1983 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |

| Year=1983

| Conference=Southwest Conference

| Division=I

| Gender=Men's

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| Teams=9

| Arena=Reunion Arena

| City=Dallas, Texas

| Champions=Houston

| TitleCount=3rd

| Coach=Guy Lewis

| CoachCount=3rd

| MVP=Michael Young

| MVPTeam=Houston

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| Television=NBC

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{{1982–83 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1983 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The first round took place March 7 at the higher seeded campus sites.{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2019/10/30/2019_20_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf|pages=161-|title=2019-20 Fact Book|publisher=Texas Sports|format=PDF|access-date=November 22, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Records-thru-2018-19-season.pdf|pages=54–57|title=Razorback Records|publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks|format=PDF|access-date=November 22, 2019}}

Number 1 seed Houston defeated 5 seed {{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=TCU Horned Frogs |title=TCU}} 62-59 to win their 3rd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of 9 teams in a single-elimination tournament. The 3 seed received a bye to the Quarterfinals and the 1 and 2 seed received a bye to the Semifinals.

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!rowspan ="2" | Place

!rowspan ="2" | Seed

!rowspan ="2" width= "100pt"|Team

!colspan = "3" | Conference

!colspan ="3" | Overall

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! L

! %

{{center|1}}{{center| 1}}Houston{{center|16}}{{center|0}}{{winpct|16|0}}{{center|31}}{{center|3}}{{winpct|31|3}}
{{center|2}}{{center| 2}}Arkansas{{center|14}}{{center|2}}{{winpct|14|2}}{{center|26}}{{center|4}}{{winpct|26|4}}
{{center|3}}{{center| 3}}{{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=Texas A&M Aggies |title=Texas A&M}}{{center|10}}{{center|6}}{{winpct|10|6}}{{center|17}}{{center|14}}{{winpct|17|14}}
{{center|4}}{{center| 4}}{{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=SMU Mustangs |title=SMU}}{{center|9}}{{center|7}}{{winpct|9|7}}{{center|19}}{{center|11}}{{winpct|19|11}}
{{center|4}}{{center| 5}}{{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=TCU Horned Frogs |title=TCU}}{{center|9}}{{center|7}}{{winpct|9|7}}{{center|23}}{{center|11}}{{winpct|23|11}}
{{center|6}}{{center| 6}}Texas Tech{{center|7}}{{center|9}}{{winpct|7|9}}{{center|11}}{{center|20}}{{winpct|11|20}}
{{center|7}}{{center| 7}}{{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=Baylor Bears |title=Baylor}}{{center|4}}{{center|12}}{{winpct|4|12}}{{center|12}}{{center|16}}{{winpct|12|16}}
{{center|8}}{{center| 8}}{{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=Rice Owls |title=Rice}}{{center|2}}{{center|14}}{{winpct|2|14}}{{center|8}}{{center|20}}{{winpct|8|20}}
{{center|9}}{{center| 9}}{{cbb link|year=1982|sex=men|team=Texas Longhorns |title=Texas}}{{center|1}}{{center|15}}{{winpct|1|15}}{{center|6}}{{center|22}}{{winpct|6|22}}

Tournament

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! Date

! Winner

! Score

! Loser

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colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|First Round
rowspan ="3" |Mar 76 Texas Tech57-557 Baylorat Texas Tech
4 SMU49-489 Texasat SMU
5 TCU74-498 Riceat TCU
colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|Quarterfinals
rowspan ="2" |Mar 104 SMU76-696 Texas Tech
5 TCU65-533 Texas A&M
colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|Semifinals
rowspan ="2" |Mar 111 Houston75-594 SMU
5 TCU61-59 (OT)2 Arkansas
colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|Finals
Mar 121 Houston62-595 TCU

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