The 1982–83 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team represented

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in the 1982–83

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basketball season. Robert Morris was coached by

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and played their home games at the John Jay Center in

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. The Colonials were members of the ECAC Metro Conference. They finished the season 23–8, 12–2 in conference play. They won the ECAC Metro tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned one of two 12 seeds in the Mideast Region and defeated

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in the play-in game, avenging an early season loss to the Eagles. The Colonials were then beaten 55–53 by

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in the first round.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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