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NIT Stu offers some final thoughts on the semifinals, breaks down the championship, and shares his latest ponderings on the future of the National Invitation Tournament. Also: Battle Hymn update at the end.

All four Final Four head coaches join NIT Stu ahead of tonight's semifinals.
4:12 - Dan Earl
13:22 - Drew Valentine
22:06 - Ross Hodge
30:44 - Russell Turner

As NIT Final Four week begins, NIT Stu's joined by four different experts to get you up to speed on the four NIT semifinalists:
2:59 - Rocco Miller from The Bracketeer, on UC Irvine
16:32 - Hank Dickenson from North Texas, on North Texas
30:13 - Dave from TalkinBlers, on Loyola
45:50 - Jack Gold from Two Bid SoCon, on Chattanooga

The NIT Final Four is set, and what a road we took to get here. NIT Stu recaps each game of the best round of the tournament, with some help from Miles of the North Texas Eagle when it comes to the latest Mean Green victory.

NIT Stu reacts to a banner day in NIT history. Then, we're visited by Greg Peterson of the Coast to Coast Hoops Podcast to learn about handicapping the NIT.

The first round is over. The tournament has just begun. NIT Stu reacts to the action so far and talks with Gene Henley of the Chattanooga Times Free Press about Tuesday's three-overtime thriller.

3:27 - NIT Stu says one nice thing about every winner and one mean thing about every loser.
26:05 - Gene Henley interview, talking Chattanooga Mocs basketball.
46:55 - NIT Stu breaks down the second round schedule.
50:50 - NIT liberation movement.

Listen in as NIT Stu fills out his 2025 NIT bracket.

Two years after their NIT opt-out shook college basketball's foundation, UNC is back in the mix. Tate Frazier from One Shining Podcast joins the show to talk about his Tar Heels: What's going right? What's going wrong? And if the NIT comes calling...will they say yes?

March is here, and Free Hoops has twice the interviews to help you get ready. First, Brenna Greene joins NIT Stu to talk WCC Tournament, where Saint Mary's is trying to sweep Gonzaga and Gonzaga's trying to sweep Portland. Then, Matt Cox sits down to talk Indiana: What went wrong for Mike Woodson, what comes next in Bloomington, and whether this could be the Hoosiers' year to cut down the nets at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

College basketball icon Ken Pomeroy joins the show, talking everything from the 1995 NIT to Wyoming high school football.