.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invite Tournament are going to remain in Indianapolis and also be dipped into historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis is going to likewise host the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as portion of the combined Departments I, II and III Guy's Basketball Championships earlier announced.The 2025 semifinals will certainly take place Tuesday, April 1, along with the national championship put for Thursday, April 3. Head servant College and the Indiana Sports Firm once more will certainly function as hosts for the celebration.The 88th NIT is going to remain to include a 32-team field along with the first round, second around as well as quarterfinals played at university web sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed only the best 16 teams (top-four crews in each shuck) as well as place the staying 16 groups picked into the bracket geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and championship game were sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with greater than 9,000 present over both nights.In addition, the NIT incorporated previous males's basketball instructor Phil Martelli as well as Event USA Affiliate Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting with the 2024-25 time.A legend amongst Huge Five coaches, Martelli is actually the winningest train in the history of St Joseph's men's basketball. With an enduring record of 444-328 during the course of 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 group rattled 27-straight success ending up the routine time undefeated as well as positioned first in the country before being actually upset in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That crew at that point won 3 NCAA tournament video games before dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass participated in the Association U.S.A. workers in 2016 and also came to be associate for baseball in 2021. In addition to his duties with both guys's as well as females's baseball, Douglass likewise delivers oversight for girls's football as well as girls's golf and also functioned as chair of the NCAA Department I Female's Soccer Committee for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the males's basketball team at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass are going to participate in an NIT board that will be actually chaired by Tim Duncan, bad habit head of state of sports as well as relaxation at New Orleans. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan State Bad Habit President and Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, and former Division I men's basketball trainers, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters as well as Bob Williams.All NIT video games are going to be relayed real-time all over ESPN platforms. For more details on the championship see ncaa.com/NIT.