2025 National Invitation Tournament
| Season | 2024–25 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||
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The 2025 National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams not selected to participate in the 2025 NCAA tournament. The tournament will begin on March 18 and end on April 3. The first three rounds will be played on campuses, with the semifinal and championship final played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]
Participants
[edit]Teams and pairings for the 2025 NIT will be released by the NIT Committee on Sunday, March 16, 2025. 32 teams will qualify for the NIT, including exempt qualifiers, automatic qualifiers, and at-large selections.[2] In 2024, the Seton Hall Pirates won the NIT championship.
Exempt qualifiers
[edit]For the 2025 NIT, exempt bids will be given to two teams from both the ACC and SEC, plus one team each from the top twelve conferences as rated by KenPom on March 16, 2025. All exempt qualifiers will be given the opportunity to host first-round games.
| Team | Conference | Overall record | Appearance | Last bid |
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Automatic qualifiers
[edit]Additionally, automatic bids will be given to regular-season conference champions with an average ranking (or "KNIT" score)[3] of 125 or better across the BPI, KPI, NET, KenPom, SOR, Torvik and WAB rankings.[4] All automatic qualifiers will be given the opportunity to host first-round games.
| Team | Conference | Overall record | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
At-large bids
[edit]The following teams were awarded at-large bids.
| Team | Conference | Overall record | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Declined bids
[edit]The following schools declined to play in the 2025 NIT:
Bracket
[edit]The 32-team bracket will be announced at 9:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN2.[5]
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| Semifinals April 1 Hinkle Fieldhouse | Final April 3 Hinkle Fieldhouse | ||||||||
Game summaries
[edit]- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
First round
[edit]March 18
7:00 p.m. |
March 18
7:00 p.m. |
March 18
7:00 p.m. |
March 18
7:00 p.m. |
March 18
9:00 p.m. |
March 18
9:00 p.m. |
March 18
9:00 p.m. |
March 18
9:00 p.m. |
March 18
11:00 p.m. |
March 19
7:00 p.m. |
March 19
7:00 p.m. |
March 19
7:00 p.m. |
March 19
8:00 p.m. |
March 19
8:00 p.m. |
March 19
9:00 p.m. |
March 19
9:00 p.m. |
Second round
[edit]March 22
11:30 a.m. |
March 22
2:00 p.m. |
March 22
7:00 p.m. |
March 23
2:00 p.m. |
March 23
4:00 p.m. |
March 23
7:30 p.m. |
March 23
9:00 p.m. |
March 23
9:30 p.m. |
Quarterfinals
[edit]March 25
7:00 p.m. |
March 25
9:00 p.m. |
March 27
7:00 p.m. |
March 26
9:00 p.m. |
Semifinals
[edit]April 1
7:00 p.m. |
April 1
9:35 p.m. |
Final
[edit]April 3
7:00 p.m. |
Media
[edit]ESPN, Inc. has exclusive rights to all of the NIT games. It telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN+.[6] Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.
See also
[edit]- 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament
- 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2025 College Basketball Invitational
- 2025 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
- 2025 College Basketball Crown
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 NIT bracket: Schedule, TV channels for the men's tournament". NCAA.com. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ Silverman, Blake (November 16, 2024). "Explaining the New NIT Rules & How to Qualify in 2025". SI.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "NIT 101" (PDF). NCAA.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "NIT Announces New Team Selection Protocol and New Committee Members". NCAA.com. October 22, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ "NIT Bracket" (PDF). NCAA.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "Broadcast Info". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.