1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–12 at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]

1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198283
Teams7
SiteRiverfront Coliseum
Cincinnati, OH
ChampionsLouisville (4th title)
Winning coachDenny Crum (4th title)
MVPRodney McCray (Louisville)
1982–83 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Louisville120 1.000  324  .889
Virginia Tech75 .583  2311  .676
Tulane75 .583  1912  .613
No. 17 Memphis State66 .500  238  .742
Florida State57 .417  1414  .500
Southern Miss39 .250  1414  .500
Cincinnati111 .083  1117  .393
1983 Metro Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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  
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