.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invitation Competition will definitely stay in Indianapolis and be actually played at historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will additionally hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as component of the combined Departments I, II and III Guy's Basketball Champions earlier introduced.The 2025 semifinals will occur Tuesday, April 1, with the national championship established for Thursday, April 3. Man Educational Institution and also the Indiana Sports Enterprise once again will work as ranges for the activity.The 88th NIT will definitely continue to include a 32-team industry along with the first round, second sphere as well as quarterfinals dipped into university sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed only the best 16 staffs (top-four groups in each vessel) as well as put the remaining 16 teams decided on in to the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as championship game were actually sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with greater than 9,000 in attendance over both evenings.Furthermore, the NIT incorporated former men's baseball trainer Phil Martelli and also Association USA Colleague Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning with the 2024-25 time.A legend among Major Five trains, Martelli is actually the winningest train in the history of St. Joseph's males's baseball. Along with an enduring file of 444-328 during the course of his 24 years as scalp coach of the Hawks, Martelli led St. Joseph's to the NCAA event 7 times and to 6 NIT looks. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff reeled off 27-straight wins completing the routine season undefeated and also placed top in the country prior to being upset in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That crew then gained three NCAA tournament activities before dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass participated in the Conference United States personnel in 2016 as well as came to be associate administrator for basketball in 2021. In addition to his obligations with both men's as well as women's basketball, Douglass likewise provides oversight for females's football and girls's golf as well as worked as chair of the NCAA Department I Women's Soccer Committee for two years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year captain of the men's basketball crew at Alcorn State.Martelli and Douglass will definitely join an NIT committee that will certainly be chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and also relaxation at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are Morgan Condition Bad Habit President and Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, and former Branch I guys's baseball trains, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas as well as Bob Williams.All NIT video games will be transmitted live throughout ESPN systems. To learn more on the championship browse through ncaa.com/NIT.