.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invite Event will certainly remain in Indianapolis and also be actually dipped into historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd successive year.Indianapolis will certainly also throw the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as portion of the mixed Departments I, II and also III Male's Baseball Championships earlier declared.The 2025 semifinals will definitely occur Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game set for Thursday, April 3. Head servant Educational Institution as well as the Indiana Athletics Company once more will certainly function as ranges for the event.The 88th NIT will remain to feature a 32-team industry along with the preliminary, second around and quarterfinals dipped into grounds internet sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed simply the top 16 crews (top-four crews in each capsule) as well as position the remaining 16 teams picked into the brace geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and championship game were actually sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with more than 9,000 in attendance over each nights.Furthermore, the NIT incorporated past males's baseball train Phil Martelli as well as Conference U.S.A. Affiliate Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board beginning with the 2024-25 season.A legend among Significant 5 coaches, Martelli is the winningest trainer in the past history of St. Joseph's guys's basketball. Along with an enduring document of 444-328 during the course of his 24 years as head trainer of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA competition seven opportunities and also to six NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's team reeled off 27-straight wins completing the frequent season unbeaten and placed top in the nation just before being upset in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That staff at that point succeeded 3 NCAA tournament games just before dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass joined the Association USA workers in 2016 and also became associate for baseball in 2021. Aside from his obligations along with both guys's as well as females's basketball, Douglass likewise provides lapse for ladies's football and also girls's golf and acted as seat of the NCAA Branch I Female's Football Committee for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year captain of the men's basketball team at Alcorn State.Martelli and Douglass will join an NIT board that are going to be chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and also relaxation at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are actually Morgan Condition Vice Head Of State as well as Supervisor of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and past Department I males's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters and Bob Williams.All NIT games will definitely be broadcast live around ESPN systems. For more details on the champion go to ncaa.com/NIT.