1998 MAC men's basketball tournament

1998 MAC men's basketball tournament
1998 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	8
Site	On-campus sites (quarterfinal round); SeaGate Centre; Toledo, Ohio
Champions	Eastern Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach	Milton Barnes (1st title)
MVP	Earl Boykins (Eastern Michigan)
	MAC men's basketball tournaments ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at campus sites for the quarterfinal round with the semifinals and final held at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and the top eight MAC teams invited to participate. No teams received byes in the tournament. Ball State, the MAC West Division co-champion, received the number one seed in the tournament.

1997–98 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Akron	13	–	5	.722	17	–	10	.630
Kent State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Miami	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Marshall	7	–	11	.389	11	–	16	.407
Bowling Green	7	–	11	.389	10	–	16	.385
Ohio	3	–	15	.167	5	–	21	.192
West
Ball State	14	–	4	.778	21	–	8	.724
Western Michigan	14	–	4	.778	21	–	8	.724
Eastern Michigan †	13	–	5	.722	20	–	10	.667
Toledo	10	–	8	.556	15	–	12	.556
Northern Illinois	6	–	12	.333	10	–	16	.385
Central Michigan	3	–	15	.167	5	–	21	.192

† 1998 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

* Overtime period