1983 MAC men's basketball tournament

1983 MAC men's basketball tournament
1983 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1982–83
Teams	7
First round site	Campus Arenas; Campus Sites
Finals site	Anderson Arena; Bowling Green, Ohio
Champions	Ohio (1st title)
Winning coach	Danny Nee (1st title)
MVP	John Devereaux (Ohio)
	MAC men's basketball tournaments ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 MAC men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at various MAC basketball areans.^[1] Second seeded Ohio defeated top-seeded Bowling Green in the championship game by the score of 74–64 to win their first MAC men's basketball tournament and a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Illinois State before losing to Kentucky in the second round.^[2]^[3] John Devereaux of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.^[4]

1982–83 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bowling Green	15	–	3	.833	21	–	9	.700
Ohio†	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Toledo	10	–	8	.556	17	–	12	.586
Ball State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	12	.586
Miami	10	–	8	.556	13	–	15	.464
Kent State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	13	.536
Eastern Michigan	8	–	10	.444	12	–	16	.429
Northern Illinois	8	–	10	.444	11	–	16	.407
Central Michigan	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Western Michigan	3	–	15	.167	5	–	23	.179

† Mid-American Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

Seven of the ten MAC teams participated. Games were played on the home court of the better seeded team. The final was played at Anderson Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Bracket

Quarterfinals March 10			Semifinals March 11			Final March 12

			1	Bowling Green	79

			4	Ball State	69
5	Miami (OH)	79

4	Ball State	85
						1	Bowling Green	56

						2	Ohio	59
3	Toledo	79

6	Kent State	64
			3	Toledo	59

			2	Ohio	70
7	Eastern Michigan	60

2	Ohio	74

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