The 1983 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 11–12 at Centennial Coliseum in Reno, Nevada.
[1][2][3] Weber State defeated Nevada in the championship game 87–78 to clinch their fourth Big Sky tournament title.
[4] The Wildcats and Wolf Pack were the regular season co-champions, while Idaho was attempting to win a third consecutive title.
[1] This was the twentieth season for the Big Sky and its first employing the three-point shot, for conference play only, with the line at 22 feet (6.71 m).
[1][13][14] The Wildcats received an automatic bid to the 52-team NCAA tournament and were seeded ninth in the West region; they lost to Washington State by ten points in the first round in Boise, Idaho.