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Basketball Tournament |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Champions | Boston University (1 title) | ||
| Winning coach | Rick Pitino (1 title) | ||
| MVP | Mike Alexander Boston U. | ||
| Post-America East tournament(s) |
1983 NIT, 1983 NCAA | ||
| America East Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 1983 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the higher seeds in head-to-head matchups. The final was held at Case Gym on the campus of the Boston University. Boston University gained its first overall America East Conference Championship with its win over Holy Cross. This was the only year the America East Tournament winner was not awarded with an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston U. | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Vermont | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Vermont | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Colgate | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston U. | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Niagara | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Niagara | 78* | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston U. | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
* Game Ended in Double-Overtime
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