.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and also championship of the 2025 National Invite Event will definitely stay in Indianapolis as well as be actually dipped into historical Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will also host the 2026 NIT semifinals as well as champion as component of the mixed Departments I, II as well as III Men's Baseball Champions previously revealed.The 2025 semifinals will certainly happen Tuesday, April 1, along with the championship game set for Thursday, April 3. Servant College and also the Indiana Sports Company once more are going to serve as hosts for the occasion.The 88th NIT will certainly remain to feature a 32-team industry along with the preliminary, 2nd round and quarterfinals dipped into grounds web sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT will seed just the leading 16 staffs (top-four groups in each capsule) and also place the staying 16 groups decided on into the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals as well as national championship were actually sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with much more than 9,000 present over each nights.Furthermore, the NIT added former men's baseball instructor Phil Martelli and also Conference USA Partner Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning with the 2024-25 period.A legend among Big 5 trainers, Martelli is actually the winningest trainer in the past of St Joseph's men's basketball. Along with an all-time report of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as scalp train of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament 7 opportunities as well as to six NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's staff reeled off 27-straight success ending up the frequent season undefeated and also positioned number one in the country prior to being actually outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That crew at that point won 3 NCAA event games prior to shedding to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional last.Douglass joined the Conference USA workers in 2016 as well as came to be associate for basketball in 2021. Along with his tasks along with both men's and also girls's baseball, Douglass additionally gives error for women's football and also girls's golf and also served as office chair of the NCAA Department I Female's Soccer Committee for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the men's basketball staff at Alcorn Condition.Martelli and also Douglass will participate in an NIT committee that are going to be actually chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of athletics and leisure at New Orleans. Various other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan Condition Bad Habit President and Supervisor of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Branch I guys's basketball instructors, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and also Bob Williams.All NIT video games are going to be actually broadcast real-time throughout ESPN systems. For additional information on the championship see ncaa.com/NIT.