1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.[1]

1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198283
Teams6
SiteRoberts Municipal Stadium
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsXavier (1st title)
Winning coachDick Walters (1st title)
MVPAlfredrick Hughes (Loyola-Chicago)
1982–83 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Loyola-Chicago122 .857  1910  .655
Xavier104 .714  228  .733
Oral Roberts104 .714  1414  .500
Butler95 .643  1513  .536
Evansville68 .429  1316  .448
Detroit68 .429  1217  .414
Saint Louis212 .143  523  .179
Oklahoma City113 .071  422  .154
1983 MCC Tournament winner

Xavier defeated Loyola-Chicago in the championship game, 82–76, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament as the #12 seed in the Midwest region. Xavier lost the play-in game to fellow #12 seed Alcorn State.

Format

Six of eight conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
Championship
Sunday, March 12
                           
       
  1 Loyola–Chicago 80  
    5 Evansville 66  
5 Evansville 72
  4 Butler 63  
    1 Loyola–Chicago 76
  2 Xavier 82
  6 Detroit 78  
3 Oral Roberts 77  
6 Detroit 70
    2 Xavier 90  
     

References

  1. "1982-83 Midwestern City Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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