1998 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

1998 (1998) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Idaho Center Nampa, Idaho
Champions	Bethel Pilots (3rd title, 3rd title game, 3rd Fab Four)
Runner-up	Oregon Tech Owls (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Mount Marty Lancers (1st Fab Four) Northwest Nazarene Crusaders (4th Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Brent Darnel (Northwest Nazarene)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Rico Swanson (Bethel (IN))
Top scorer	Mac Rops (Mount Marty) (92 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «1997 1999»

The 1998 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 1997–98 basketball season.

Top-seeded defending champions Bethel (IN) defeated Oregon Tech in the championship game, 89–87, to claim the Pilots' third NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Idaho Center at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.

Qualification

See also: 1997–98 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

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.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
	1	Bethel (IN)	100
		Southwestern (KS)	84
						1	Bethel (IN)	107
						16	Briar Cliff	100
		Caldwell	77
	16	Briar Cliff	83
											1	Bethel (IN)	88
											8	Whitworth	85
	9	Cardinal Stritch	103
		Central Methodist	94
						9	Cardinal Stritch	72
						8	Whitworth	75
		Berea	78
	8	Whitworth	82
																1	Bethel (IN)	88
																13	Mount Marty	86
	5	Mount Vernon Nazarene	86
		Saint Ambrose	83
						5	Mount Vernon Nazarene	80
						12	Western Baptist	75
		Virginia Intermont	75
	12	Western Baptist	90
											5	Mount Vernon Nazarene	69
											13	Mount Marty	74
	13	Mount Marty	87
		Embry–Riddle (FL)	75
						13	Mount Marty	73
						4	Siena Heights	72
		Castleton State	67
	4	Siena Heights	89
																					1	Bethel (IN)	89
																					15	Oregon Tech	87
	3	Mayville State	99
		Bellevue	72
						3	Mayville State	68
							Black Hills State	59
		Black Hills State	68
	14	Marian	59
											3	Mayville State	75
											11	Northwest Nazarene	84
	11	Northwest Nazarene	86
		Indiana Tech	73
						11	Northwest Nazarene	96
						6	Warner Southern	84
		King (TN)	65
	6	Warner Southern	76
																11	Northwest Nazarene	75
																15	Oregon Tech	82
	7	Concordia Nebraska	54
		Holy Names	65
							Holy Names	76
						10	Lewis & Clark	87
		Saint Joseph's (ME)	82
	10	Lewis & Clark	84
											10	Lewis & Clark	89
											15	Oregon Tech	100
	15	Oregon Tech	81
		Walsh	73
						15	Oregon Tech	90
						2	William Jewell	76
		Mary Hardin–Baylor	68
	2	William Jewell	93

See also

• 1998 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1998 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament