NIT basketball kicks off Tuesday

2025 NIT schedule, TV channels

All times ET

• Selections: Sunday, March 16, 9 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, March 18 — First Round
  • No. 3 St. Bonaventure vs. Kent St., 7 p.m. on ESPNU
  • No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. Jacksonville St., 7 p.m. on ESPN2
  • No. 4 Middle Tenn. vs. Chattanooga, 8 p.m. on ESPN+
  • No. 3 Arkansas St. vs. Saint Louis, 9 p.m. on ESPNU
  • No. 4 Oklahoma St. vs. Wichita St., 9 p.m. on ESPN2
  • No. 2 Santa Clara vs. UC Riverside, 11 p.m. on ESPNU
  • No. 2 Stanford vs. CSUN, 11 p.m. on ESPN2
• Wednesday, March 19 — First Round
  • No. 1 Dayton vs. Fla. Atlantic, 7 p.m. on ESPN2
  • No. 2 George Mason vs. Samford, 7 p.m. on ESPN+
  • No. 3 Saint Joseph’s vs. UAB, 7 p.m. on ESPN+
  • No. 2 North Texas vs. Furman, 8 p.m. on ESPN+
  • No. 3 Bradley vs. North Ala., 8 p.m. on ESPN+
  • No. 1 SMU vs. UNI, 9 p.m. on ESPN2
  • No. 1 UC Irvine vs. Northern Colorado, 10 p.m. on ESPN+
  • No. 1 San Francisco vs. Utah Valley, 11 p.m. on ESPNU
  • No. 4 San Jose State vs. Loyola Chicago, 11 p.m. on ESPN2

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• Second round games are Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23
• The quarterfinal games are Tuesday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 26
• 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
• The 2025 NIT championship game is at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN on Thursday, April 3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse

Source: NCAA.com