NIT to hold 2025 men’s semifinals, championship at Hinkle Fieldhouse

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The National Invitation Tournament, or NIT, will hold the semifinals and championship of its postseason men’s basketball tournament next spring in Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse for the second straight year.

The 2025 semifinals will take place April 1, with the championship following two days later, the NIT announced Friday.

Indianapolis is already set to host the NIT semifinals and final in 2026, along with the NCAA Division I, II and III men’s title games. That means every major men’s college basketball championship will take place in Indianapolis during the first week of April 2026.

The NIT will feature a 32-team field, with the first three rounds played at campus sites.

The 2024 NIT semifinals and title game at Hinkle were sellouts with more than 9,000 in attendance, boosted by the inclusion of Indiana State University, which lost in the title game to Seton Hall.

The NIT also has added former St. Joseph’s men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli and Conference USA associate commissioner for basketball Clifton Douglass to its committee that selects the field.

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