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Printable bracket, TV time plan, matchups for the first round

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The games 2025 Nit Bracket and First Round will be announced on Sunday, in a few week after the NCAA tournament field for the next week.

UC Irvine, Smu and Dayton are among the top teams that were excluded by March Madness, and all three should be among the NIT favorites if they should accept an offer.

NIT begins at some point in the coming week, with data, times and television names that are announced after the field has been announced.

Follow along because the clip will be announced on Sunday evening via the social media channels of the NIT:

*Update: The NIT published in its social media accounts that the class and first round Matchups were released at 9:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. CT.*

2025 Nit Printepal Bracket (PDF)

2025 NIT time plan, matchups

First round

  • Northern iowa at 1-seed SMU, 8 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN2
  • Wichita State in the state of 4-seed Oklahoma, 8 p.m. CT on Tuesday on ESPN2
  • Saint Louis in 3-Seed Arkansas State, 8:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday on ESPNU
  • Furman in 2-seed North Texas, 7 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN+

Region Dayton

First round

  • 1-saturated dayton in the Florida Atlantic, 6 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN2
  • Chattanooga at 4-Seed Mtsu, 7 p.m. CT Tuesday on ESPN+
  • North Alabama at 3-Seed Bradley, 7 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN+
  • Samford at 2-Seed George Mason, 6 p.m. on Wednesday on ESPN+

Irvine region

First round

  • Northern Colorado at 1-Seed UC Irvine, 9 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN+
  • Jacksonville State at 4-Seed Georgia Tech, 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday on ESPN2
  • Uab at 3-seed Saint Joseph's, 6 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN+
  • UC Riverside at 2-Seed Santa Clara, 10 p.m. CT Tuesday on ESPNU

San Francisco region

First round

  • Utah Valley in 1-Seed San Francisco, 10 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPNU
  • Loyola Chicago in 4-Seed San Jose State, 10 p.m. CT on Wednesday on ESPN2
  • Kent State in 3-Seed St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday on ESPNU
  • Cal State Northridge in 2-Seed Stanford, 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday on ESPN2

Alphabetically announced by the NIT

  • Arkansa's state
  • Bradley
  • Cal State Northridge
  • Chattanooga
  • Dayton
  • Florida Atlantic
  • Furman
  • George Mason
  • Georgia Tech
  • Jacksonville State
  • Kent State
  • Loyola Chicago
  • Mtsu
  • Northern alabama
  • North Texas
  • North Colorado
  • State Oklahoma
  • Saint Josephs
  • Saint Louis
  • Samford
  • San Francisco
  • San Jose State
  • Santa Clara
  • SMU
  • Stanford
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Uab
  • UC Irvine
  • UC riverside
  • North -iowa
  • Utah Valley
  • Wichita State

The first round of NIT begins on Tuesday, and better seeds on campus. The games are broadcast in the ESPN family of the networks.