The 2025 NIT championship game featuring No. 1 seed UC Irvine and unseeded Chattanooga is scheduled to be broadcast nationally on ESPN on Thursday beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

The Chattanooga Mocs (28-9) will try to cap off their impressive run through the NIT bracket when they face the UC Irvine Anteaters (32-6) in the championship game on Thursday night.

They beat the UC Irvine Anteaters in the NIT Championship Game, 85-84. In the process, Chattanooga became the first school in the history of the Southern Conference to win the NIT.

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(CNN) — Chattanooga survived a nail-biting final play to become the first team from the Southern Conference to win the NIT championship, beating UC Irvine 85-84 in overtime on Thursday.

UC Irvine (32-7) was also playing in the program’s first NIT championship game. Bonham had 19 points to go with 10 rebounds for Chattanooga.