2025 NIT Bracket & Schedule: How to Watch Every Game Live

The opening round of the 2025 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, March 18. The semifinals and championship game will take place at Indianapolis’ famed Hinkle Fieldhouse on Thursday, April 3, the last day of the tournament.

The top four seeds in this year’s 32-team NIT bracket are awarded to SMU, Dayton, San Francisco, and UC Irvine. Throughout the tournament, viewers can anticipate thrilling moments and intense matches as teams compete for the coveted title.

2025 NIT Bracket-

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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

NIT Championship History-

YEAR	SCHOOL	SCORE	RUNNER UP	MVP
1938	Temple	60-36	Colorado	Don Shields, Temple
1939	Long Island	44-32	Loyola	Bill Lloyd, St. John’s
1940	Colorado	51-40	Duquesne	Bob Doll, Colorado
1941	Long Island	56-42	Ohio	Frankie Baumholtz, Ohio
1942	West Virginia	47-45	Western Kentucky State	Rudy Baric, West Virginia
1943	St. John’s	48-27	Toledo	Harry Boykoff, St. John’s
1944	St. John’s	47-39	DePaul	Bill Kotsores, St. John’s
1945	DePaul	71-54	Bowling Green	George Mikan, DePaul
1946	Kentucky	46-45	Rhode Island	Ernie Calverley, Rhode Island
1947	Utah	49-45	Kentucky	Vern Gardner, Utah
1948	Saint Louis	65-52	NYU	Ed Macauley, Saint Louis
1949	San Francisco	48-47	Loyola Chicago	Don Lofgran, San Francisco
1950	CCNY	69-61	Bradley	Ed Warner, CCNY
1951	BYU	62-43	Dayton	Roland Minson, BYU
1952	La Salle	75-64	Dayton	Tom Gola and Norm Grekin, La Salle
1953	Seton Hall	58-46	St. John’s	Walter Dukes, Seton Hall
1954	Holy Cross	71-62	Duquesne	Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross
1955	Duquesne	70-58	Dayton	Maurice Stokes, St. Francis (PA)
1956	Louisville	93-80	Dayton	Charlie Tyra, Louisville
1957	Bradley	84-83	Memphis State	Win Wilfong, Memphis State
1958	Xavier	78-74	Dayton	Hank Stein, Xavier
1959	St. John’s	76-71	Bradley	Tony Jackson, St. John’s
1960	Bradley	88-72	Providence	Lenny Wilkens, Providence
1961	Providence	62-59	Saint Louis	Vin Ernst, Providence
1962	Dayton	73-67	St. John’s	Bill Chmielewski, Dayton
1963	Providence	81-66	Canisius	Raymond Flynn, Providence
1964	Bradley	86-54	New Mexico	Levern Tart, Bradley
1965	St. John’s	55-51	Villanova	Ken McIntyre, St. John’s
1966	BYU	97-84	NYU	Bill Melchionni, Villanova
1967	Southern Illinois	71-56	Marquette	Walt Frazier, Southern Illinois
1968	Dayton	61-48	Kansas	Don May, Dayton
1969	Temple	89-76	Boston College	Terry Driscoll, Boston College
1970	Marquette	65-53	St. John’s	Dean Meminger, Marquette
1971	North Carolina	84-66	Georgia Tech	Bill Chamberlain, North Carolina
1972	Maryland	100-69	Niagara	Tom McMillen, Maryland
1973	Virginia Tech	92-91	Notre Dame	John Schumate, Notre Dame
1974	Purdue	87-81	Utah	Mike Sojourner, Utah
1975	Princeton	80-69	Providence	Ron Lee, Oregon
1976	Kentucky	71-67	Charlotte	Cedric Maxwell, Charlotte
1977	St. Bonaventure	94-91	Houston	Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure
1978	Texas	101-93	NC State	Jim Krivacs and Ron Baxter, Texas
1979	Indiana	53-52	Purdue	Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana
1980	Virginia	58-55	Minnesota	Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981	Tulsa	86-84	Syracuse	Greg Stewart, Tulsa
1982	Bradley	67-58	Purdue	J.J. Anderson, Bradley
1983	Fresno State	69-60	DePaul	Ron Anderson, Fresno State
1984	Michigan	83-63	Notre Dame	Tim McCormick, Michigan
1985	UCLA	65-62	Indiana	Reggie Miller, UCLA
1986	Ohio State	73-63	Wyoming	Brad Sellers, Ohio State
1987	Southern Miss	84-80	La Salle	Randolph Keys, Southern Miss
1988	Connecticut	72-67	Ohio State	Phil Gamble, Connecticut
1989	St. John’s	73-65	Saint Louis	Jayson Williams, St. John’s
1990	Vanderbilt	74-72	Saint Louis	Scott Draud, Vanderbilt
1991	Stanford	78-72	Oklahoma	Adam Keefe, Stanford
1992	Virginia	81-76 (OT)	Notre Dame	Bryant Stith, Virginia
1993	Minnesota	62-61	Georgetown	Voshon Lenard, Minnesota
1994	Villanova	80-73	Vanderbilt	Doremus Bennerman, Siena
1995	Virginia Tech	65-64	Marquette	Shawn Smith, Virginia Tech
1996	Nebraska	60-56	Saint Joseph’s	Erick Strickland, Nebraska
1997	Michigan*	82-73	Florida State	Robert Traylor, Michigan
1998	Minnesota*	79-72	Penn State	Kevin Clark, Minnesota
1999	California	61-60	Clemson	Sean Lampley, California
2000	Wake Forest	71-61	Notre Dame	Robert O’Kelley, Wake Forest
2001	Tulsa	79-66	Alabama	Marcus Hill, Tulsa
2002	Memphis	72-62	South Carolina	Dejuan Wagner, Memphis
2003	St. John’s*	70-67	Georgetown	Marcus Hatten, St. John’s
2004	Michigan	62-55	Rutgers	Daniel Horton, Michigan
2005	South Carolina	60-57	Saint Joseph’s	Carlos Powell, South Carolina
2006	South Carolina	76-64	Michigan	Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina
2007	West Virginia	78-73	Clemson	Frank Young, West Virginia
2008	Ohio State	92-85	Massachusetts	Kosta Koufos, Ohio State
2009	Penn State	69-63	Baylor	Jamelle Cornley, Penn State
2010	Dayton	79-68	North Carolina	Chris Johnson, Dayton
2011	Wichita State	66-57	Alabama	Graham Hatch, Wichita State
2012	Stanford	75-51	Minnesota	Aaron Bright, Stanford
2013	Baylor	74-54	Iowa	Pierre Jackson, Baylor
2014	Minnesota	65-63	SMU	Austin Hollins, Minnesota
2015	Stanford	66-64 (OT)	Miami	Chasson Randle, Stanford
2016	George Washington	76-60	Valparaiso	Tyler Cavanaugh, George Washington
2017	TCU	88-56	Georgia Tech	Kenrich Williams, TCU
2018	Penn State	82-66	Utah	Lamar Stevens, Penn State
2019	Texas	81-66	Lipscomb	Kerwin Roach, Texas
2020	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2021	Memphis	77-64	Mississippi State	Landers Nolley II, Memphis
2022	Xavier	73-72	Texas A&M	Colby Jones, Xavier
2023	North Texas	68-61	UAB	Tylor Perry, North Texas
2024	Seton Hall	79-77	Indiana State	Al-Amir Dawes, Seton Hall