1998 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1998 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	10
Site	Cajundome Lafayette, LA
Champions	South Alabama (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bob Weltlich (1st title)
MVP	Toby Madison (South Alabama)
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

The 1998 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27–March 3 at the Cajundome at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Top-seeded South Alabama defeated hosts Southwestern Louisiana in the championship game, 62–59, to win their third overall, and second consecutive, Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Jaguars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

Format

No teams left or joined the Sun Belt before the season, leaving conference membership fixed at ten teams.

All teams participated in the tournament, maintaining its ten-team format. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top six teams were all placed directly into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

	First Round Friday, February 27					Quarterfinals Saturday, February 28					Semifinals Sunday, March 1					Championship Tuesday, March 3
						1	South Alabama	61
						9	Western Kentucky	47
	9	Western Kentucky	75
	8	Jacksonville	70
											1	South Alabama	79
											4	Arkansas–Little Rock	48
						5	Louisiana Tech	61
						4	Arkansas–Little Rock	74
																1	South Alabama	62
																3	SW Louisiana	59
						3	SW Louisiana	76
						6	New Orleans	69
											3	SW Louisiana	81
											7	Lamar	65
	7	Lamar	103
	10	Texas–Pan American	89
						7	Lamar	70
						2	Arkansas State	54

See also

• Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament