2025 NAIA men's basketball tournament
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Kansas City, Missouri
| Teams | 64 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | College of Idaho (3rd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Oklahoma Wesleyan (1st title game) | ||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Yashi McKenzie (Oklahoma Wesleyan) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Samaje Morgan (College of Idaho) | ||||
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The 2025 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 2024–25 NAIA men's basketball season.
The tournament finals were played at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, from March 20–25, 2025.[1]
The College of Idaho won the title, its second in three years and third overall.
The tournament featured sixty-four teams in a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds were played on regional campus sites on March 14–15, and all subsequent rounds were played from March 20–25 at the predetermined final tournament site in Kansas City.[2]