| Type: | NAIA men's basketball tournament |
| Year: | 1969 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Finalfourarena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| Finalfourcity: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Eastern New Mexico |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Champgamecount: | 1st |
| Champffcount: | 1st |
| Runnerup: | Maryland State |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Runnerffcount: | 1st |
| Semifinal1: | Central Washington |
| Finalfourcount1: | 1st |
| Semifinal2: | Elizabeth City |
| Finalfourcount2: | 1st |
| Coty: | Joe Retton |
| Cotyschool: | Fairmont State (W.Va.) |
| Mvp: | Jake Ford |
| Mvpteam: | Maryland State |
| Hustle: | Larry Vanzant |
| Hustleschool: | Eastern New Mexico |
| Attendance: | unknown |
| Topscorer: | Jake Ford |
| Topscorerteam: | Maryland State |
| Points: | 156 |
The 1969 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 32nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This is the first tournament since 1965 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 5th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965.) This would not happen again until 2001.
The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.