2025 Men's NIT Tournament bracket: Schedule, scores, dates, game times, TV channels, streaming, results
March Madness isn't the only major tournament taking place in men's college basketball over the next few weeks.
There are two other events on the schedule involving teams who didn't crack the 2025 NCAA Tournament field. Up first will be college basketball's oldest postseason tournament, the National Invitation Tournament, before the debut of a new event, the College Basketball Crown.
Developed by Fox Sports, the College Basketball Crown is a single-elimination tournament played that will be played in Las Vegas and feature 16 teams, including Boise State, Nebraska, USC and Villanova. The new tournament was promised at least two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East.
The addition of the College Basketball Crown, along with other teams simply declining an NIT invite, has led to there being just four power conference schools in this year's NIT -- Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State (which has a sub-.500 record), SMU and Stanford. The SMU Mustangs are among the four No. 1 seeds in the field, along with Dayton, San Francisco and UC Irvine.
What is NIT stand for in basketball?
NIT stands for the National Invitation Tournament, a single-elimination postseason college basketball tournament that debuted in 1938. It involves teams who aren't competing in March Madness -- and now the College Basketball Crown as well.
How many teams make the NIT?
The tournament has a field of 32 squads -- less than half the size of the NCAA Tournament. Only the top 16 teams in the field are seeded, with the remaining squads "placed into the bracket by the NIT Committee as close to their area of natural interest as possible," according to the NCAA.
Where are NIT games being played in 2025?
The first round, second round and quarterfinals feature on-campus games. The semifinals and final are played at a neutral site.
How to watch and stream NIT games in 2025
All 2025 NIT games will be on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN+ and will be announced after the matchups are set.
The games will also be available to stream on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
The first semifinal game will air on ESPN and the second semifinal game will be on ESPN2. The NIT championship game will air on ESPN.
2025 NIT schedule, scores, dates, game times for second round matchups, TV channels, streaming.
All times ET
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
2025 NIT second round schedule, scores, games times, tv channels, streaming
All Times ET.
Saturday, March 22 — Second round
Chattanooga 87, Dayton 72 | ESPN
Bradley 75, George Mason 67 | ESPN+ | Fubo (free trial)
Sunday, March 23 — Second round
Oklahoma State 85, SMU 83
Loyola Chicago 77, San Francisco 76
North Texas 65, Arkansas State 63
UAB 88, Santa Clara 84
Kent State 77, Stanford 75
UC Irvine 66, Jax State 61
2025 NIT bracket: quarterfinals Schedule, scores, game times, TV channels, streaming.
The quarterfinal games are Tuesday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 26
All times ET.
Tuesday, March 25
Chattanooga 67, Bradley 65
North Texas 61, Oklahoma St. 59 | ESPN2 | Fubo (free trial)
Wednesday, March 26
Loyola Chicago 72, Kent State 62
UC Irvine 81, UAB 77 | ESPN2 | Fubo (free trial)
2025 NIT bracket: Semifinals Schedule, scores, TV channels, times, locations
The 2025 NIT semifinals are at 7 p.m. (ESPN) and 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) on Tuesday, April 1 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
April 1 - SemiFinals.
1 - UC Irvine 69, North Texas 67
2 - Chattanooga 80, Loyola Chicago, 73
When & where is the 2025 NIT championship game?
WHO: 1 - UC Irvine vs. Chattanooga
- The 2025 NIT championship game is at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN on Thursday, April 3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse
The semifinals and final will be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse, home of the Butler Bulldogs, in Indianapolis for a second straight year. Following the semis on April 1, the championship game will be held on Thursday, April 3.
Who won the NIT Tournmanet in 2024?
The Seton Hall Pirates defeated the Indiana State Sycamores in last year's championship game for their second NIT title and first since 1953.
Who won the first NIT Championship in 1938?
The Temple Owls took down the Colorado Buffaloes at Madison Square Garden in New York to win the championship of the inaugural NIT, which featured six teams. Entering this year's tournament, 54 different schools have won the NIT at least once.
NIT history, past champions list by year Since 2000
Here's a look at past NIT winners list by year dating back to 2000 per NCAA.com:
2000: Wake Forest
2001: Tulsa
2002: Memphis
2003: St. John's *
2004: Michigan
2005: South Carolina
2006: South Carolina
2007: West Virginia
2008: Ohio State
2009: Penn State
2010: Dayton
2011: Wichita State
2012: Stanford
2013: Baylor
2014: Minnesota
2015: Stanford
2016: George Washington
2017: TCU
2018: Penn State
2019: Texas
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021: Memphis
2022: Xavier
2023: North Texas
2024: Seton Hall
2025:
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