.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invitation Competition will continue to be in Indianapolis and be actually dipped into historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd successive year.Indianapolis will definitely likewise organize the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as championship as component of the mixed Divisions I, II as well as III Men's Baseball Championships previously declared.The 2025 semifinals will definitely take place Tuesday, April 1, with the national championship placed for Thursday, April 3. Head servant College and also the Indiana Sports Enterprise once more are going to act as ranges for the occasion.The 88th NIT will definitely remain to include a 32-team field with the first round, second around and quarterfinals played at grounds websites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed just the best 16 groups (top-four teams in each sheathing) and also position the staying 16 teams selected into the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and also championship game were actually sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with greater than 9,000 present over both nights.Additionally, the NIT incorporated previous men's basketball instructor Phil Martelli and also Event U.S.A. Associate for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee starting along with the 2024-25 time.A legend amongst Large Five trainers, Martelli is the winningest instructor in the past history of St Joseph's males's baseball. Along with an all-time document of 444-328 in the course of his 24 years as head train of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA competition 7 times and to six NIT looks. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff rattled 27-straight wins completing the frequent season undefeated and ranked number one in the country just before being actually upset in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That group then succeeded 3 NCAA tournament activities just before shedding to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional last.Douglass signed up with the Event United States team in 2016 and also became associate administrator for baseball in 2021. Aside from his responsibilities with each males's as well as women's baseball, Douglass likewise offers lapse for women's football and women's golf as well as acted as seat of the NCAA Division I Women's Football Committee for 2 years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year leader of the guys's basketball crew at Alcorn Condition.Martelli and Douglass are going to participate in an NIT committee that will definitely be actually chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of sports and also recreation at New Orleans. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan State Bad Habit President as well as Director of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and previous Division I guys's basketball trainers, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT games will be transmitted live all over ESPN systems. For additional information on the champion browse through ncaa.com/NIT.