1983 TAAC men's basketball tournament

1983 TAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1982–83
Teams	8
Site	Barton Coliseum Little Rock, AR
Champions	Georgia Southern (1st title)
Winning coach	Frank Kerns (1st title)
MVP	Donald Wilson (Arkansas–Little Rock)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments

The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12, 1983 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Georgia Southern upset top-seeded Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 68–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Eagles, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Northeast Louisiana departed the TAAC for the Southland Conference prior to the season and were replaced with Nicholls State.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10					Semifinals Friday, March 11					Championship Saturday, March 12
	1	Arkansas–Little Rock	74
	8	Hardin–Simmons	57
						1	Arkansas–Little Rock	88
						4	Centenary	83
	5	Mercer	95
	4	Centenary	96
											1	Arkansas–Little Rock	67
											3	Georgia Southern	68
	3	Georgia Southern	58
	6	Samford	57
						3	Georgia Southern	58
						2	Houston Baptist	55
	7	Northwestern State	65
	2	Houston Baptist	80