1983 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1983 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, WV
Champions Chattanooga (3rd title)
Winning coach Murray Arnold (3rd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1982  1984»
1982–83 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chattanooga 15 1   .938     26 4   .867
Marshall 13 3   .813     20 8   .714
East Tennessee State 12 4   .750     22 9   .710
Western Carolina 9 7   .563     17 12   .586
Davidson 8 8   .500     13 15   .464
The Citadel 7 9   .438     12 16   .429
Furman 4 12   .250     9 20   .310
Appalachian State 3 13   .188     6 21   .222
VMI 1 15   .063     2 25   .074
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1983; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 10–12, 1983 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Murray Arnold, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1983 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 10
Semifinals
March 11
Finals
March 12
         
1 Chattanooga 71
8 Appalachian State 58
1 Chattanooga 77*
4 Western Carolina 75
4 Western Carolina 86
5 Davidson 62
1 Chattanooga 70
3 East Tennessee St. 62
2 Marshall 60
7 Furman 67
3 East Tennessee St. 81
7 Furman 68
3 East Tennessee St. 75
6 The Citadel 65

* Overtime game

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References

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