.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also champion of the 2025 National Invite Event will certainly continue to be in Indianapolis as well as be dipped into historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as championship as component of the consolidated Divisions I, II and III Male's Basketball Championships recently announced.The 2025 semifinals are going to happen Tuesday, April 1, with the national championship put for Thursday, April 3. Pantryman Educational Institution and also the Indiana Sports Enterprise once again will work as ranges for the activity.The 88th NIT will definitely remain to feature a 32-team field with the preliminary, second round and also quarterfinals played at grounds sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will certainly seed simply the top 16 staffs (top-four teams in each shell) and also put the continuing to be 16 staffs chosen right into the brace geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals as well as national championship were offered out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with more than 9,000 in attendance over each evenings.In addition, the NIT added past guys's basketball train Phil Martelli as well as Association U.S.A. Affiliate Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning along with the 2024-25 season.A legend one of Major 5 instructors, Martelli is actually the winningest trainer in the history of St Joseph's men's basketball. Along with an enduring record of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as head train of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament 7 opportunities and also to 6 NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff reeled off 27-straight victories ending up the regular period undefeated and ranked number one in the country prior to being upset in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That group then succeeded three NCAA tournament activities just before shedding to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass participated in the Conference U.S.A. team in 2016 as well as came to be associate for baseball in 2021. Aside from his accountabilities with both men's and also females's baseball, Douglass also supplies oversight for girls's football and ladies's golf as well as worked as chair of the NCAA Department I Female's Soccer Board for 2 years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year captain of the guys's baseball group at Alcorn State.Martelli and Douglass will join an NIT board that will definitely be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and also entertainment at New Orleans. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan State Bad Habit President as well as Supervisor of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and former Division I males's basketball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT video games will definitely be actually broadcast online across ESPN systems. For additional information on the champion check out ncaa.com/NIT.