1982 TAAC men's basketball tournament

1982 TAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	7
Site	Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA
Champions	Northeast Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coach	Mike Vining (2nd title)
MVP	Donald Wilson (Northeast Louisiana)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments

The 1982 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 3–5, 1982 at the Fant–Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.

Northeast Louisiana defeated Centenary in the championship game, 98–85, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Indians, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament.

Only the top seven teams in the conference qualified for this year's tournament; the two teams with the worst records, Samford and Hardin–Simmons, were excluded.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 3					Semifinals Thursday, March 4					Championship Friday, March 5
						1	Arkansas–Little Rock	100
						4	Centenary	106
	5	Georgia Southern	69
	4	Centenary	70
											4	Centenary	85
											3	Northeast Louisiana	98
	3	Northeast Louisiana	54
	6	Houston Baptist	46
						3	Northeast Louisiana	81
						2	Northwestern State	64
	7	Mercer	74
	2	Northwestern State	85