.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and champion of the 2025 National Invite Competition will certainly continue to be in Indianapolis as well as be played at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second successive year.Indianapolis will also hold the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as champion as part of the mixed Branches I, II as well as III Men's Basketball Championships earlier introduced.The 2025 semifinals are going to occur Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game put for Thursday, April 3. Pantryman University and also the Indiana Sports Corporation once again will definitely act as hosts for the activity.The 88th NIT will certainly remain to include a 32-team area along with the preliminary, second sphere and quarterfinals played at grounds internet sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed simply the top 16 teams (top-four groups in each shuck) as well as position the continuing to be 16 groups selected into the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and also national championship were actually marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with much more than 9,000 present over both evenings.Also, the NIT incorporated previous guys's baseball coach Phil Martelli and Association USA Affiliate for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board beginning with the 2024-25 season.A legend among Significant Five trains, Martelli is the winningest coach in the history of Saint Joseph's men's basketball. With an everlasting file of 444-328 during his 24 years as head instructor of the Hawks, Martelli led St. Joseph's to the NCAA tournament seven times as well as to 6 NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's group rattled 27-straight victories ending up the routine time undefeated and placed primary in the country prior to being actually upset in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That team after that gained three NCAA event games just before dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass signed up with the Conference USA staff in 2016 as well as ended up being associate administrator for basketball in 2021. Aside from his tasks along with each men's and women's baseball, Douglass additionally offers oversight for women's soccer and also women's golf as well as 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 males's baseball staff at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass will definitely participate in an NIT board that will be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice president of athletics and relaxation at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are actually Morgan State Vice President and also Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, and former Branch I guys's basketball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT games will be relayed live throughout ESPN platforms. For more information on the champion check out ncaa.com/NIT.