball 2018-19" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 105. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "1982-83 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2022.