NIT Basketball Schedule and Score Updates | National Invitation Tournament

See below for the full schedule and score updates for the 2025 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Final scores will be posted at the conclusion of each game. Refresh the page for updates.

2025 NIT: Championship

Thursday, April 3rd [Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN)
Chattanooga 85, UC Irvine 84

2025 NIT: Semifinals Scores

Tuesday, April 1st [Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN)
North Texas 67, UC Irvine 69
Chattanooga 80. Loyola Chicago 73

2025 NIT: Quarterfinals Scores

Tuesday, March 25th
Chattanooga 67, Bradley 65
North Texas 61, Oklahoma State 59

Wednesday, March 26th
Kent State 62, Loyola Chicago 72
UAB 77, UC Irvine 81 (OT)

Note: asterisk* indicates home team

See the complete bracket for the 2025 National Invitation Tournament below.

2025 NIT: Second Round Scores

Dallas Region
Oklahoma State 85, SMU 83
Arkansas State 63, North Texas 65

Irvine Region
Jacksonville State 61, UC Irvine 66
UAB 88, Santa Clara 84

Dayton Region
Dayton 72, Chattanooga 87
Bradley 75, George Mason 67

San Francisco Region
Kent State 77, Stanford 75
Loyola Chicago 77, San Francisco 76

2025 NIT: First Round Scores

Dallas Region

No. 1 SMU 73, Northern Iowa 63

No. 4 Oklahoma State 89, Wichita State 79

No. 3 Arkansas State 103, Saint Louis 78

No. 2 North Texas 75, Furman 64

Irvine Region

No. 1 UC Irvine 82, Northern Colorado 72

No. 4 Georgia Tech 64, Jacksonville State 81

No. 3 Saint Joseph's 65, UAB 69

No. 2 Santa Clara 101, UC Riverside 62

Dayton Region

No. 1 Dayton 86, Florida Atlantic 79

No. 4 Middle Tennessee 103, Chattanooga 109 (3OT)

No. 3 Bradley 71, North Alabama 62

No. 2 George Mason 86, Samford 69

San Francisco Region

No. 1 San Francisco 79, Utah Valley 70

No. 4 San Jose State 70, Loyola Chicago 73

No. 3 St. Bonaventure 56, Kent State 75

No. 2 Stanford 87, CSU Northridge 70

Note: In all cases except one, the first round matchup will be hosted by the higher seeded team. The lone exception is No. 1 Dayton, which will play at Florida Atlantic in the first round because the Flyers' home court at UD Arena will be used for the NCAA First Four play-in games for the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

2025 National Invitation Tournament Schedule

First Round: Tuesday, March 18th and Wednesday, March 19th at campus sites
Second Round: Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday, March 23rd campus sites
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, March 25th and Wednesday, March 26th at campus sites
Semifinals: Tuesday, April 1st at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana
Championship: Thursday, April 3rd at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana

All first round, second round, and quarterfinal games will be broadcast on ESPN2 or ESPNU or, in some instances, streamed on ESPN+. The semifinals will air on ESPN/ESPN2 and then the championship game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The inaugural National Invitation Tournament Championship was held on March 16th, 1938, when the Temple Owls defeated the Colorado Buffaloes at Madison Square Garden. 54 schools have won an NIT title all-time, with Seton Hall defeating Indiana State by a score of 79-77 to win the most recent edition of the NIT last season. Speaking of the 2024 NIT, last year’s championship game was viewed by 1.4 million people, 280% more than the previous season and the most-watched NIT game since 2013 and the most-watched NIT championship game since 2010.