| Year: | 1988 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Arena: | Greensboro Coliseum |
| City: | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions: | North Carolina A&T |
| Titlecount: | 13th |
| Coach: | Don Corbett |
| Coachcount: | 7th |
| Mvp: | Claude Williams |
| Mvpteam: | North Carolina A&T |
The 1988 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–5, 1988, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated, 101–86 in the championship game, to win its seventh consecutive MEAC Tournament title.
The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as a No. 14 seed in the East region.
Seven of nine conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.