.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also champion of the 2025 National Invitation Tournament will definitely remain in Indianapolis and be actually dipped into historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second consecutive year.Indianapolis is going to also host the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as championship as aspect of the consolidated Departments I, II as well as III Guy's Basketball Championships earlier declared.The 2025 semifinals will certainly take place Tuesday, April 1, with the national championship put for Thursday, April 3. Man College and also the Indiana Sports Company once again are going to work as holds for the event.The 88th NIT will definitely continue to feature a 32-team field with the preliminary, 2nd round as well as quarterfinals dipped into university websites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed only the top 16 crews (top-four teams in each vessel) as well as position the remaining 16 staffs chosen right into the brace geographically where achievable.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as national championship were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with much more than 9,000 in attendance over each nights.In addition, the NIT added past men's baseball trainer Phil Martelli and also Association United States Partner for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting with the 2024-25 time.A legend amongst Big Five trainers, Martelli is the winningest instructor in the background of Saint Joseph's men's basketball. With an all-time report of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as scalp train of the Hawks, Martelli led Saint Joseph's to the NCAA event seven opportunities and to six NIT looks. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff rattled 27-straight victories completing the regular time undefeated as well as placed primary in the nation just before being actually outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That group at that point gained three NCAA event video games prior to shedding to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass signed up with the Event U.S.A. workers in 2016 and also ended up being associate commissioner for basketball in 2021. In addition to his obligations along with each males's and ladies's baseball, Douglass likewise gives mistake for ladies's soccer and also girls's golf and also acted as chair of the NCAA Branch I Female's Football Board for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the men's basketball staff at Alcorn State.Martelli and Douglass will certainly participate in an NIT committee that will certainly be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and relaxation at New Orleans. Other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are actually Morgan State Bad Habit President and also Supervisor of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Division I men's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters and also Bob Williams.All NIT games will certainly be broadcast live across ESPN platforms. For additional information on the champion check out ncaa.com/NIT.