.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invite Event will definitely stay in Indianapolis as well as be played at historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis is going to additionally throw the 2026 NIT semifinals and also championship as component of the combined Departments I, II and III Men's Basketball Champions recently introduced.The 2025 semifinals will definitely take place Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game placed for Thursday, April 3. House boy University as well as the Indiana Sports Organization once again will serve as hosts for the celebration.The 88th NIT will definitely remain to feature a 32-team field with the first round, second sphere and quarterfinals played at grounds websites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed only the top 16 staffs (top-four teams in each covering) as well as place the remaining 16 teams chosen in to the brace geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as championship game were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with greater than 9,000 in attendance over both evenings.Additionally, the NIT added former men's basketball train Phil Martelli as well as Association United States Affiliate Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board starting along with the 2024-25 season.A legend among Large 5 trainers, Martelli is the winningest coach in the past of St. Joseph's males's baseball. Along with an all-time report of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as head coach of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament seven opportunities as well as to six NIT looks. In 2003-04, Martelli's team reeled off 27-straight victories ending up the frequent period unbeaten and also placed number one in the nation before being actually upset in the Atlantic 10 Association quarterfinals. That crew at that point succeeded three NCAA event games just before losing to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass participated in the Event USA staff in 2016 and also came to be associate administrator for baseball in 2021. Aside from his duties along with each males's and also women's baseball, Douglass additionally offers error for girls's football as well as girls's golf and also acted as chair of the NCAA Department I Women's Football Committee for two years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year leader of the guys's baseball team at Alcorn Condition.Martelli and Douglass will participate in an NIT board that will be actually chaired by Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and also leisure at New Orleans. Various other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan Condition Bad Habit President and also Director of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Division I guys's basketball trainers, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT games are going to be actually relayed online across ESPN systems. For additional information on the championship check out ncaa.com/NIT.