1983 NCAA Division II Men's 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
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The 1983 NCAA Division II Men's 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.
Regional participants
*denotes tie
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| St. Augustine's
| 78
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| Hampton
| 73
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| | St. Augustine's
| 88
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| | UDC
| 93
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| UDC
| 34
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| Randolph-Macon
| 17
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- Third Place - Hampton 71, Randolph-Macon 51
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Sacred Heart
| 113****
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| Assumption
| 108
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| | Sacred Heart
| 72
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| | American International
| 68
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| American International
| 65
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| Central Connecticut
| 64
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- Third Place - Assumption 99, Central Connecticut 89*
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| North Dakota State
| 71
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| Ferris State
| 68
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| | North Dakota State
| 77
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| | Morningside
| 79
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| Morningside
| 80
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| Nebraska-Omaha
| 79
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- Third Place - Ferris State 81, Nebraska-Omaha 75
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Jacksonville State
| 67
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| Florida Southern
| 61
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| | Jacksonville State
| 92
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| | West Georgia
| 76
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| West Georgia
| 74
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| West Chester
| 73
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- Third Place - Florida Southern 72, West Chester 71
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Central Missouri
| 66
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| Stephen F. Austin
| 57
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| | Central Missouri
| 69
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| | SE Missouri State
| 74
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| SE Missouri State
| 83
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| Tennessee-Martin
| 71
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- Third Place - Stephen F. Austin 83, Tennessee-Martin 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Chapman
| 80
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| San Francisco State
| 70
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| | Chapman
| 66
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| | Cal State Bakersfield
| 78
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| Cal State Bakersfield
| 72
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| Humboldt State
| 48
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- Third Place - San Francisco State 78, Humboldt State 71
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wright State
| 71
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| Lewis
| 57
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| | Wright State
| 69
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 67
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 90
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| Southern Connecticut
| 68
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- Third Place - Lewis 91, Southern Connecticut 73
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Bloomsburg
| 76
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| Cheyney
| 75
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| | Bloomsburg
| 73
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| | Philadelphia U
| 66
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| Philadelphia U
| 72
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| C. W. Post
| 68
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- Third Place - C. W. Post 83, Cheyney 69
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| UDC
| 45
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| Sacred Heart
| 38
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| | UDC
| 92
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| | Morningside
| 77
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| Morningside
| 91
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| Jacksonville State
| 90
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| | UDC
| 73
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| | Wright State
| 92
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| SE Missouri State
| 70
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| Cal State Bakersfield
| 75
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| | Cal State Bakersfield
| 50
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| | Wright State
| 57
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| Wright State
| 73
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| Bloomsburg
| 53
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*denotes each overtime played
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