The 1988 MAC men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 at Centennial Hall in Toledo, Ohio.
[1] Top-seeded Eastern Michigan defeated Ohio in the championship game by the score of 94–80 to win their first MAC men's basketball tournament and a bid to the NCAA tournament.
There they lost to Pittsburgh in the first round.
[2][3] Grant Long of Eastern Michigan was named the tournament MVP.
All games were played at Centennial Hall in Toledo, Ohio.