.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals as well as championship of the 2025 National Invite Tournament will definitely remain in Indianapolis and also be played at historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and champion as component of the combined Branches I, II and III Male's Baseball Championships recently announced.The 2025 semifinals will definitely take place Tuesday, April 1, along with the championship game placed for Thursday, April 3. Pantryman University as well as the Indiana Athletics Organization once again will function as ranges for the occasion.The 88th NIT is going to remain to feature a 32-team area with the first round, second around as well as quarterfinals played at campus web sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed simply the best 16 staffs (top-four groups in each sheath) and put the remaining 16 staffs chosen right into the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and national championship were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with more than 9,000 in attendance over each nights.Additionally, the NIT included past men's basketball coach Phil Martelli and also Conference United States Partner Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting along with the 2024-25 time.A legend amongst Large 5 trains, Martelli is the winningest instructor in the past history of St Joseph's guys's basketball. With an enduring record of 444-328 during the course of his 24 years as head coach of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament seven opportunities as well as to 6 NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff rattled 27-straight triumphes completing the routine period undefeated as well as placed primary in the nation just before being upset in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That crew then gained 3 NCAA tournament video games prior to dropping to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass joined the Conference United States staff in 2016 and also ended up being associate commissioner for basketball in 2021. In addition to his duties along with both males's and also girls's baseball, Douglass likewise gives error for women's football as well as females's golf as well as served as office chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year leader of the guys's basketball crew at Alcorn State.Martelli and also Douglass will certainly sign up with an NIT board that will certainly be chaired by Tim Duncan, bad habit president of sports and leisure at New Orleans. Other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan State Bad Habit President and Director of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and also previous Department I males's basketball trainers, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters and Bob Williams.All NIT games will certainly be actually transmitted online across ESPN systems. To find out more on the championship browse through ncaa.com/NIT.