1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, AL
Champions	UAB (2nd title)
Winning coach	Gene Bartow (2nd title)
MVP	Cliff Pruitt (UAB)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1982  1984»

Template:1982–83 Sun Belt men's basketball standings

The 1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.^[1]

UAB topped South Florida in the championship game, 64–47, to win their second overall, as well as second consecutive, Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Blazers, in turn, received an automatic bid for the 1983 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Oklahoma in the First Round. They were joined in the tournament field by VCU, who received an at-large bid.

Format

With the additions of Old Dominion and Western Kentucky prior to the season, the Sun Belt's membership returned to eight teams. As such, it reverted to its old format of placing all eight teams in the initial quarterfinal round, with each team being seeded based on its regular season conference record. All byes were eliminated.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 4					Semifinals Saturday, March 5					Championship Sunday, March 6
	1	Old Dominion	59
	8	Jacksonville	63
						8	Jacksonville	58
						4	South Florida	71
	5	South Alabama	59
	4	South Florida	66
											4	South Florida	47
											3	UAB	64
	3	UAB	65
	6	UNC Charlotte	63
						3	UAB	61
						2	VCU	59
	7	Western Kentucky	55
	2	VCU	57

References

1. "1982–83 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.