| 1983 MEAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1982–83 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Finals site | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions | North Carolina A&T (8th title) |
| Winning coach | Don Corbett (2nd title) |
| MVP | Joe Binion (North Carolina A&T) |
| MEAC men's basketball tournaments← 19821984 → | |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 18 | – | 8 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1983 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 10–12 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated Howard, 71–64 in the championship game, to win its second consecutive MEAC Tournament title.
The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed in the West region.
Format
All seven conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 10 | Semifinals March 11 | Final March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Howard | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | South Carolina State | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Delaware State | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | South Carolina State | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Howard | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | North Carolina A&T | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Florida A&M | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | North Carolina A&T | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | North Carolina A&T | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bethune–Cookman | 73 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
References
- "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
| MEAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Broadcasters |
| 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments | |
|---|---|
| Conference | |
| National | |
- MEAC men's basketball tournament
- 1982–83 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
- 1983 in sports in North Carolina
- College basketball tournaments in North Carolina
- March 1983 sports events in the United States
- Basketball competitions in Greensboro, North Carolina
- North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball