1982β83 Chattanooga Mocs basketball | |
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SoCon regular season and
tournament champions | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
South | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 15 |
Record | 26β4 (15β1 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | UTC Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Chattanooga β | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 2 | – | 25 | .074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1983 Southern tournament winner As of April 30, 1983 Rankings from AP poll |
The 1982β83 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1982β83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Murray Arnold and the team played their home games at the newly opened UTC Arena. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the third straight year, Chattanooga was beaten in the opening round by No. 8 seed Maryland, 52β51. [1]
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 26, 1982* |
vs.
Austin Peay Tennessee Classic |
W 72β69 | 1β0 |
Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||||||
Nov 27, 1982* |
vs.
Tennessee State Tennessee Classic |
W 68β51 | 2β0 |
Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 1, 1982* |
No. 14
Tennessee First Game in UTC Arena |
L 49β55 | 2β1 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 4, 1982* |
Tennessee Wesleyan | W 94β47 | 3β1 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 11, 1982* |
Columbus | W 79β64 | 4β1 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 17, 1982* |
Navy Krystal Classic |
W 80β67 | 5β1 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 18, 1982* |
Mississippi State Krystal Classic |
W 62β54 | 6β1 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 21, 1982* |
North Carolina | L 66β73 | 6β2 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 3, 1983* |
TennesseeβMartin | W 81β68 | 7β2 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 8, 1983 |
at East Tennessee State | W 76β73 | 8β2 (1β0) |
Memorial Center Johnson City, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 13, 1983 |
Appalachian State | W 85β53 | 9β2 (2β0) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 15, 1983 |
Davidson | W 71β63 | 10β2 (3β0) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 19, 1983 |
at The Citadel | W 58β57 | 11β2 (4β0) |
McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina | |||||||
Jan 24, 1983 |
East Tennessee State | W 78β66 | 12β2 (5β0) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 27, 1983 |
at Marshall | L 67β73 | 12β3 (5β1) |
Cam Henderson Center Huntington, West Virginia | |||||||
Jan 29, 1983 |
at VMI | W 82β68 | 13β3 (6β1) |
Cameron Hall Lexington, Virginia | |||||||
Feb 2, 1983 |
at Appalachian State | W 50β48 | 14β3 (7β1) |
Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 5, 1983 |
Marshall | W 88β71 | 15β3 (8β1) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 7, 1983 |
VMI | W 64β54 | 16β3 (9β1) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 12, 1983 |
Furman | W 82β56 | 17β3 (10β1) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 14, 1983 |
The Citadel | W 85β68 | 18β3 (11β1) |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 19, 1983 |
at Davidson | W 73β71 | 19β3 (12β1) |
Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 21, 1983 |
at Furman | W 52β51 | 20β3 (13β1) |
Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina | |||||||
Feb 26, 1983 |
at Western Carolina | W 74β62 | 21β3 (14β1) |
Reid Gymnasium Cullowhee, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 28, 1983* |
Tennessee Temple | W 78β62 | 22β3 |
UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Mar 5, 1983 |
Western Carolina | W 76β73 | 23β3 (15β1) |
The McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 10, 1983* |
(1) No. 18 | vs. (8) Appalachian State Quarterfinals |
W 71β58 | 24β3 |
Charleston Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia | ||||||
Mar 11, 1983* |
(1) No. 18 | vs. (4) Western Carolina Semifinals |
W 77β75 OT | 25β3 |
Charleston Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia | ||||||
Mar 12, 1983* |
(1) No. 18 | vs. (3) East Tennessee State Championship game |
W 70β62 | 26β3 |
Charleston Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 1983* |
(9 MW) No. 15 | vs. (8 MW)
Maryland First round |
L 51β52 [1] | 26β4 |
The Summit Houston, Texas | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Source: [3]