Cooper Flagg, Montverde to headline Chipotle Nationals high school basketball tournament
For the second year in a row, Montverde Academy (Florida) has earned the top seed for Chipotle Nationals, the high school basketball tournament formerly known as GEICO Nationals.
The tournament will be played Apr. 4-6 in Brownsburg, Indiana, and to no one’s surprise, Cooper Flagg and the Eagles earned the No. 1 seed after a perfect regular season in which they went wire to wire as the top-ranked team in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national rankings.
Overall, seven of the eight teams competing in the tournament are ranked in the top 10 by SBLive/SI, with No. 12 IMG Academy (Florida) being the lowest ranked team in the field. Also making the trip to Indiana are No. 2 Columbus (Florida), No. 3 St. Paul VI (Virginia), No. 4 Long Island Lutheran (New York), No. 5 Prolific Prep (California), No. 6 Link Academy (Missouri) and No. 10 AZ Compass Prep (Arizona).
It’s a familiar group of teams for the tournament, with Columbus being the only one that didn’t compete at last year’s event, which Link Academy won.
All of the Chipotle Nationals games will be televised by ESPN.
Montverde Academy five-star Cooper Flagg rises for a jumper in a win over Prolific Prep (California) on Jan. 27, 2024.
Photo by Bill Kemp, SBLive Sports
Chipotle Nationals 2024 Bracket
QUARTERFINALS
Thursday, April 4
1 seed Montverde Academy (FL) vs. 8 seed AZ Compass Prep (AZ), 8:00 p.m. ET
4 seed Long Island Lutheran (NY) vs. 5 seed Columbus (FL), 4:00 p.m. ET
2 seed Paul VI (VA) vs. 7 seed IMG Academy (FL), 2:00 p.m. ET
3 seed Prolific Prep (CA) vs. 6 seed Link Academy (MO), 6:00 p.m. ET
SEMIFINALS
Friday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET
FINALS
Saturday, April 6 at 12:00 p.m. ET
-- Zach Shugan | zshugan@gmail.com | @SBLiveSports
