1983 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1983 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 10–12 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.

1983 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1982–83
Teams	6
Site	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Xavier (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Staak (1st title)
MVP	Alfredrick Hughes (Loyola Chicago)
Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournaments

1982–83 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Loyola-Chicago	12	–	2		.857			19	–	10		.655
Xavier †	10	–	4		.714			22	–	8		.733
Oral Roberts	10	–	4		.714			14	–	14		.500
Butler	9	–	5		.643			15	–	13		.536
Evansville	6	–	8		.429			13	–	16		.448
Detroit	6	–	8		.429			12	–	17		.414
Saint Louis	2	–	12		.143			5	–	23		.179
Oklahoma City	1	–	13		.071			4	–	22		.154
† 1983 MCC tournament winner

Xavier defeated Loyola-Chicago in the championship game, 82–76, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament as the #12 seed in the Midwest region. Xavier lost the play-in game to fellow #12 seed Alcorn State.

Format

Six of eight conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 10					Semifinals Saturday, March 11					Championship Sunday, March 12
						1	Loyola Chicago	80
						5	Evansville	66
	5	Evansville	72
	4	Butler	63
											1	Loyola Chicago	76
											2	Xavier	82
	6	Detroit	78
	3	Oral Roberts	77
						6	Detroit	70
						2	Xavier	90