.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invite Event are going to continue to be in Indianapolis as well as be dipped into historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis is going to likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as aspect of the combined Branches I, II and III Men's Basketball Championships earlier announced.The 2025 semifinals will take place Tuesday, April 1, along with the national championship established for Thursday, April 3. Butler Educational Institution as well as the Indiana Sports Enterprise once again are going to work as ranges for the celebration.The 88th NIT will certainly continue to feature a 32-team area along with the first round, 2nd sphere as well as quarterfinals played at grounds web sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed just the best 16 crews (top-four staffs in each covering) and position the continuing to be 16 staffs chosen right into the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as national championship were marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with much more than 9,000 present over each evenings.Furthermore, the NIT incorporated former men's basketball trainer Phil Martelli and Conference United States Partner Administrator for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT board beginning along with the 2024-25 period.A legend among Significant Five trainers, Martelli is actually the winningest instructor in the background of Saint Joseph's men's baseball. With an everlasting report of 444-328 in the course of his 24 years as head instructor of the Hawks, Martelli led Saint Joseph's to the NCAA event seven opportunities and to 6 NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's group reeled off 27-straight triumphes completing the frequent season unbeaten and also rated number one in the country prior to being actually upset in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That crew after that won 3 NCAA event video games prior to dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass participated in the Association USA team in 2016 as well as came to be associate commissioner for basketball in 2021. Along with his duties along with both males's and females's basketball, Douglass additionally gives error for ladies's football and women's golf as well as functioned as seat of the NCAA Division I Women's Football Committee for 2 years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the men's baseball group at Alcorn State.Martelli and also Douglass are going to join an NIT board that will certainly be actually chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of athletics and also relaxation at New Orleans. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are Morgan Condition Vice President and Director of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Branch I males's baseball instructors, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT video games will be actually relayed real-time around ESPN platforms. For more details on the championship browse through ncaa.com/NIT.