KANSAS CITY, MO – No. 23 LC State earned a No. 7 seed in the Liston Quadrant in the 2026 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship and will head to Billings, Mont., for the First and Second Rounds. The Warriors will face 10th-seeded The Master’s (Calif.) in the NAIA First Round on March 13.

Seventh-ranked Rocky Mountain (Mont.) earned a No. 2 seed in the tournament and will face No. 15-seeded Simpson (Calif.). The winner of each game will face off in the NAIA Second Round on March 14.