| Year: | 1997 |
| Conference: | Midwestern Collegiate Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 9[1] [2] |
| Arena: | Nutter Center |
| City: | Dayton, OH |
| Champions: | Butler |
| Coach: | Barry Collier |
| Mvp: | Kelsey Wilson, Butler[3] |
| Mvpteam: | Butler |
| Different Next: | 1998 |
The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament took place at the end of the 1996–97 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Wright State.
All Midwestern Collegiate Conference schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 1996–97 Midwestern Collegiate Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.