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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Loyola Wolf Pack (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Talladega Tornadoes (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Stacy Hollowell (1st title) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Myles Burns (Loyola New Orleans) | ||||
| Top scorer | Ryan Batte (Thomas More) (114 points) | ||||
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The 2022 NAIA men's basketball tournament was the 84th annual tournament held by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its member programs in the United States and Canada, culminating the 2021–22 NAIA men's basketball season.
Loyola New Orleans defeated Talladega in the championship game, 71–56, the Wolf Pack's second NAIA national title and first since 1945.
The tournament finals were once again played at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]
- ^ "NAIA Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 27 March 2024.