The 1982–83 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference during the 1983-84 season.

The team played their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Led by 5th-year head coach Gale Catlett, the Mountaineers won the conference tournament and received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament as No.

[1] In the opening round, West Virginia was beaten by No.

10 seed James Madison, 57–50.