1983 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 1983 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was the second edition of the tournament.

1983 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1982–83
Teams	6
First round site	Campus Sites Campus Arenas
Finals site	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Champions	Fordham (1st title)
Winning coach	Tom Penders (1st title)
MVP	Mark Murphy (Fordham)
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1982–83 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona	8	–	2		.800			22	–	9		.710
Fordham †	7	–	3		.700			19	–	11		.633
Saint Peter's	7	–	3		.700			22	–	5		.815
Manhattan	4	–	6		.400			15	–	13		.536
Army	2	–	8		.200			11	–	18		.379
Fairfield	2	–	8		.200			13	–	15		.464
† 1983 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Fordham upset top-seeded Iona in the championship game, 54–53, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.

No MAAC team was invited to the NCAA tournament this year.

Format

All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams entered into the preliminary first round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament.

First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 10					Semifinals Saturday, March 11					Championship Sunday, March 12
						1	Iona	65
						5	Army	53
	4	Manhattan	69
	5	Army	74
											1	Iona	53
											2	Fordham	54
	3	Saint Peter's	70
	6	Fairfield	67
						3	Saint Peter's	52
						2	Fordham	66