1982–83 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

1982–83 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
SoCon regular season and tournament champions
ConferenceSouthern Conference
DivisionSouth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 15
Record26–4 (15–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaUTC Arena
1982–83 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Chattanooga 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
1983 Southern tournament winner
As of April 30, 1983
Rankings from AP poll

The 1982–83 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1982–83 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, 52–51.