| Year: | 1988 |
| Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Finalarena: | Kemper Arena |
| Finalcity: | Kansas City, MO |
| Champions: | Oklahoma |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Billy Tubbs |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Stacey King |
| Mvpteam: | Oklahoma |
| Television: | Raycom Sports (Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Championship) ABC (Championship game) |
The 1988 Big Eight men's basketball tournament was held March 10–12 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]
Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated #2 seed Kansas State in the championship game, 88–83, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament.