.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and champion of the 2025 National Invitation Competition will remain in Indianapolis as well as be dipped into famous Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2nd consecutive year.Indianapolis will definitely likewise organize the 2026 NIT semifinals and champion as aspect of the combined Departments I, II and also III Men's Baseball Championships previously declared.The 2025 semifinals will take place Tuesday, April 1, along with the national championship placed for Thursday, April 3. Steward Educational Institution and the Indiana Athletics Corporation once again will certainly serve as ranges for the celebration.The 88th NIT will definitely continue to feature a 32-team industry with the first round, 2nd round and quarterfinals played at school web sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will seed just the best 16 groups (top-four teams in each sheathing) and also position the staying 16 teams picked right into the bracket geographically where possible.In the 2024 NIT, both the semifinals and national championship were sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with greater than 9,000 present over each nights.Furthermore, the NIT incorporated previous males's baseball coach Phil Martelli and also Conference U.S.A. Partner for Basketball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee beginning along with the 2024-25 time.A legend amongst Significant 5 coaches, Martelli is the winningest train in the record of St. Joseph's guys's baseball. With an everlasting file of 444-328 throughout his 24 years as head train of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA tournament 7 times and also to 6 NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's team rattled 27-straight wins completing the normal season unbeaten and also rated number one in the country prior to being outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinals. That crew after that succeeded 3 NCAA tournament activities prior to dropping to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional ultimate.Douglass participated in the Association U.S.A. workers in 2016 as well as ended up being associate for basketball in 2021. Aside from his obligations along with each males's and also ladies's baseball, Douglass additionally supplies error for females's football and also girls's golf and acted as chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Board for 2 years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year leader of the guys's baseball team at Alcorn Condition.Martelli as well as Douglass are going to join an NIT committee that are going to be actually chaired by Tim Duncan, vice head of state of athletics and also recreation at New Orleans. Other participants of the 2024-25 NIT Board are actually Morgan State Bad Habit Head Of State as well as Supervisor of Sports Dena Freeman-Patton, and former Department I guys's baseball instructors, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and Bob Williams.All NIT games are going to be actually transmitted real-time throughout ESPN systems. To learn more on the champion browse through ncaa.com/NIT.