NAIA men’s basketball tournament returns to Kansas City: Semifinals are set

The NAIA men’s basketball tournament returned to Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City this week.

There were four games scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The semifinals are Monday night and the championship is Tuesday night, March 22. Live scores are available at NAIA.org.

Single-session tickets start at $6 and all-session tickets start at $90 through Ticketmaster.

Men’s schedule

Thursday’s round of 16 games

College of Idaho 71, Grace (Ind.) 66

Loyola (La.) 85, Faulkner (Ala.) 67

Arizona Christian 82, Bethel (Kan.) 66

William Jessup 88, Indiana Wesleyan 84

Friday’s round of 16 games

Oklahoma Wesleyan 85, LSU Shreveport 71

Thomas More (Ky.) 74, SAGU (Texas) 44

Talladega (Ala.) 67, Jamestown (N.D.) 56

Concordia (Neb.) 75, IU Kokomo 65

Saturday’s quarterfinals

Loyola 60, College of Idaho 53

Arizona Christian 90, William Jessup 79

Three-point contest & slam dunk contest, 3 p.m.

Thomas More 59, Oklahoma Wesleyan 56

Talladega 77, Concordia 69

Monday’s semifinals

Arizona Christian vs. Loyola, 5 p.m.

Talladega vs. Thomas More, about 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s championship

Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. (ESPN3)

This story was originally published March 16, 2022 at 12:44 PM.