The 2025 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) bracket was revealed on Sunday night (March 16). Here is the full 32-eam field and first round matchups for the 2025 NIT.
See the full schedule of first round matchups for the 2025 National Invitation Tournament, organized by region below. All times are listed in Eastern time and the asterisk* beside each team’s name indicates that school is the host for that matchup. 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.
Dallas Region
No. 1 SMU* vs. Northern Iowa | March 19th at 9pm ET (ESPN2)
No. 4 Oklahoma State* vs. Wichita State | March 18th at 9pm ET (ESPN2)
No. 3 Arkansas State* vs. Saint Louis | March 18th at 9pm ET (ESPNU)
No. 2 North Texas* vs. Furman | March 19th at 8pm ET (ESPN+)
Irvine Region
No. 1 UC Irvine* vs Northern Colorado | March 19th at 10pm ET (ESPN+)
No. 4 Georgia Tech* vs. Jacksonville State | March 18th at 7pm ET (ESPN2)
No. 3 Saint Joseph’s* vs. UAB | March 19th at 7pm ET (ESPN+)
No. 2 Santa Clara* vs UC Riverside | March 18th at 11pm ET (ESPNU)
Dayton Region
No. 1 Dayton vs. Florida Atlantic* | March 19th at 7pm ET (ESPN2)
No. 4 Middle Tennessee* vs. Chattanooga | March 18th at 8pm ET (ESPN+)
No. 3 Bradley* vs. North Alabama | March 19th at 8pm ET | ESPN+
No. 2 George Mason* vs. Samford | March 19th at 7pm ET | ESPN+
San Francisco Region
No. 1 San Francisco* vs. Utah Valley | March 19th at 11pm ET (ESPNU)
No. 4 San Jose State* vs. Loyola Chicago | March 19th at 11pm ET (ESPN2)
No. 3 St. Bonaventure* vs. Kent State | March 18th at 7pm ET (ESPNU)
No. 2 Stanford* vs. Cal State, Northridge | March 18th at 11pm ET (ESPN2)
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