.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals as well as championship of the 2025 National Invite Competition will definitely stay in Indianapolis and also be dipped into famous Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and champion as portion of the consolidated Departments I, II and III Male's Baseball Championships recently announced.The 2025 semifinals are going to occur Tuesday, April 1, along with the national championship placed for Thursday, April 3. Head servant University as well as the Indiana Athletics Firm once again are going to act as holds for the celebration.The 88th NIT will remain to include a 32-team field along with the preliminary, second around as well as quarterfinals played at grounds internet sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will certainly seed just the top 16 groups (top-four crews in each shell) and position the continuing to be 16 crews decided on right into the brace geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals as well as championship game were actually marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with more than 9,000 present over each nights.Also, the NIT included previous guys's basketball coach Phil Martelli as well as Event USA Colleague Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning along with the 2024-25 period.A legend one of Significant Five instructors, Martelli is actually the winningest instructor in the history of St. Joseph's men's basketball. Along with an everlasting file of 444-328 during the course of his 24 years as scalp trainer of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA competition seven times as well as to six NIT appearances. In 2003-04, Martelli's group reeled off 27-straight success ending up the normal period undefeated and placed first in the country before being upset in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That group then won three NCAA tournament activities before losing to Oklahoma Condition in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass participated in the Event USA personnel in 2016 as well as became associate administrator for basketball in 2021. In addition to his duties with each guys's and women's basketball, Douglass additionally provides error for females's soccer and girls's golf and acted as office chair of the NCAA Branch I Women's Football Committee for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year leader of the guys's basketball group at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass will definitely sign up with an NIT committee that will definitely be actually chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of athletics as well as relaxation at New Orleans. Other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Board are Morgan Condition Vice President and also Supervisor of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as former Division I guys's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters and also Bob Williams.All NIT video games will definitely be transmitted real-time across ESPN platforms. To learn more on the championship visit ncaa.com/NIT.