NEW YORK -- Commanding performances. High-profile players. Upsets. If you love big-time high school basketball, Christ The King High School was the place to be Thursday.
Mar 31, 2017
Montverde Academy (FL) does not play the role of underdog too often. Or at all, really. The impressive five-year stretch at DICK'S Nationals, which included three straight titles, has this program always at the top, yet it might not be the favorite this year in the eyes of head coach Kevin Boyle.
Mar 29, 2017
The target on its back is as big as it is expected. There was no doubt Oak Hill Academy (VA) would return to DICK'S Nationals, but now it's time to see what it has in store in order to repeat as champions.
Mar 26, 2017
The hunger is there. You better believe the hunger is there. Second-ranked La Lumiere School (IN) has had its focus set on this moment since the offseason.
Mar 25, 2017
Mike Bibby is no stranger to the big stage. He's been there his entire career. From smashing the Arizona state single-season scoring record in high school to winning an NCAA championship to playing in several big-time playoff games during his 14-year career in the NBA, he always seems to find himself in the spotlight.
Mar 24, 2017
With the long season in the rearview mirror and the bright lights of DICK'S Sporting Goods High School Nationals waiting, it's hard not to like your team's chances. After all, the work and sacrifice it took to get to this point is over. It's time to throw it up and fight for a title.
Entering DICK’S Nationals as an underdog? Playing against the tournament’s No. 1 seed in the first round? Getting back into the groove after some time off? No problem. Wasatch Academy head coach Curtis Condie and his players are embracing it each step of the way.
Mar 22, 2017
A return trip was always the goal. Now, it is a reality. Greensboro Day School (NC) is officially headed back to DICK'S Sporting Goods High School Nationals in New York City for the second time in three seasons.
Step into the dog days of a long high school basketball season, the closing stretch, a place only few can truly relate. It's a grind. The aches and pains of a 43-game-and-counting season are starting to show, but the chance to repeat as champions keeps the focus on the prize ahead.
Mar 17, 2017