.INDIANAPOLIS-- The semifinals and championship of the 2025 National Invite Event will stay in Indianapolis as well as be actually played at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second successive year.Indianapolis is going to additionally host the 2026 NIT semifinals and championship as aspect of the consolidated Divisions I, II and also III Men's Baseball Champions previously declared.The 2025 semifinals are going to occur Tuesday, April 1, along with the national championship established for Thursday, April 3. Steward University and the Indiana Athletics Company once again will work as ranges for the occasion.The 88th NIT will definitely remain to include a 32-team area with the first round, second sphere as well as quarterfinals played at grounds internet sites. For the fourth year, the 2025 NIT will definitely seed merely the top 16 staffs (top-four groups in each capsule) as well as position the staying 16 teams picked into the bracket geographically where feasible.In the 2024 NIT, each the semifinals as well as national championship were actually marketed out at Hinkle Fieldhouse with greater than 9,000 present over both evenings.Additionally, the NIT included former guys's baseball coach Phil Martelli as well as Association U.S.A. Affiliate Administrator for Baseball Clifton Douglass to the NIT committee starting along with the 2024-25 season.A legend among Huge 5 coaches, Martelli is actually the winningest coach in the past history of St Joseph's men's baseball. Along with an everlasting report of 444-328 during his 24 years as head trainer of the Hawks, Martelli led St Joseph's to the NCAA event seven opportunities as well as to 6 NIT appeals. In 2003-04, Martelli's team reeled off 27-straight triumphes finishing the routine time unbeaten and positioned number one in the country just before being outplayed in the Atlantic 10 Event quarterfinals. That crew after that gained three NCAA event activities prior to shedding to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional final.Douglass participated in the Association USA workers in 2016 and also ended up being associate administrator for basketball in 2021. In addition to his obligations with each males's and females's basketball, Douglass likewise offers error for women's soccer and ladies's golf and worked as seat of the NCAA Branch I Female's Football Board for 2 years. As a student-athlete, Douglass was actually a two-year captain of the males's basketball crew at Alcorn State.Martelli and also Douglass are going to join an NIT board that will certainly be chaired by Tim Duncan, vice head of state of sports and leisure at New Orleans. Various other members of the 2024-25 NIT Board are actually Morgan Condition Bad Habit President and Supervisor of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, and also previous Division I men's basketball trainers, Bob McKillop, Gary Seas and Bob Williams.All NIT activities will definitely be transmitted live throughout ESPN platforms. To learn more on the championship check out ncaa.com/NIT.