NAIA Men’s Basketball Championship returns to Municipal Auditorium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The 87th annual NAIA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament has returned to Kansas City. 16 teams will compete from March 20-25.

The first NAIA tournament was played at Municipal Auditorium in 1937. The tournament has been played in Kansas City for almost its entire history.

Below is the schedule for the round of 16. You can purchase tickets here: https://www.naia.org/naiahoops/tickets.

• Thursday, March 20
  • Cramer Quadrant
    • 1 Arizona Christian vs 4 Cumberlands (Ky.), 1 p.m. CT
    • 2 Grace (Ind.) vs 11 St. Mary-Woods (Ind.), 3 p.m. CT
  • Naismith Quadrant
    • 1 College of Idaho vs 4 Langston (Okla.), 5 p.m. CT
    • 2 Georgetown (Ky.) vs 6 Northwestern (Iowa), 7 p.m. CT
• Friday, March 21
  • Duer Quadrant
    • 1 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) vs 4 Life (Ga.), 1 p.m. CT
    • 7 Keiser (Fla.) vs 11 Southern Oregon, 3 p.m. CT
  • Liston Quadrant
    • 1 LSU Alexandria (La.) vs 4 Bethel (Ind.), 5 p.m. CT
    • 3 Baker (Kan.) vs 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan, 7 p.m. CT
• Saturday, March 22
  • Quarterfinals
    • Naismith Quadrant 3 p.m. CT
    • Cramer Quadrant 1 p.m. CT
    • Duer Quadrant 5 p.m. CT
    • Liston Quadrant 7 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 24
  • Semifinals
    • Naismith and Cramer Quadrant winners 5 p.m. CT
    • Duer and Liston Quadrant winners 7 p.m. CT
• Tuesday, March 25
  • Championship
    • 7 p.m. CT

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