The 2026 NAIA men's basketball tournament was a tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its member programs in the United States and Canada, culminating the 2025–26 NAIA men's basketball season.
The tournament finals were played at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, from March 19–24, 2026.
Freed–Hardeman won the title, its second in three years.
Qualification The tournament featured sixty-four teams in a single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds were played on regional campus sites on March 13–14, and all subsequent rounds were played from March 19–24 at the predetermined final tournament site in Kansas City.
Bracket Naismith quadrant
Cramer quadrant
Duer quadrant
* denotes overtime period
Liston quadrant
Semifinals and Finals Site: Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
See also 2026 NAIA women's basketball tournament 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2026 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2026 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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