College basketball tournament
| 1983 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1982–83 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH |
| Champions | Louisville (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (4th title) |
| MVP | Rodney McCray (Louisville) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Louisville † | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 32 | – | 4 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Memphis State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1983 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Louisville defeated Tulane in the championship game, 66–51, to win their fourth Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Cardinals received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament, and would go on to reach the Final Four. Memphis State received an at-large bid.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
This was the first tournament for Southern Miss, who joined the Metro Conference after playing as an Independent. They replaced Saint Louis, who departed for the Midwestern City Conference prior to the season.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tulane | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Southern Miss | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tulane | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cincinnati | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tulane | 80 | ||||||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 1982-83 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1982-83 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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