The 2024 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 2023âÂÂ24 NAIA men's basketball season.
The tournament finals were played at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
FreedâÂÂHardeman won the title, the Lions' first NAIA national overall.
For the second year, the tournament field consisted of 64 teams.
Furthermore, the championship continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.
The first two preliminary rounds were played on one of sixteen regional campus sites while the four final rounds, including the national championship, were played at the NAIA's long-time final tournament site in Kansas City, Missouri.