.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also champion of the 2025 National Invite Event will stay in Indianapolis as well as be dipped into famous Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second consecutive year.Indianapolis will additionally throw the 2026 NIT semifinals and champion as aspect of the consolidated Branches I, II and also III Male's Baseball Championships previously introduced.The 2025 semifinals will certainly happen Tuesday, April 1, along with the championship game put for Thursday, April 3. Butler College as well as the Indiana Sports Corporation once more will certainly function as holds for the celebration.The 88th NIT will certainly remain to feature a 32-team area with the preliminary, 2nd around and quarterfinals played at university internet sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT will seed simply the best 16 groups (top-four groups in each capsule) and put the remaining 16 crews decided on into the brace geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals and national championship were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with much more than 9,000 in attendance over each nights.In addition, the NIT incorporated past guys's baseball trainer Phil Martelli and Event USA Partner Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee starting along with the 2024-25 time.A legend among Huge 5 instructors, Martelli is actually the winningest coach in the background of Saint Joseph's men's basketball. Along with an enduring report of 444-328 during the course of his 24 years as scalp instructor of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament 7 times and to six NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's group rattled 27-straight triumphes completing the frequent time unbeaten and also placed top in the nation before being outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That team then gained three NCAA tournament video games before losing to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass joined the Association U.S.A. team in 2016 as well as became associate administrator for basketball in 2021. Aside from his obligations along with each men's and girls's basketball, Douglass additionally provides oversight for females's soccer as well as ladies's golf and worked as chair of the NCAA Department I Female's Soccer Committee for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year leader of the men's basketball group at Alcorn Condition.Martelli and Douglass are going to sign up with an NIT board that will certainly be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and also recreation at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are actually Morgan State Vice Head Of State as well as Director of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and also previous Department I men's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters as well as Bob Williams.All NIT activities will definitely be transmitted real-time across ESPN platforms. To find out more on the champion browse through ncaa.com/NIT.