The 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1982 and ended with the Final Four in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 4, 1983.

The NC State Wolfpack won their second NCAA national championship with a 54–52 victory over the No.

The penalty for a player violating the five-second "closely guarded" count was changed from a jump ball to a turnover, with the defense getting the ball at the out-of-bounds spot closest to where the violation occurred.

[4] NOTE: Nicholls State began a two-season stint as a provisional member of the Trans America Athletic Conference, during which it played no conference games.

[37] Villanova finished with a 3–1 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.