.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invitation Tournament will remain in Indianapolis as well as be dipped into historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second consecutive year.Indianapolis will certainly likewise organize the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as part of the consolidated Departments I, II and III Male's Basketball Championships earlier introduced.The 2025 semifinals will definitely take place Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game set for Thursday, April 3. Pantryman Educational Institution as well as the Indiana Athletics Enterprise once again will definitely act as ranges for the occasion.The 88th NIT will definitely remain to feature a 32-team industry along with the preliminary, second round and also quarterfinals played at grounds sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT will certainly seed simply the best 16 crews (top-four crews in each husk) and place the continuing to be 16 teams chosen in to the brace geographically where achievable.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as national championship were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with much more than 9,000 in attendance over each nights.Additionally, the NIT added past men's baseball coach Phil Martelli and also Event United States Affiliate Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting with the 2024-25 period.A legend amongst Significant Five trainers, Martelli is the winningest instructor in the background of St Joseph's males's basketball. Along with an everlasting report of 444-328 in the course of his 24 years as scalp train of the Hawks, Martelli led St. Joseph's to the NCAA tournament seven opportunities and to 6 NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff reeled off 27-straight wins ending up the frequent time unbeaten as well as positioned first in the country prior to being actually outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That group then gained 3 NCAA tournament games just before dropping to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass participated in the Association USA personnel in 2016 and also ended up being associate for basketball in 2021. Along with his tasks with both guys's and females's baseball, Douglass likewise gives error for women's soccer as well as girls's golf as well as worked as seat of the NCAA Branch I Female's Soccer Board for two years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year leader of the males's baseball crew at Alcorn Condition.Martelli and also Douglass will definitely join an NIT committee that are going to be chaired through Tim Duncan, bad habit president of sports and also recreation at New Orleans. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are actually Morgan Condition Vice Head Of State as well as Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, and also former Branch I guys's basketball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT games will be transmitted live all over ESPN platforms. For additional information on the championship visit ncaa.com/NIT.