1982–83 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team

1982–83 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball
1982–83 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball
Ohio Valley tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	19–11 (10–4 OVC)
Head coach	Wayne Martin;
Home arena	Ellis Johnson Arena
	Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Murray State	11	–	3	.786	21	–	8	.724
Morehead State †	10	–	4	.714	19	–	11	.633
Tennessee Tech	9	–	5	.643	16	–	12	.571
Akron	7	–	7	.500	14	–	15	.483
Eastern Kentucky	7	–	7	.500	10	–	17	.370
Youngstown State	5	–	9	.357	15	–	12	.556
Austin Peay	4	–	10	.286	11	–	16	.407
Middle Tennessee	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259

† OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982–83 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by head coach Wayne Martin, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–11, 10–4 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 1983 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament. As an 11 seed, they fell to No. 6 seed Syracuse in the first round.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F		Earl Harrison	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1982*		at Western Kentucky	L 64–66	0–1	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
Ohio Valley Conference Basketball tournament
Mar 10, 1983*		vs. Tennessee Tech Semifinals	W 54–53	18–10	Racer Arena Murray, Kentucky
Mar 11, 1983*		vs. Akron Championship game	W 81–65	19–10	Racer Arena Murray, Kentucky
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1983*	(11 E)	vs. (6 E) Syracuse First Round	L 59–74	19–11	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e Morehead State Eagles men's basketball
Venues	Button Auditorium (1929–1956) Wetherby Gymnasium (1956–1981) Ellis Johnson Arena (1981–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24