El Campeonato nacional de baloncesto masculino de la NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) es un torneo de baloncesto universitario que se celebra anualmente desde 1937, con la excepción de 1944. Fue creado por James Naismith como un torneo para universidades pequeñas de los Estados Unidos. A diferencia del Torneo de la NCAA, lo disputan solamente 32 equipos, celebrándose en tan solo una semana en vez de las tres del torneo mayor. Desde 1992, la NAIA patrocina también un campeonato de División II, a semejanza de lo que ocurre en la NCAA, pero a diferencia de aquella, no tiene División III. La única universidad en ganar el título de la NAIA y de la NCAA ha sido Louisville. Southern Illinois ha ganado los torneos de la NAIA y el National Invitation Tournament (NIT). y han ganado los títulos nacionales de la NAIA y la División II de la NCAA. Curiosamente, Indiana State ha sido subcampeón de los torneos de la NAIA (1946 y 1948), de la División I de la NCAA (1979) y de la División II de la NCAA (1968), aunque ganó la NAIA en 1950. (es)
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men's basketball national championship has been held annually since 1937 (with the exception of 1944 and 2020). The tournament was established by James Naismith to crown a national champion for smaller colleges and universities. Through the 2019–20 season, the NAIA Tournament featured 32 teams, and the entire tournament was contested at one location in one week, rather than multiple locations over a series of weekends. Beginning with the 2021 edition, the tournament expanded to 48 teams, starting with play at 16 regional sites, with only the winners at these sites playing at the final venue. The 2022 tournament expanded again to 64 teams. From 1992 to 2020, the NAIA sponsored a Division II championship. The Division I tournament is played in Kansas City, Missouri, while in 2020, the Division II tournament was to be held for the last time at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; however, the tournaments were called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NAIA returned to a one-division setup in 2021. (en)
El Campeonato nacional de baloncesto masculino de la NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) es un torneo de baloncesto universitario que se celebra anualmente desde 1937, con la excepción de 1944. Fue creado por James Naismith como un torneo para universidades pequeñas de los Estados Unidos. A diferencia del Torneo de la NCAA, lo disputan solamente 32 equipos, celebrándose en tan solo una semana en vez de las tres del torneo mayor. (es)
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men's basketball national championship has been held annually since 1937 (with the exception of 1944 and 2020). The tournament was established by James Naismith to crown a national champion for smaller colleges and universities. Through the 2019–20 season, the NAIA Tournament featured 32 teams, and the entire tournament was contested at one location in one week, rather than multiple locations over a series of weekends. Beginning with the 2021 edition, the tournament expanded to 48 teams, starting with play at 16 regional sites, with only the winners at these sites playing at the final venue. The 2022 tournament expanded again to 64 teams. From 1992 to 2020, the NAIA sponsored a Division II championship. The Division I tournament is play (en)