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College basketball tournament
1983 ECAC North men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1982–83
Teams9
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsBoston University (1st title)
Winning coachRick Pitino (1st title)
MVPMike Alexander (Boston University)
ECAC North men's basketball tournaments← 19821984 →
1982–83 ECAC North men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Boston University † 8 – 2   .800 21 – 10   .677
New Hampshire 8 – 2   .800 16 – 12   .571
Holy Cross 5 – 3   .625 17 – 13   .567
Maine 6 – 4   .600 12 – 14   .462
Niagara 5 – 4   .556 11 – 18   .379
Northeastern 4 – 6   .400 13 – 15   .464
Canisius 3 – 6   .333 11 – 17   .393
Vermont 3 – 7   .300 10 – 19   .345
Colgate 0 – 8   .000 3 – 24   .111
† 1983 ECAC North tournament winner

The 1983 ECAC North men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the ECAC North during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Games were played at campus sites.

Boston University won the tournament, defeating Holy Cross in the championship game, and received the ECAC North's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Mike Alexander of Boston University was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Format

All nine of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records. Games were played at the higher seed's home arena.

Bracket and results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
            
1 Boston University 80
8 Vermont 75
8 Vermont 62
9 Colgate 61
1 Boston University 95
5 Niagara 82
4 Maine 76
5 Niagara 78**
1 Boston University 63
3 Holy Cross 62
2 New Hampshire 75
7 Canisius 64
2 New Hampshire 77
3 Holy Cross 89
3 Holy Cross 65
6 Northeastern 61
* - denotes overtime period

See also

References

  1. "America East Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  2. "1982-83 Men's Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference North Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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