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NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships is held annually in March at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, KS. The first official NJCAA National Championship was in 1948 in Springfield, MO at the Southwest State College Fieldhouse. The event moved to "Hutch" in 1949, and has been there ever since. The format has changed many times throughout its history, and until 2013 it was a false double-elimination tournament. Now the event is single elimination and consists of 23 games over six days. The NJCAA had only one division for Men's Basketball until the 1986–87 season when Division 2 was added. A third non-scholarship division was formed starting with the 1990 tournament. The NJCAA is divided into 24 Regions who form 16 Districts. The 16 District Champions receive automatic berths in the National Championship, and there are eight at-large bids extended. This format has been in effect since the 2017 Championship. The results below are for Division 1 only.
Football tournamentRegion | 24 |
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Number of teams | 221 |
Current champions | Barton Community College (2024) |
Website | https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/index |
List of Division 1 NJCAA Schools
Championship Leaders
Team | Championships | Winning year(s) |
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Vincennes University | 4 | 1965, 1970, 1972, 2019 |
San Jacinto College-Central | 4 | 1968, 1983, 1984, 1986 |
Moberly Area Community College | 4 | 1954, 1955, 1966, 1967 |
Northwest Florida State College | 3 | 1995, 2015, 2022 |
South Plains College | 3 | 2008, 2012, 2018 |
Hutchinson Community College | 3 | 1988, 1994, 2017 |
Indian Hills Community College | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
Southeastern Community College | 3 | 2000, 2003, 2004 |
Independence Community College | 3 | 1963, 1977, 1978 |
College of Southern Idaho | 3 | 1976, 1987, 2011 |
Tyler Junior College | 2 | 1949, 1951 |
Kilgore College | 2 | 1956, 1958 |
Mercer County Community College | 2 | 1973, 1974 |
Midland College | 2 | 1982, 2007 |
Dixie State College of Utah | 2 | 1985, 2002 |
Three Rivers Community College | 2 | 1979, 1992 |
Western Texas Junior College | 2 | 1975, 1980 |
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith | 2 | 1981, 2006 |
Salt Lake Community College | 2 | 2009, 2016 |
Coffeyville Community College | 2 | 1962, 2021 |
See also
- NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
- NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship