The 1960 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 23rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
[1] The pivotal game in this year's tournament was in the semifinals round when #4 Westminster College knocked off the three time defending national champions #1 Tennessee State University.
Tennessee State would then play in the 3rd-place game where they easily defeated William Jewell College 100-65.
Westminster went to the championship game and was defeated by Southwest Texas State 44-66.