| Type: | NAIA |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Division: | II |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Fabfourarena: | Montgomery Fieldhouse |
| Fabfourcity: | Nampa, Idaho |
| Champions: | Bethel Pilots |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Champgamecount: | 2nd |
| Champffcount: | 2nd |
| Runnerup: | Siena Heights Saints |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Runnerffcount: | 1st |
| Semifinal1: | Tabor Bluejays |
| Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
| Semifinal2: | William Jewell Cardinals |
| Fabfourcount2: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Rico Swanson |
| Mvpteam: | Bethel (IN) |
| Hustle: | Anthony Staffney |
| Hustleschool: | Siena Heights |
| Topscorer: | Rico Swanson |
| Topscorerteam: | Bethel (TN) |
| Points: | 100 |
The 1997 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1996–97 basketball season.
Bethel (IN) defeated Siena Heights in the championship game, 95–94, to claim the Pilots' second NAIA national title and first since 1995.
The tournament was played at the Montgomery Fieldhouse at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.[1]
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.
The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.