| Year: | 1948 |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Duke Indoor Stadium |
| City: | Durham, NC |
| Champions: | North Carolina State |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Everett Case |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
The 1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–5, 1948 at Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The North Carolina State Wolfpack won their third Southern Conference title, led by head coach Everett Case.[1]
The top ten finishers of the conference's sixteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinals.
* Overtime game