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1983 MEAC men's basketball tournament
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1983 MEAC I Men's 7 Campus sites Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina North Carolina A&T 8th Don Corbett 2nd Joe Binion North Carolina A&T
The 1983 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 10–12 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated 1982 none Howard Bison Howard, 71–64 in the championship game, to win its second consecutive MEAC Tournament title.
The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed in the West region.
Format
All seven conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.
Bracket
QuarterfinalsMarch 10 SemifinalsMarch 11 FinalMarch 12 high yes 4 1982 Delaware State Hornets Delaware State 58 5 1982 none South Carolina State Bulldogs South Carolina State 65 3 1982 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks Maryland Eastern Shore 73 6 1982 none Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M 71 2 North Carolina A&T 80 7 1982 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman 73 1 1982 Howard Bison Howard 67 5 South Carolina State 57 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 74 2 North Carolina A&T 81 1 Howard 64 2 North Carolina A&T 71
* denotes overtime period
MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book https://static.meacsports.com/custompages/Records/Men's%20Basketball%20Record%20Book.pdf Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference March 3, 2022
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