.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals as well as championship of the 2025 National Invite Event will continue to be in Indianapolis and also be actually played at historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second successive year.Indianapolis will definitely additionally hold the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as championship as portion of the combined Divisions I, II and also III Men's Basketball Championships previously declared.The 2025 semifinals are going to take place Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game placed for Thursday, April 3. Man University and also the Indiana Athletics Organization once more are going to function as hosts for the celebration.The 88th NIT will certainly continue to feature a 32-team industry along with the preliminary, second sphere and also quarterfinals played at university sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT will seed only the leading 16 teams (top-four groups in each sheathing) and also put the remaining 16 groups chosen right into the bracket geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and national championship were sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with much more than 9,000 in attendance over both evenings.Furthermore, the NIT added past men's basketball coach Phil Martelli and also Conference USA Associate Administrator for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee starting with the 2024-25 season.A legend among Huge 5 instructors, Martelli is the winningest train in the history 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 and also to six NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's crew reeled off 27-straight wins finishing the frequent time unbeaten and also ranked leading in the nation just before being upset in the Atlantic 10 Association quarterfinals. That crew after that succeeded 3 NCAA event games before shedding to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional last.Douglass joined the Association USA staff in 2016 as well as became associate commissioner for baseball in 2021. Along with his tasks along with both guys's and also girls's basketball, Douglass additionally offers oversight for ladies's soccer and also women's golf and also functioned as office chair of the NCAA Department I Women's Soccer Committee for 2 years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the men's basketball team at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass will certainly join an NIT committee that are going to be actually chaired by Tim Duncan, vice head of state of sports and also entertainment at New Orleans. Other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan State Vice President and Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as previous Branch I guys's baseball trains, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas as well as Bob Williams.All NIT games will certainly be broadcast live around ESPN systems. To read more on the championship see ncaa.com/NIT.