.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invite Tournament are going to remain in Indianapolis and be played at historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second consecutive year.Indianapolis will definitely likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and also champion as part of the combined Branches I, II as well as III Guy's Baseball Championships previously declared.The 2025 semifinals will certainly take place Tuesday, April 1, along with the national championship put for Thursday, April 3. Butler University and also the Indiana Sports Company once more will serve as holds for the celebration.The 88th NIT will definitely continue to feature a 32-team field with the preliminary, 2nd round and also quarterfinals dipped into campus web sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT will certainly seed only the best 16 staffs (top-four crews in each vessel) and also position the staying 16 teams picked in to the brace geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and also national championship were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with greater than 9,000 present over both nights.In addition, the NIT included former guys's baseball instructor Phil Martelli and also Conference United States Colleague Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning along with the 2024-25 season.A legend amongst Major Five trains, Martelli is the winningest train in the background of St. Joseph's guys's basketball. Along with an all-time record of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as head trainer of the Hawks, Martelli led St. Joseph's to the NCAA tournament 7 times and to six NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff reeled off 27-straight victories ending up the normal season undefeated as well as placed number one in the country prior to being upset in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That team then succeeded 3 NCAA competition games prior to shedding to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional last.Douglass signed up with the Association United States team in 2016 and also ended up being associate for basketball in 2021. Aside from his responsibilities with each men's as well as ladies's basketball, Douglass likewise offers error for ladies's football as well as women's golf as well as acted as chair of the NCAA Branch I Women's Soccer Board for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year captain of the men's baseball group at Alcorn State.Martelli as well as Douglass will sign up with an NIT committee that are going to be chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of athletics and recreation at New Orleans. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are Morgan State Vice Head Of State and Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Department I guys's baseball trains, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and Bob Williams.All NIT video games will certainly be actually transmitted real-time all over ESPN platforms. To read more on the championship visit ncaa.com/NIT.