Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 1982–83 |
Team: | Memphis State Tigers |
Conference: | Metro Conference |
Short Conf: | Metro |
Record: | 22-7 (23–8 unadjusted) |
Conf Record: | 6–6 |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
Asst Coach2: | Lee Fowler |
Tourney Result: | Sweet Sixteen (vacated) |
The 1982–83 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team represented Memphis State University as a member of the Metro Conference during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.[1]
The Tigers won Metro Conference regular season and conference tournament titles to receive an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament. As No. 4 seed in the East region, Memphis State beat No. 5 seed Georgetown to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the second of three straight seasons. The No. 1 Houston Cougars defeated Memphis State, 70–63, in the regional semifinal.[2] The Tigers finished with a 23–8 record (6–6 Metro), though the NCAA tournament results would later be vacated.
|-!colspan=9 style= | Regular season
|-!colspan=9 style= | Metro Conference tournament|-!colspan=9 style= | NCAA Tournament[3]
See main article: 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.