.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and championship of the 2025 National Invite Tournament will definitely stay in Indianapolis and also be actually played at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will definitely also throw the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as champion as part of the combined Branches I, II and III Male's Basketball Champions previously introduced.The 2025 semifinals will occur Tuesday, April 1, with the national championship established for Thursday, April 3. Valet College and also the Indiana Athletics Organization once more will certainly function as holds for the event.The 88th NIT is going to continue to include a 32-team area with the preliminary, 2nd around and quarterfinals played at university websites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed only the best 16 staffs (top-four staffs in each covering) and place the remaining 16 teams picked in to the bracket geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as championship game were offered out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with greater than 9,000 in attendance over both nights.Also, the NIT included previous males's basketball train Phil Martelli and Association USA Associate for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning with the 2024-25 period.A legend one of Large Five instructors, Martelli is actually the winningest instructor in the record of St. Joseph's men's basketball. Along with an everlasting file of 444-328 during the course of his 24 years as head trainer of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament 7 opportunities and also to six NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's team rattled 27-straight triumphes completing the regular period unbeaten and positioned primary in the nation before being actually outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Association quarterfinals. That crew at that point succeeded three NCAA tournament activities just before dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass signed up with the Conference USA personnel in 2016 and became associate commissioner for baseball in 2021. Along with his tasks along with each males's and women's basketball, Douglass likewise supplies mistake for girls's football and females's golf and also served as seat of the NCAA Department I Women's Football Board for two years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year captain of the males's basketball team at Alcorn State.Martelli as well as Douglass will definitely participate in an NIT committee that will be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice head of state of sports as well as relaxation at New Orleans. Various 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 males's basketball trainers, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas as well as Bob Williams.All NIT video games will definitely be actually relayed real-time around ESPN platforms. To find out more on the championship see ncaa.com/NIT.