1983 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1983 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Springfield, Massachusetts
Champions	Wright State (1st title)
Runner-Up	UDC (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Morningside (1st Final Four) Cal State Bakersfield (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach	Ralph Underhill (Wright State (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	Gary Monroe Wright State
Attendance	57,893
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1982  1984»

The 1983 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1982-3 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Wright State University and Wright State's Gary Monroe was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Regional participants 2 Regionals 3 National Finals 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources

Regional participants

School Outcome Hampton Third Place Randolph-Macon Fourth Place St. Augustine's Runner-up UDC Regional Champion

School Outcome American International Runner-up Assumption Third Place Central Connecticut Fourth Place Sacred Heart Regional Champion

School Outcome Ferris State Third Place Morningside Regional Champion Nebraska-Omaha Fourth Place North Dakota Runner-up

School Outcome Florida Southern Third Place Jacksonville State Regional Champion West Chester Fourth Place West Georgia Regional Champion

School Outcome Central Missouri Runner-up SE Missouri State Regional Champion Stephen F. Austin Third Place Tennessee-Martin Fourth Place

School Outcome Cal State Bakersfield Regional Champion Chapman Runner-up Humboldt State Fourth Place San Francisco State Third Place

School Outcome Kentucky Wesleyan Runner-up Lewis Third Place Southern Connecticut Fourth Place Wright State Regional Champion

School Outcome Bloomsburg Regional Champion Cheyney Fourth Place C. W. Post Third Place Philadelphia U Runner-up

*denotes tie

Regionals

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	St. Augustine's		78
	Hampton		73
						St. Augustine's		88
						UDC		93
	UDC		34
	Randolph-Macon		17

• Third Place - Hampton 71, Randolph-Macon 51

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Sacred Heart		113****
	Assumption		108
						Sacred Heart		72
						American International		68
	American International		65
	Central Connecticut		64

• Third Place - Assumption 99, Central Connecticut 89*

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	North Dakota		71
	Ferris State		68
						North Dakota		77
						Morningside		79
	Morningside		80
	Nebraska-Omaha		79

• Third Place - Ferris State 81, Nebraska-Omaha 75

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Jacksonville State		67
	Florida Southern		61
						Jacksonville State		92
						West Georgia		76
	West Georgia		74
	West Chester		73

• Third Place - Florida Southern 72, West Chester 71

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Central Missouri		66
	Stephen F. Austin		57
						Central Missouri		69
						SE Missouri State		74
	SE Missouri State		83
	Tennessee-Martin		71

• Third Place - Stephen F. Austin 83, Tennessee-Martin 70

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Chapman		80
	San Francisco State		70
						Chapman		66
						Cal State Bakersfield		78
	Cal State Bakersfield		72
	Humboldt State		48

• Third Place - San Francisco State 78, Humboldt State 71

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Wright State		71
	Lewis		57
						Wright State		69
						Kentucky Wesleyan		67
	Kentucky Wesleyan		90
	Southern Connecticut		68

• Third Place - Lewis 91, Southern Connecticut 73

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Bloomsburg		76
	Cheyney		75
						Bloomsburg		73
						Philadelphia U		66
	Philadelphia U		72
	C. W. Post		68

• Third Place - C. W. Post 83, Cheyney 69

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		UDC	45
		Sacred Heart	38
							UDC	92
							Morningside	77
		Morningside	91
		Jacksonville State	90
												UDC	73
												Wright State	92
		SE Missouri State	70
		Cal State Bakersfield	75
							Cal State Bakersfield	50
							Wright State	57
		Wright State	73
		Bloomsburg	53

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1983 National Invitation Tournament
• 1983 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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