NAIA National Basketball Tournament

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the teams for the 2024 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship First & Second Rounds presented by Ballogy. Montana Tech is ranked No. 3 in the Naismith Quadrant of the 64-team field. The other teams coming to Butte next week are No. 6 Hope International (Calif.), No. 11 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), and No. 14 Wayland Baptist (Texas).

For the second year in a row, Montana Tech’s Men’s Basketball team will host First and Second round games on Kelvin Sampson Court.

The Orediggers are the 4th seed in the Cramer Bracket of the NAIA tournament and will be joined in Butte by #5 Thomas Moore of Kentucky, #12 Eastern Oregon and #13 Westmont (California) College. The opening round is next Tuesday with Eastern Oregon facing Thomas Moore at 5pm followed by the Orediggers date with Westmont at 7.