Today the game schedule for the 41st annual Culligan City of Palms Classic presented by Cadillac was released. This event has traditionally been key to positioning within the Student Sports FAB 50 rankings heading into the new year. Last year’s championship was won by Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), the eventual Student Sports FAB 50 national champion.
Since 1988, this tournament has been a who’s who of big-time high school basketball. There have been 112 McDonald’s All-Americans and 92 NBA Draft choices since that year. Currently, there are 52 NBA players who played in this prestigious tournament while in high school.
The top eight seeds for bracket play are a follows: 1. Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), 2. Whitney Young (Chicago), 3. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), 4. Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), 5. Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.), 6. Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia), 7. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio), 8. Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
2013 Culligan City of Palms Classic
Game-by-Game Schedule
All games at Bishop Verot HS (Fort Myers, Fla.)
*Home team (white uniforms) is team on left; all times Eastern Standard Time.
WEDNESDAY, December 18 (5 games)
2:30 p.m. (Game 1): Orlando Oak Ridge (Fla.) 55 vs. Decatur Greenforest Christian (Ga.) 61
4:15 p.m. (Game 2): Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti (Pa.) 90 vs. Denver East (Colo.) 61
6:00 p.m. (Game 3-Sunshine Series): Bradenton IMG Academy (Fla.) 50 vs. Weston Sagemont (Fla.) 64
7:45 p.m. (Game 4): Fort Myers Bishop Verot (Fla.) 39 vs. Alpharetta Milton (Ga.) 67
9:30 p.m. (Game 5): Jacksonville Providence (Fla.) 75 vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco (Calif.) 70
THURSDAY, December 19 (7 games)
12 noon (Game 6): Fort Myers Bishop Verot (Fla.) 42 vs. Denver East (Colo.) 62
1:40 p.m. (Game 7): Alpharetta Milton (Ga.) 42 vs. Montverde Academy (Fla.) 77
3:20 p.m. (Game 8): Fairfax Paul VI (Va.) 81 vs. Miami Norland (Fla.) 53
5:00 p.m. (Game 9-Sunshine Series): Apopka Wekiva (Fla.) 46 vs. Plantation American Heritage (Fla.) 53
6:45 p.m. (Game 10): Quarterfinal: Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti (Pa.) 51 vs. Jacksonville Providence (Fla.) 62
8:30 p.m. (Game 11): Marietta Wheeler (Ga.) 84 vs. Houston Yates (Texas) 65
10:15 p.m. (Game 12): Brooklyn Lincoln (N.Y.) 80 vs. Decatur Greenforest Christian (Ga.) 67
FRIDAY, December 20 (8 games)
10:00 a.m. (Game 13): Consolation: Miami Norland (Fla.) 54 vs. Orlando Oak Ridge (Fla.) 61
11:40 a.m. (Game 14): Consolation: Houston Yates (Texas) 90 vs. Alpharetta Milton (Ga.) 88
1:20 p.m. (Game 15): Decatur Greenforest Christian (Ga.) 55 vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco (Calif.) 63
3:00 p.m. (Gm 16-Signature Series): Oldsmar Christian (Fla.) 43 vs. Wolfeboro Brewster Academy (N.H.) 73
4:45 p.m. (Game 17): Quarterfinal: Fairfax Paul VI (Va.) 62 vs. Marietta Wheeler (Ga.) 46
6:30 p.m. (Gm 18-Signature Series): Wichita Sunrise Christian (Kan.) 53 vs. East London Barking Abbey (U.K.) 24
8:15 p.m. (Game 19): Quarterfinal: Montverde Academy (Fla.) 74 vs. Brooklyn Lincoln (N.Y.) 70 (OT)
10:00 p.m. (Game 20): Quarterfinal: Chicago Whitney Young (Ill.) 54 vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 45
SATURDAY, December 21 (8 games)
9:00 a.m. (Game 21): Challenge-round game: Fort Myers Bishop Verot (Fla.) 30 vs. Miami Norland (Fla.) 67
10:40 a.m. (Game 22): Challenge-round game: Alpharetta Milton (Ga.) 71 vs. Decatur Greenforest Christian (Ga.) 33
12:20 p.m. (Game 23): Consolation semifinal: Denver East (Colo.) 65 vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco (Calif.) 75
2:00 p.m. (Game 24): Consolation semifinal: Houston Yates (Texas) 84 vs. Orlando Oak Ridge (Fla.) 87
3:45 p.m. (Game 25): Fifth-place semifinal: Brooklyn Lincoln (N.Y.) 60 vs. Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti (Pa.) 55
5:30 p.m. (Game 26): Fifth-place semifinal: Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 67 vs. Marietta Wheeler (Ga.) 74
7:15 p.m. (Game 27): Semifinal: Jacksonville Providence (Fla.) 51 vs. Montverde Academy (Fla.) 58
9:00 p.m. (Game 28): Semifinal: Fairfax Paul VI (Va.) 57 vs. Chicago Whitney Young (Ill.) 52
SUNDAY, December 22 (2 games)
3:00 p.m. (Game 29-Signature Series): East London Barking Abbey (U.K.) 47 vs. Oldsmar Christian (Fla.) 45
4:45 p.m. (Game 30): SIGNATURE SERIES FINAL!! Wolfeboro Brewster Academy (N.H.) 43 vs. Wichita Sunrise Christian (Kan.) 58
6:20 p.m.: Hahn Loeser 3-point Shootout
7:20 p.m.: Edison National Bank Slam Dunk Championship
MONDAY, December 23 (7 games)
10:15 a.m. (Game 31): Challenge-round game: Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti (Pa.) 73 vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 57
12 noon (Game 32): Consolation championship: Orlando Oak Ridge (Fla.) 83 vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco (Calif.) 89
1:45 p.m. (Game 33-Sunshine Series): Tampa Berkeley Prep (Fla.) 60 vs. Port Charlotte (Fla.) 48
3:30 p.m. (Game 34): Fifth-place final: Brooklyn Lincoln (N.Y.) 73 vs. Marietta Wheeler (Ga.) 57
5:15 p.m. (Game 35): Third-Place Final: Jacksonville Providence (Fla.) 55 vs. Chicago Whitney Young (Ill.) 63
7:00 p.m. (Game 36-Sunshine Series): Tifton Tift County (Ga.) 47 vs. Orlando Lake Highland Prep (Fla.) 60
8:45 p.m. (Game 37): CITY OF PALMS CHAMPIONSHIP: Montverde Academy (Fla.) 58 vs. Fairfax Paul VI (Va.) 53
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