1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 10–12 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1987–88
Teams	6
Site	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Xavier (4th title)
Winning coach	Pete Gillen (3rd title)
MVP	Byron Larkin (3rd MVP) (Xavier)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournaments

1987–88 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Xavier †	9	–	1		.900			26	–	4		.867
Evansville	6	–	4		.600			21	–	8		.724
Saint Louis	5	–	5		.500			14	–	14		.500
Butler	5	–	5		.500			14	–	14		.500
Loyola (IL)	3	–	7		.300			13	–	16		.448
Detroit Mercy	2	–	8		.200			7	–	23		.233
† 1988 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP

Xavier defeated Detroit in the championship game, 122–96, to win their third consecutive (fourth overall) MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament as the #11 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All six conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams (Xavier, Evansville) earning a bye into the semifinal round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 10					Semifinals Saturday, March 11					Championship Sunday, March 12
						1	#20 Xavier	117
						5	Loyola-Chicago	79
	4	Butler	59
	5	Loyola-Chicago	67
											1	#20 Xavier	122
											2	Detroit	96
	3	Saint Louis	63
	6	Detroit	66
						6	Detroit	75
						2	Evansville	74