The 2025 National Invitation Tournament continued Wednesday with two exciting quarterfinal matchups. In the first game, Loyola Chicago defeated Kent State 72-62 behind 18 points and nine rebounds from center Miles Rubin.

Loyola Chicago will face Chattanooga in the semifinals at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 1.

The final quarterfinal game of the tournament was a thrilling finish between No. 1 seed UC Irvine and UAB. The Anteaters  advanced with an 81-77 overtime win over UAB behind 22 points from forward Devin Tillis. North Texas will face UC Irvine in the NIT semifinals knowing coach Russ Hodge will be departing after their season concludes to become the next coach at West Virginia. 

On Tuesday, No. 2 seed North Texas and Chattanooga pulled off dramatic wins over No. 4 seed Oklahoma State and No. 3 seed Bradley, respectively. North Texas upset Oklahoma State 61-59 behind 15 points from guard Atin Wright. Oklahoma State scored the final seven points to make things interesting, but the Mean Green escaped with a win.

Oklahoma State was the final power-conference team remaining in this year's NIT. 

Here is a look at the full bracket and dates:

2025 NIT key dates 

First Round: March 18-19
Second round: March 22-23
Quarterfinals: March 25-26
Semifinals: April 1 (Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis)
Championship: April 3 (Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis)

All times Eastern

2025 NIT schedule, scores

Games in the first three rounds to be played at the higher-seeded team's home arena unless noted

SMU Region

FIRST ROUND

No. 1 SMU 73, Northern Iowa 63 | Recap
No. 2 North Texas 75, Furman 64 | Recap
No. 3 Arkansas State 103, Saint Louis 78 | Recap
No. 4 Oklahoma State 89, Wichita State 79 | Recap

SECOND ROUND

No. 2 North Texas 65, No. 3 Arkansas State 63 | Recap
No. 4 Oklahoma State 85, No. 1 SMU 83 | Recap

Quarterfinals

No. 2 North Texas 61, No. 4 Oklahoma State 59 | Recap

Irvine Region

FIRST ROUND

No. 1 UC Irvine 82, Northern Colorado 72 | Recap
No. 2 Santa Clara 101, UC Riverside 62 | Recap
UAB 69, No. 3 Saint Joseph's 65 | Recap
Jacksonville State 81, No. 4 Georgia Tech 64 | Recap

SECOND ROUND

UAB 87, No. 2 Santa Clara 84 | Recap
No. 1 UC Irvine 66, Jacksonville State 61 | Recap

Quarterfinals

No. 1 UC Irvine 81, UAB 77 | Recap

Dayton Region

FIRST ROUND

No. 1 Dayton 86, Florida Atlantic 79 | Recap
No. 2 George Mason 86, Samford 69 | Recap
No. 3 Bradley 71, North Alabama 62 | Recap
Chattanooga 109, No. 4 Middle Tennessee 103 (3OT) | Recap

SECOND ROUND

No. 3 Bradley 75, No. 2 George Mason 67 | Recap
Chattanooga 87, No. 1 Dayton 72 | Recap

QUARTERFINALS

Chattanooga 67, No. 3 Bradley 65 | Recap

San Francisco Region

FIRST ROUND

No. 1 San Francisco 79, Utah Valley 70 | Recap
No. 2 Stanford 87, CSUN 70 | Recap
Kent State 75, No. 3 St. Bonaventure 56 | Recap
Loyola Chicago 73, No. 4 San Jose State 70 | Recap

SECOND ROUND

Kent State 77, No. 2 Stanford 75 | Recap 
Loyola Chicago 77, No. 1 San Francisco 76 | Recap

QUARTERFINALS

Loyola Chicago 72, Kent State 62 | Recap

National semifinals

Tuesday, April 1 -- Hinkle Fieldhouse

No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 1 UC Irvine

Chattanooga vs. Loyola Chicago

NIT Championship

Thursday, April 3 -- Hinkle Fieldhouse

Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.