| Year: | 1996 |
| Conference: | MAC |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | SeaGate Centre |
| City: | Toledo, Ohio |
| Champions: | Eastern Michigan |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Ben Braun |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Brian Tolbert |
| Mvpteam: | Eastern Michigan |
The 1996 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and the top eight MAC teams invited to participate. No teams received byes in the tournament. Eastern Michigan received the number one seed in the tournament.