Exclusive coverage of the entire 75th National Invitation Tournament begins on ESPN2, Tuesday March 13 at 7 p.m. ET, and continues across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 with coverage of all 31 games. In addition to five exclusive ESPN3 games during the first round, the broadband network will simulcast every first round, second round, quarterfinal, semifinal and final matchup. The semifinal on ESPN2 and the championship game on ESPN will also be simulcast in ESPN3D.
The 32-team field for the oldest tournament in college basketball was announced Sunday, March 11 during the ESPNU NIT Selection Show and includes teams representing 18 conferences, led by the Atlantic 10, Pac-12 and SEC with four selections each. Five teams in the 2012 field are previous NIT Champions: Dayton (1962, 1968, 2010), Minnesota (1993, 1998), La Salle (1952), Seton Hall (1953) and Stanford (1991).
Dayton is making its 24th appearance in the NIT, the most among schools in this year’s tournament; the second highest in the tournament’s history, behind St. John’s (28). St. Joseph’s is making its 15th NIT appearance and is currently tied for the fourth most NIT appearances without winning the title.
On Wednesday, March 14 during the 7 p.m. hour, Philadelphia will be the epicenter for college hoops when La Salle, Drexel and St. Joseph’s all host NIT games at home. Drexel, making its sixth appearance in the NIT, is tied with three other schools for the most NIT games without a win.
Bucknell, UCF, Northern Iowa and Savannah State are all making their first NIT appearance.
*Schedule updated Tuesday, March 20 (subject to change):
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Tue, Mar 13 | 7 p.m. | NIT First Round: Massachusetts at Mississippi State Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 |
| 7:15 p.m. | NIT First Round: Stony Brook at Seton Hall Mike Gleason and Tim O’Toole |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | NIT First Round: Dayton at Iowa Bob Wischusen and Dan Dakich | ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | NIT First Round: Savannah State at Tennessee Mike Crispino and Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | NIT First Round: Akron at Northwestern Mike Patrick and Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 9:15 p.m. | NIT First Round: Marshall at Middle Tennessee State Adam Amin and Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN3 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | NIT First Round: LSU at Oregon Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham |
ESPN | |
| 10 p.m. | NIT First Round: UT Arlington at Washington Justin Kutcher and Tim McCormick |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | NIT First Round: Cleveland State at Stanford Roxy Bernstein and Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| Wed, Mar 14 | 7 p.m. | NIT First Round: Minnesota at La Salle John Saunders and Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 |
| 7:15 p.m. | NIT First Round: UCF at Drexel Mike Gleason and Paul Biancardi |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:15 p.m. | NIT First Round: Northern Iowa at St. Joseph’s Noah Coslov and Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | NIT First Round: Valparaiso at Miami Mark Jones and Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | NIT First Round: Bucknell at Arizona Carter Blackburn and Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| 9:15 p.m. | NIT First Round: Nevada at Oral Roberts Mitch Holthus and Doc Sadler |
ESPN3 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | NIT First Round: Illinois State at Ole Miss Clay Matvick and Joe Dean |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Mar 16 | 10 p.m. | NIT Second Round: Northwestern at Washington Roxy Bernstein and Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| Sat, Mar 17 | 11 a.m. | NIT Second Round: Massachusetts at Seton Hall John Saunders and Tim Welsh |
ESPN |
| Sun, Mar 18 | 11 a.m. | NIT Second Round: Northern Iowa at Drexel Jim Barbar and LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN |
| 3 p.m. | NIT Second Round: Bucknell at Nevada Mitch Holthus and Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | NIT Second Round: Iowa at Oregon Roxy Bernstein and Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Mar 19 | 7 p.m. | NIT Second Round: Middle Tennessee at Tennessee Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | NIT Second Round: Minnesota at Miami Mike Patrick and Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| 11:30 p.m. | NIT Second Round: Illinois State at Stanford Roxy Bernstein and Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Mar 20 | 7 p.m. | NIT Quarterfinal: Massachusetts at Drexel Bob Wischusen and Laphonso Ellis |
ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | NIT Quarterfinal: Oregon at Washington Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham |
ESPN | |
| Wed, Mar 21 | 7 p.m. | NIT Quarterfinal: Minnesota at Middle Tennessee Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 |
| 9 p.m. | NIT Quarterfinal: Nevada at Stanford Roxy Bernstein and Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Mar 27 | 7 p.m. | NIT SEMIFINAL: TBD Mike Patrick, Fran Fraschilla and Bill Raftery |
ESPN2/ ESPN3D |
| 9:30 p.m. | NIT SEMIFINAL: TBD Mike Patrick, Fran Fraschilla and Bill Raftery |
ESPN2/ ESPN3D |
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| Thu, Mar 29 | 7 p.m. | NIT CHAMPIONSHIP: TBD Mike Patrick, Fran Fraschilla and Bill Raftery |
ESPN/ ESPN3D |
*All games will be simulcast on ESPN3;
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