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 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
No. 4 Oklahoma State 85 No.1 Southern Methodist 83
No. 2 North Texas 65 No.3 Arkansas State 63
Irvine Region
No. 1 UC Irvine 82 Northern Colorado 72
Jacksonville State 81 (4) Georgia Tech 64
UAB 69 No. 3 St. Joseph 65
No. 2 Santa Clara 101 UC Riverside 62
No. 1 UC Irvine 66 Jacksonville State 61
No. 2 Santa Clara 88 Alabama Birmingham 84
Dayton Region
No. 1 Dayton 86 Florida Atlantic 79
Chattanooga 109 (4) Middle Tennessee 103 (three overtimes)
No. 3 Bradley 71 North Alabama 62
No. 2 George Mason 86 Samford 69
Chattanooga 87 No.1 Dayton 72
No. 3 Bradley 75 No. 2 George Mason 67
San Francisco Region
No. 1 San Francisco 79 Utah Valley 70
Loyola Chicago 73 No. 4 San Jose State 70
Kent State 75 (3) St. Bonaventure 56
No. 2 Stanford 87 Cal State, Northridge 70
Loyola Chicago 77 No. 1 San Francisco 76
Kent State 77 No.2 Stanford 75
NIT QUARTERFINALS
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Chattanooga (26-9) 67 Bradley (28-8) 65
North Texas (26-8) 61 Oklahoma State (17-17) 59
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Loyola Chicago (24-11) 72 Kent State (24-11) 62
UC Irvine (30-6) vs. Alabama Birmingham (24-12)
NIT SEMIFINALS
UC Irvine (31-6) 69 North Texas State (27-8) 67
Chattanooga (27-9) 80 Loyola Chicago (25-11) 73
NIT FINAL
Chattanooga (28-9) 85 UC Irvine 84
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