1998 SWAC men's basketball tournament
# 1998 SWAC men's basketball tournament

The 1998 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7, 1998, at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. Prairie View A&M defeated Texas Southern, 59–57 in the championship game to win the school's first SWAC Tournament title. The Panthers received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the Midwest Region.

## Bracket and results

| Quarterfinals March 5 | Quarterfinals March 5 | Quarterfinals March 5 | Semifinals March 6 | Semifinals March 6 | Semifinals March 6 | Final March 7 | Final March 7 | Final March 7 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Texas Southern | 72 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State | 57 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State | 57 | 1 | Texas Southern | 48 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Grambling State | 45 | | | |
| 4 | Grambling State | 74 | 4 | Grambling State | 45 | | | |
| 5 | Alcorn State | 73 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Alcorn State | 73 | | | | 1 | Texas Southern | 57 |
| | | | | | | 7 | Prairie View A&M | 59 |
| 3 | Southern | 59 | | | | | | | 7 | Prairie View A&M | 59 |
| 6 | Alabama State | 82 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Alabama State | 82 | 6 | Alabama State | 61 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Prairie View A&M | 65 | | | |
| 2 | Jackson State | 58 | 7 | Prairie View A&M | 65 | | | |
| 7 | Prairie View A&M | 60 | | | | | | |
