By Anna Ramirez

The 2025 National Invitation Tournament play continues through Thursday, April 3. The NIT semifinals and championship will be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

There are 32 teams in the bracket. SMU, Dayton, San Francisco and UC Irvine received the top four seeds.

2025 NIT schedule, TV channels

All times ET

• Saturday, March 22 — Second round 
  • Dayton vs. Chattanooga, 11:30 a.m.
  • Bradley vs. George Mason, 2 p.m.
• Sunday, March 23 — Second round 
  • SMU vs. Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.
  • San Francisco vs. Loyola Chicago, 4 p.m.
  • Arkansas State vs. North Texas, 7 p.m.
  • Santa Clara vs. UAB, 9 p.m.
  • Stanford vs. Kent State, 9 p.m.
  • UC Irvine vs. Jax State, 9 p.m.
• Quarterfinals: March 25-26
• Semifinals: April 1 at 7 p.m. (ESPN) and 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN
• NIT championship: April 3 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

• Selections: Sunday, March 16, 9 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, March 18 — First Round
  • Kent State 75, No. 3 St. Bonaventure 56
  • Jax State 81, No. 4 Georgia Tech 64 
  • Chattanooga 109, No. 4 Middle Tennessee 103 (3OT) 
  • No. 3 Arkansas State 103, Saint Louis 78 
  • No. 4 Oklahoma State 89, Wichita State 79
  • No. 2 Santa Clara 101, UC Riverside 62
  • No. 2 Stanford 87, CSUN 70
• Wednesday, March 19 — First Round
  • No. 1 Dayton 86, Florida Atlantic 79
  • No. 2 George Mason 86, Samford 69
  • UAB 69, No. 3 Saint Joseph’s 65
  • No. 2 North Texas 75, Furman 64
  • No. 3 Bradley 71, North Alabama 62
  • No. 1 SMU 73, UNI 63
  • No. 1 UC Irvine 82, Northern Colorado 72
  • No. 1 San Francisco 79, Utah Valley 70
  • Loyola Chicago 73, No. 4 San Jose State 70

COURTESY THE NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT