The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the

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) was held March 10–12, 1983 at

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upset top-seeded 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

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prior to the season and were replaced with Nicholls State.

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