1983 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament

The 1983 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 10–13, 1983, at Gregory Gym in Austin, Texas.

Number 1 seed defeated 2 seed Arkansas 80–54 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding
The tournament consisted of a 9 team single-elimination tournament with the 8 and 9 seeded teams playing in a play-in game to decide the 8th spot.