.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals as well as championship of the 2025 National Invitation Event will certainly remain in Indianapolis and be dipped into historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second successive year.Indianapolis will certainly likewise hold the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as portion of the combined Departments I, II as well as III Guy's Baseball Championships recently revealed.The 2025 semifinals will take place Tuesday, April 1, with the championship game placed for Thursday, April 3. Valet College and also the Indiana Sports Organization once more will act as hosts for the occasion.The 88th NIT will certainly continue to feature a 32-team field with the first round, second around and quarterfinals played at grounds sites. For the 4th year, the 2025 NIT is going to seed simply the top 16 crews (top-four crews in each sheathing) as well as place the continuing to be 16 crews selected into the bracket geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals and championship game were actually offered out at Hinkle Fieldhouse along with much more than 9,000 present over both nights.In addition, the NIT included past males's baseball train Phil Martelli and also Association U.S.A. Affiliate Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee starting along with the 2024-25 time.A legend among Big Five trains, Martelli is actually the winningest train in the record of St Joseph's males's basketball. Along with an all-time record of 444-328 during his 24 years as scalp coach of the Hawks, Martelli led Saint Joseph's to the NCAA event seven times and also to 6 NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's crew rattled 27-straight wins completing the regular period unbeaten and also rated leading in the nation before being upset in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That crew after that gained three NCAA competition games just before shedding to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass participated in the Conference USA staff in 2016 and also became associate for basketball in 2021. Besides his obligations along with each men's and females's baseball, Douglass likewise gives oversight for women's football and also females's golf and also acted as chair of the NCAA Department I Women's Football Board for pair of years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was a two-year leader of the men's baseball team at Alcorn Condition.Martelli and Douglass will certainly join an NIT committee that will certainly be chaired through Tim Duncan, vice president of athletics and recreation at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are Morgan Condition Vice Head Of State and Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, as well as previous Division I guys's baseball coaches, Bob McKillop, Gary Waters and also Bob Williams.All NIT activities are going to be relayed real-time across ESPN systems. To find out more on the championship check out ncaa.com/NIT.