When the 2022 NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship Opening Rounds tip off this Friday, March 11, the two California Pacific Conference qualifiers will face a daunting but not insurmountable task—take down the top seed that share the distinction of compiling the most wins this season (31). California Pacific Conference champion Saint Katherine is on the road to Park City, Kan., where the Firebirds will face Oklahoma Wesleyan, and conference runner-up Benedictine-Mesa draws Loyola (La.) in the opening round and travels to New Orleans, La.
