1988 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament

The 1988 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 9–12, 1988, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.

Number 1 seed defeated 3 seed Texas Tech 88–61 to win their sixth championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament.

Houston received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding
The tournament consisted of a 6 team single-elimination tournament. The top two seeds had a bye to the Semifinals.