The 1998 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1997âÂÂ98 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.
Eastern Michigan won the title by beating Miami in the final. Earl Boykins was unanimously selected as the tournament MVP.
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