The Florida Gators leads the dominant SEC conference in the NCAA tournament
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Sport Ernst
The dream of every college basketball player is to realize the NCAA tournament and play for a national championship, and while many of them don't get the chance, a few have the opportunity to play for another after season title.
The national invitation tournament – generally known as NIT – is another NCAA after season tournament, which actually began in 1938, a year before the NCAA tournament, which we know today, and actually the more prestigious event for decades. Now in 2025 it is obviously not the same attraction as March Madness, but NIT offers teams the opportunity to play together again and win a post -season title -and those who have just missed the NCAA tournament the opportunity to prove the selection committee incorrectly.
There are other post-season tournaments such as the college basketball crown and the college basketball invitation, but the NIT still remains a respected event fans and teams in a great interest in winning. Now that the men's NCAA tournament has been released, it is time to see who will play in NIT:
Nit 2025 teams
The 32 -team field for the 2025 NIT (in alphabetical order):
- Arkansa's state
- Bradley
- Chattanooga
- Cal State Northridge
- Dayton
- Florida Atlantic
- Furman
- George Mason
- Georgia Tech
- Jacksonville State
- Kent State
- Loyola Chicago
- Middle Tennessee
- Northern alabama
- North Texas
- North Colorado
- State Oklahoma
- Saint Josephs
- Saint Louis
- Samford
- San Francisco
- San Jose State
- Santa Clara
- Southern Methodist
- Stanford
- Saint Bonaventure
- Uab
- UC Irvine
- UC rivers
- North -iowa
- Utah Valley
- Wichita State
Nit 2025 bracket
Nit 2025 schedule
(Home team listed first. All times in the east)
First round
Dallas region
No. 1 SMU against Nord -Iowa – March 19, 9 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. Wichita State – March 18, 9 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 3 Arkansas State against Saint Louis – March 18, 9 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 2 North Texas against Furman – March 19, 8 p.m. | ESPN+
Region Dayton
No. 1 Dayton against Florida Atlantic – March 19, 7 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 4 Middle Tennessee against Chattanooga – March 18, 8 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 3 Bradley against Northern Alabama – March 19, 8 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 2 George Mason against Samford – March 19, 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Irvine region
No. 1 UC Irvine against Nord -Colorado – March 19, 10 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 4 Georgia Tech against Jacksonville State – March 18, 7 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 3 Saint Joseph against UAB – March 19, 7 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 2 Santa Clara against UC Riverside – March 18, 11 p.m. | ESPNU
San Francisco region
No. 1 San Francisco against Utah Valley – March 19, 11 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 4 San Jose State against Loyola Chicago – March 19, 11 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 3 Saint Bonaventure against Kent State – March 18, 7 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 2 Stanford against Cal State Northridge – March 18, 11 p.m. | ESPN2
When is 2025 not?
The first round of the NIT 2025 begins from March 18 to 19 and runs until the championship game on April 3. in Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
- Nit first round: Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19
- Nit second round: Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday, March 23rd
- Nit quarter -finals: Tuesday, March 25th and Wednesday, March 26th
- NIT -semi -final: Tuesday, April 1 (7 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. ET)
- Nit championship game: Thursday, April 3 (9:00 p.m. et)
As you can see in 2025
All 2025 NIT games will take place on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN+ and will be announced after determining the matchups.
The first semi -final game is broadcast on ESPN and the second semi -final game will be on ESPN2. The NIT championship game is broadcast on ESPN.
