ESPN will provide exclusive coverage of every game of the National Invitational Tournament college basketball event, which begins March 15.

ESPN will kick off its coverage of the 32-team NIT field with first round action March 15-16 with live games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3, said network officials.

Monmouth, South Carolina, St. Bonaventure and Valparaiso will serve as the number one seeds in the tournament, which features 22 teams with 20 or more wins. A total of 24 NCAA conferences are represented in the tournament, according to ESPN.

The network will cover the semifinal (March 29) and championship game from Madison Square Garden (March 31) from New York’s Madison Square Garden.

ESPN will offer exclusive coverage of every National Invitation Tournament college basketball game beginning tomorrow (March 17), the network said.

Games of the 32-team NIT tournament will air across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 beginning with all 16 first round games on March 17 and March 18. The networks will also carry all eight second-round matchups (March 20-23), the four quarterfinal games (March 24-25) both semifinals (March 31) and the championship game (April 2), said ESPN officials.

Every NIT game will also be available on the WatchESPN TV Everywhere service as well as streamed through WatchESPN.com.

ESPN’s NIT first round telecast schedule is as follows: