1983 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1983 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Site Centennial Coliseum
Reno, NV
Champions Weber State (4th title)
Winning coach Neil McCarthy (4th title)
MVP Ken Green (Nevada)
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1982  1984»

Template:1982–83 Big Sky men's basketball standings

The 1983 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–11 at the Centennial Coliseum in Reno, Nevada.[1]

Weber State defeated Nevada in the championship game, 87–78, to clinch their fourth Big Sky men's basketball tournament. The Wildcats and Wolf Pack were the conference's two regular season co-champions.

The Wildcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Washington State in the First Round.

Format

Even though the Big Sky's membership was fixed at eight, only the top four teams from the standings took part in the tournament field with teams again being seeded based on regular-season records. Additionally, the tournament was again held at the home court of the conference's regular season champion.

No teams made their inaugural tournament appearances this season. This year, however, was the final tournament before the field expanded from four to eight teams in 1984.

Bracket

Semifinals
Thursday, March 10
Championship
Friday, March 11
      
1 Weber State 54
4 Montana 53
1 Weber State 87
2 Nevada 78
3 Idaho 72
2 Nevada 78

References

  1. "1982-83 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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