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
Season1982–83
Teams6
SiteRoberts Municipal Stadium
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsXavier (1st title)
Winning coachBob Staak (1st title)
MVPAlfredrick Hughes (Loyola Chicago)
Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournaments
← 1982
1984 →
1982–83 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Loyola-Chicago122 .8571910 .655
Xavier104 .714228 .733
Oral Roberts104 .7141414 .500
Butler95 .6431513 .536
Evansville68 .4291316 .448
Detroit68 .4291217 .414
Saint Louis212 .143523 .179
Oklahoma City113 .071422 .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
         
1Loyola Chicago80
5Evansville66
5Evansville72
4Butler63
1Loyola Chicago76
2Xavier82
6Detroit78
3Oral Roberts77
6Detroit70
2Xavier90

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