| 1983 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1982–83 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Beaumont Civic Center Beaumont, TX |
| Champions | Lamar (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Pat Foster (2nd title) |
| MVP | Kenneth Lyons, (North Texas) Lamont Robinson (Lamar) |
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| 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 State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas-Arlington | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas. 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
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
| 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
- "Men's Basketball 2018-19" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 105. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- "1982-83 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
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