1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 46th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

1983 (1983) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Charleston (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Fab Four)
Runner-Up	West Virginia Wesleyan (1 title game, 1 Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Fort Hays State Chaminade
Chuck Taylor MVP	Steve Yetman (Charleston)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Raymond Lee (Fort Hays State)

Awards and honors

• Leading scorers:
• Leading rebounder:
• Player of the Year: est. 1994.[2]

1983 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Elite Eight					NAIA National Semifinals					NAIA National Championship
	1	Chaminade (Haw.)	90
	-	Alabama Huntsville	72
						1	Chaminade	82
						16	Saginaw Valley State	65
	16	Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)	65
	-	Lincoln (Pa.)	59
											1	Chaminade	63
	TOP TIER
											-	Liberty Baptist	60
	9	Wisconsin Stevens Point	77
	-	Point Loma (California)	50
						-	Liberty Baptist	64
						9	Wisconsin Stevens Point	62
	-	Liberty Baptist (Virginia)	77
	8	Catawba (N.C.)	67
																1	Chaminade	65
																12	Charleston (S.C.)	66
	5	Panhandle State (Okla.)	68*
	-	North Georgia	67
						5	Panhandle State	62
						12	Charleston (S.C.)	64*
	-	St. John's (Minn.)	43
	12	College of Charleston (S.C.)	67
											12	Charleston (S.C.)	67
	TOP TIER
											-	Santa Fe	62
	13	Texas Wesleyan	72
	-	Point Park (Pa.)	55
						-	Santa Fe	71
						13	Texas Wesleyan	65
	-	Santa Fe (N.M.)	76
	4	Cumberland (Ky.)	65
																					12	Charleston (S.C.)	57
																					14	West Virginia Wesleyan	53
	3	Chicago State (Ill.)	76
	-	Tri-State (Ind.)	65
						3	Chicago State	70
						14	West Virginia Wesleyan	87
	-	Husson (Maine)	49
	14	West Virginia Wesleyan	65
											14	West Virginia Wesleyan	86
	BOTTOM TIER
											11	Carson Newman	78
	11	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)	114
	-	Northern State (S.D.)	81
						11	Carson Newman	75
						6	St. Mary's (Tex.)	70
	-	Kearney State (Neb.)	71
	6	St. Mary's (Tex.)	81
																14	West Virginia Wesleyan	71
																10	Fort Hays State	56
	7	St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.)	56
	-	Drury (Mo.)	45
						7	Fort Hays State	72
						10	St. Thomas Aquinas	67
	-	Southern Arkansas	65
	10	Fort Hays State (Kan.)	71
											7	Fort Hays State	74
	BOTTOM TIER
											15	Loras	71
	15	Loras (Iowa)	85
	-	William Carey (Miss.)	78
						15	Loras	67
						-	Salem	65
	-	Salem (W.Virginia)	65
	2	Walsh (Ohio)	63

•  * denotes overtime.

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was discontinued after 1988.

	NAIA Third Place Game
	1	Chaminade	76
	10	Fort Hays State	85

References

1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite