.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals as well as championship of the 2025 National Invite Competition will certainly remain in Indianapolis and be dipped into historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second successive year.Indianapolis will certainly likewise throw the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as aspect of the combined Divisions I, II as well as III Guy's Basketball Champions earlier announced.The 2025 semifinals are going to happen Tuesday, April 1, along with the championship game put for Thursday, April 3. Head servant College as well as the Indiana Athletics Firm once more will act as holds for the event.The 88th NIT will remain to feature a 32-team area with the first round, 2nd around and quarterfinals dipped into university sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed simply the leading 16 staffs (top-four groups in each skin) and place the remaining 16 groups picked right into the brace geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals and championship game were sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with much more than 9,000 in attendance over both evenings.Additionally, the NIT included previous males's baseball coach Phil Martelli and Event United States Affiliate Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting with the 2024-25 time.A legend among Significant 5 coaches, Martelli is the winningest instructor in the past of St Joseph's men's basketball. Along with an all-time record of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as scalp instructor of the Hawks, Martelli led St. Joseph's to the NCAA competition seven opportunities as well as to 6 NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff rattled 27-straight success finishing the frequent time unbeaten and rated top in the country before being actually upset in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That team then won three NCAA competition activities before dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional last.Douglass participated in the Association United States team in 2016 as well as ended up being associate commissioner for baseball in 2021. In addition to his tasks with both men's and also ladies's baseball, Douglass additionally gives error for females's football as well as women's golf and also served as office chair of the NCAA Division I Female's Soccer Board for two years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the guys's baseball team at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass are going to sign up with an NIT board that are going to be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice head of state of sports and leisure at New Orleans. Other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are actually Morgan State Vice Head Of State and Supervisor of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Division I guys's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters and Bob Williams.All NIT video games will definitely be actually relayed live around ESPN systems. To find out more on the champion browse through ncaa.com/NIT.