.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals as well as championship of the 2025 National Invite Competition will definitely remain in Indianapolis and be actually played at historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second consecutive year.Indianapolis will definitely likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and champion as aspect of the consolidated Branches I, II as well as III Guy's Basketball Championships earlier declared.The 2025 semifinals will definitely happen Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game established for Thursday, April 3. Pantryman Educational Institution and also the Indiana Athletics Organization once again are going to work as holds for the event.The 88th NIT will definitely remain to include a 32-team field along with the first round, 2nd around and quarterfinals dipped into grounds sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed simply the top 16 crews (top-four staffs in each sheath) and place the staying 16 staffs decided on in to the bracket geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as national championship were actually offered out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with greater than 9,000 present over both nights.Also, the NIT incorporated previous males's baseball instructor Phil Martelli as well as Conference U.S.A. Affiliate for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting with the 2024-25 season.A legend one of Major 5 trains, Martelli is the winningest coach in the past of St Joseph's men's basketball. With an enduring record of 444-328 during his 24 years as head coach of the Hawks, Martelli led St. Joseph's to the NCAA competition 7 times as well as to six NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's group rattled 27-straight success finishing the normal period unbeaten as well as placed primary in the country just before being upset in the Atlantic 10 Association quarterfinals. That staff after that succeeded 3 NCAA tournament games before dropping to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass joined the Association United States workers in 2016 and also ended up being associate commissioner for basketball in 2021. Along with his obligations along with each guys's and females's basketball, Douglass likewise supplies lapse for ladies's soccer as well as ladies's golf and worked as office chair of the NCAA Department I Female's Football Board for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year leader of the males's basketball crew at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass will participate in an NIT board that are going to be actually chaired through Tim Duncan, vice head of state of sports as well as relaxation at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are actually Morgan Condition Bad Habit President and also Director of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and also past Department I guys's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas as well as Bob Williams.All NIT video games will definitely be relayed online across ESPN systems. To learn more on the champion check out ncaa.com/NIT.