The 1997–98 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
Led by head coach Bob McKillop, the team played its home games at Belk Arena.
The Wildcats finished atop the Southern Conference regular season standings and won the Southern Conference tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No.
14 seed in the Southeast region.
Davidson finished win an overall record of 20–10 (13–2 SoCon).