2026 NAIA men's basketball tournament
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Teams64
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium,
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsFreed–Hardeman (2nd title, 2nd title game,
7th Fab Four)
7th Fab Four)
Runner-upLangston (2nd title game)
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Freed–Hardeman (2nd title, 2nd title game, 7th Fab Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Langston (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Jaden Williams (Langston) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Phil Horton (Freed–Hardeman) | ||||
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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.[1]
Freed–Hardeman won the title, its second in three years.
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.