The National Invitation Tournament Board of Managers has announced new additions to the NIT Committee. They are former head men's basketball coaches Tubby Smith and Jeff Jones.
Smith compiled a 642-370 record over 31 seasons at seven schools. His teams made 20 appearances in the NCAA tournament or NIT, including nine Sweet 16 appearances and four trips to the Elite Eight. In 1998, he guided Kentucky to the national championship. He made NIT appearances with Minnesota in 2008 and 2012, with his 2012 team making it to the championship game.
Jones spent 32 years as a college head coach and tallied a 560-418 record at Virginia, American and Old Dominion. His teams made 10 appearances in the NCAA tournament or NIT. His Virginia team won the NIT Championship in 1992, and he guided Old Dominion to the NIT semifinal in 2015.
Smith and Jones will join an NIT committee that will be chaired by Tim Duncan, senior deputy athletics director at Memphis. Other members of the 2024-25 NIT Committee are Morgan State Vice President and Director of Athletics Dena Freeman-Patton, Conference USA Associate Commissioner for Basketball Clifton Douglass, and former Division I men's basketball coaches Phil Martelli, Gary Waters and Bob Williams.
The bracket and pairings for the 2025 NIT will be announced Sunday, March 16, with first-round games starting at campus sites Tuesday, March 18. The NIT semifinals and championship will return to historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with the semifinals scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, and the championship game scheduled for Thursday, April 3.
All NIT games will be broadcast live across ESPN platforms. For more information on the championship visit ncaa.com/nit.
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