Teams, time, playing time, how to watch the tournament

The dream of each academic basketball player is to do The NCAA tournament And play for a national championship, and although many of them unfortunately do not have the opportunity, some privileged will have the opportunity to play for another title in the playoffs.

The national invitation tournament – commonly called the NIT – is another tournament in the playoffs organized by the NCAA which really started in 1938, a year before the NCAA tournament that we have known today and was the most prestigious event for decades. Now in 2025, he obviously does not have the same look as March Madness, but the nit offers teams the chance to play together once again and win a title of eliminatory series – and those who missed The NCAA tournament The possibility of proving that the TORT selection committee.

There are other tournaments in playoffs such as the university basketball crown and the invitation of university basketball, but the nit remains an event renowned that fans and teams will have great interest to win. Now that the NCAA male tournament support has been published, it’s time to look at who will play in the nit:

Nit 2025 teams

The team field 32 for the 2025 NIT (in alphabetical order):

State of the arkansas
Bradley
Chattanooga
Cal State Northridge
Dayton
Florida Atlantique
Furman
George Mason
Georgia Tech
Jacksonville State
Kent state
Loyola Chicago
Middle Tennessee
North of Alabama
North Texas
North Colorado
Oklahoma statement
Saint Joseph
Saint Louis
Samford
San Francisco
San Jose State
Santa Clara
South Methodist
Stanford
Saint Bonaventure
Uab
UC Irvine
UC Riversdie
Northern Iowa
Utah valley
Wichita State

Nit 2025 support

Get Printable support of 2025 nit here.

Nit 2025 schedule

(Home team listed first. All times in the east)

First round

Dallas region

N ° 1 SMU vs Northern Iowa – March 19, 9 p.m. | Espn2

N ° 4 Oklahoma State vs Wichita State – March 18, 9 p.m. | Espn2

N ° 3 Arkansas State against Saint Louis – March 18, 9 p.m. | Expensive

N ° 2 North Texas vs Furman – March 19, 8 p.m. | ESPN +

Dayton region

N ° 1 Dayton against Florida Atlantic – March 19, 7 p.m. | Espn2

N ° 4 Middle Tennessee against Chattanooga – March 18, 8 p.m. | ESPN +

N ° 3 Bradley vs North Alabama – March 19, 8 p.m. | ESPN +

N ° 2 George Mason against Samford – March 19, 7 p.m. | ESPN +

Irvine region

N ° 1 UC Irvine vs Northern Colorado – March 19, 10 p.m. | ESPN +

N ° 4 Georgia Tech against Jacksonville State – March 18, 7 p.m. | Espn2

N ° 3 Saint Joseph vs. UAB – March 19, 7 p.m. | ESPN +

N ° 2 Santa Clara VS UC Riverside – March 18, 11 p.m. | Expensive

San Francisco Region

N ° 1 San Francisco against Valley Utah – March 19, 11 p.m. | Expensive

N ° 4 San Jose State against Loyola Chicago – March 19, 11 p.m. | Espn2

N ° 3 saint bonaventure vs kent state – March 18, 7 p.m. | Expensive

N ° 2 Stanford vs cal state Northridge – March 18, 11 p.m. | Espn2

When is 2025 nit?

The first round of the NIT 2025 will start from March 18 to 19 and will appear until the championship match on April 3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Nit first round: Tuesday March 18 and Wednesday March 19
Second round nit: Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23
Quarterfinal nit: Tuesday March 25 and Wednesday March 26
Nit soles: Tuesday April 1 (7 p.m. He and 9:30 p.m. he)
Nit Championship Game: Thursday April 3 (9 p.m. he)

How to watch 2025 nit

All the Nit 2025 games will be on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN + and will be announced after the definition of matches.

The first semi-final match will be broadcast on ESPN and the second semi-final match will be on ESPN2. The NIT championship match will be broadcast on ESPN.

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