1997–98 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team

1997–1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball
Big Sky Regular season champions
Big Sky tournament champions
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record21–8 (13–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home arenaWalkup Skydome
1997–98 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Arizona 13 3   .813 21 8   .724
Weber State 12 4   .750 14 13   .519
Portland State 10 6   .625 15 12   .556
Eastern Washington 10 6   .625 16 11   .593
Montana 9 7   .563 16 14   .533
Montana State 9 7   .563 19 11   .633
Cal State Northridge 7 9   .438 12 16   .429
Idaho State 2 14   .125 6 20   .231
Sacramento State 0 16   .000 1 25   .038
Conference tournament winner

The 1997–98 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University in the 1997-98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by head coach Ben Howland, and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome as members of the Big Sky Conference. After finishing atop the conference regular season standings, Northern Arizona won the Big Sky tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history. As No. 15 seed in the West region, the Lumberjacks lost to No. 2 seed Cincinnati in the opening round, 65–62.