Atlantic Southeast Basketball Tournaments

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association crowns boys, girls, and unified basketball champions each March. The 2025 boys final saw No. 6 Sanford School upset No. 1 Dover 37-34 — typical of a small-state bracket where seeding doesn't carry as much weight as program continuity.

Lewes, Delaware — built to fill the void after Slam Dunk to the Beach paused. Eight Delmarva teams across two brackets (Bay and Ocean) at Cape Henlopen High over two days, hosted by the Cape boys program. The 2025 field included three Maryland teams alongside five Delaware programs.

Early-March national tournament hosted at FCP Sports in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Open to both high school and post-grad divisions, with applications taken through the fall. Designed for programs wanting a competitive early-March tournament without invitation-only barriers.

One of the longest-running national-tier holiday tournaments in the country. Eight invited programs, single-elimination, played over four days at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers. The field is consistently top-25 nationally ranked.

West Palm Beach, late December. Run by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. National invitational structure with the destination factor of South Florida in the holiday week.

Miami, late December. Hosted at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. The high school basketball event tied to the Junior Orange Bowl (separate from the college Orange Bowl Basketball Classic in Sunrise). 37 years running. Mix of South Florida and visiting national programs.

Wesley Chapel, north of Tampa, late December. Two sessions across the holiday break (Dec 20-23 before Christmas, Dec 27-30 after). 9th edition in 2025. Sanctioned by NFHS. Larger field than the invitation-only events on the Florida holiday calendar.

Atlanta, Georgia — girls-only showcase, part of a six-market national series that also runs in Charlotte, Dallas, Jersey Shore, Nashville, and DC. Atlanta event runs the first weekend of January, drawing perennial powerhouse programs (Legion Collegiate, Valor Christian and others). Operated by The St. James organization.

Georgia's state championship across all classifications. Held at Macon Centreplex in early March, with class finals played across two days.

Atlanta, Georgia — Hawks-Naismith season opener at Holy Innocents' Episcopal in late November. Sixth annual in 2025, two girls games and four boys games on a single Saturday. Same operating partnership (Hawks, Tipoff Club, Naismith) as the December Holiday Classic.

Norcross, Georgia — partnership between the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Tipoff Club, and the Naismith Awards. One-day, twelve-team co-ed showcase at Norcross High the second weekend of December. Ken Nugent's Score for Scholarships pledges $1 to the Hawks Foundation per point scored.

Marietta, Georgia — held at Wheeler High School's 3,000-seat arena. The Tournament of Champions runs a Super Saturday in early December plus Christmas-week sessions, drawing top in-state programs (McEachern, Grayson) and out-of-state visitors. The 2025-26 season opened with Super Saturday on December 6.

Maryland public-school state finals run by the MPSSAA. Four classifications (1A through 4A) play out from regional rounds into a state final weekend, traditionally at SECU Arena on the Towson University campus. The bracket is built off region tournaments seeded through the regular season.

Salisbury, Maryland — running since 1981. About 134 teams across boys, girls, and JV brackets at four Eastern Shore venues with the Wicomico Civic Center as the centerpiece. Teams come from across the country and the field draws roughly 15,000 spectators over the week.

North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association postseason, with all four boys titles staged at Providence Day in 2025 and the girls split between Providence Day and Charlotte Latin. Caldwell Academy took 2A boys and Rocky Mount Academy 2A girls — a typical NCISAA bracket where small private programs decide titles.

North Carolina public-school championship week, with all eight title games (boys and girls across four classes) staged at Wake Forest's LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem. WCCB and the CW handle TV in the Charlotte market; NFHS streams the rest. Reidsville came in on a 60-game streak in 2025.

Morganton, North Carolina — 51st annual in 2025, hosted in Freedom High's Crump-Rogers Gym. Eight-team boys bracket, four-team girls round-robin (champion only crowned at 3-0). Field draws western NC programs (Asheville Christian, McDowell, West Caldwell) plus a Charlotte-area visitor or two.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina — 46th of the modern era, 71st overall, named for the late Winston-Salem Journal sports editor Frank Spencer. Twelve WS/Forsyth County programs plus four Northwest NC visitors split into the Atrium Health and Pepsi brackets across multiple host schools. West Forsyth took the 2025 Atrium Health bracket at Reagan.

Raleigh, North Carolina — 53rd annual in 2025. Boys games at Broughton, girls at Southeast Raleigh, four days the back half of Christmas week. Boys split into the Rudy Watson, Coby White, and Day'Ron Sharpe brackets; girls into the Frances Pulley and Wonderland brackets. Hoop State streams everything.

South Carolina High School League state finals returned to Colonial Life Arena in 2026 for the first time since 2020 — a five-year gap that ended with both boys and girls finals back on the SEC-sized floor March 5-7. Brackets seed off region tournaments through the regular season.

Myrtle Beach Convention Center, late December. Sixteen-team national field — every team plays multiple games. Long history (since 1981) and consistent national media coverage put this near the top of the holiday tournament tier.

Columbia, South Carolina — in its 13th year at Ridge View High School. Six South Carolina programs and six national-draw teams play a nine-game weekend in early-to-mid December. The 2025 field pulled programs from Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia. Includes a Nike EYBL Scholastic matchup and a free kids camp.

Charleston, South Carolina — SCHSL-sanctioned holiday tournament running December 27-30 across the top high school gyms in the Lowcountry footprint. Four divisions: varsity boys and girls, JV boys and girls. BallerTV streams every game.

Columbia, South Carolina — multi-bracket holiday tournament that has hosted future NCAA and NBA stars for over two decades. Title sponsor changed after 2024 (the local Chick-fil-A operators stepped back), but the tournament continues under the same brand and management. Plays the back half of Christmas week across multiple Columbia gyms.