1983 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 1983 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 13 - 15 in Norfolk, VA. University of South Alabama defeated Old Dominion University for the title. Dennis Johnston of South Alabama was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	Old Dominion University	12-3	Mark Newman
East 2	Jacksonville University	11-6	Tom Bradley
West 1	University of South Alabama	12-5	Eddie Stanky
West 2	University of Alabama at Birmingham	11-6	Harry Walker

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

E1

Old Dominion

7

W2

UAB

2

E1

Old Dominion

7

W1

South Alabama

3

W1

South Alabama

8

E2

Jacksonville

7

E1

Old Dominion

10

14

W1

South Alabama

15

15

W1

South Alabama

9

W2

UAB

11

W2

UAB

5

E2

Jacksonville

5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of South Alabama	8-7	Jacksonville University
Game 2	Old Dominion University	7-2	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 3	University of Alabama at Birmingham	11-5	Jacksonville University	Jacksonville eliminated
Game 4	Old Dominion University	7-3	University of South Alabama
Game 5	University of South Alabama	9-5	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama-Birmingham eliminated
Game 6	University of South Alabama	15-10	Old Dominion University
Game 7	University of South Alabama	15-14	Old Dominion University	South Alabama advances to NCAA tournament