| Year: | 1998 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Reunion Arena |
| City: | Dallas, Texas |
| Champions: | Prairie View A&M |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Elwood Plummer |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
The 1998 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7, 1998, at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.[1] Prairie View A&M defeated, 59–57 in the championship game to win the school's first SWAC Tournament title. The Panthers received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the Midwest Region.