Post-grad basketball lives mostly inside NEPSAC and the Virginia/North Carolina military-academy circuit. Below are every post-grad-eligible tournament currently in the directory.
Most events are closed to non-member schools (NEPSAC AAA, AA, A; the First Piedmont Corp. Invitational at Hargrave). Open-application post-grad slots are rare — the National Prep Tournament in Fort Walton Beach takes both HS and PG programs and is application-based.
NEPSAC's three-tier postseason (AAA, AA, A) is the deepest concentration of post-grad talent in the country. Outside NEPSAC, post-grad basketball is almost entirely military-academy hosted: Hargrave, Fork Union, Massanutten, Mt. Zion. The Spalding Hoophall Classic in Springfield, MA includes prep/PG programs alongside HS.
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.
Tournament details →Hoophall's regional event that runs the weekend immediately before the Hoophall Classic. 2026 expanded the field after a 2025 debut — 56 boys teams, 20 girls teams across 8 Springfield-area gyms over Saturday and Sunday. Targets New England and surrounding-state programs that aren't in the Classic itself.
Tournament details →Class A is where smaller New England prep schools without post-grad rosters but with strong varsity programs land. Williston Northampton went undefeated in Class A play in the 2024-25 regular season as the No. 1 seed entering the tournament. Quarters early March, semis the next week at higher seeds.
Tournament details →Second tier of NEPSAC postseason below AAA. Worcester Academy swept boys and girls AA in 2025. The AA bracket is where programs that aren't quite at Brewster/Putnam Science budget compete — still legit prep talent, just one tier removed from the national-top-10 conversation.
Tournament details →The top division of New England prep school basketball. Eight programs qualify for the Class AAA bracket, played in early March. Most NEPSAC schools include a post-grad year, so the field mixes traditional senior-year HS players with PG athletes.
Tournament details →MLK weekend at Springfield College, the Naismith Hall of Fame's flagship high school event. Hosted at Blake Arena since 2003. ESPN broadcasts the marquee games on the family of networks. The 2026 24th edition has Long Island Lutheran, Sierra Canyon, Christopher Columbus, Brewster, Oak Hill, IMG and Prolific Prep — effectively the country's top half-dozen programs in one building.
Tournament details →Four-team prep/post-grad invitational hosted by Hargrave at Walter Davis Gym since the 2003-04 season. Title sponsor First Piedmont Corp. is a Davenport-family business out of Chatham. The bracket is small but the talent is dense — most years it draws 20+ D1 prospects from Hargrave, Fork Union, Massanutten, Combine, and Mt. Zion. Hargrave has won it 15+ times.
Tournament details →Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association runs four divisions of state basketball, drawing the state's private and prep programs into a defined postseason. Hargrave Military Academy played into the 2026 Division 2 semifinal — typical of how prep programs slot in alongside traditional independents.
Tournament details →National Prep Tournament · March 6–8, 2026
National Prep Tournament in Fort Walton Beach, Florida takes both high school and post-grad programs. Applications stay open through October 31. If you want a competitive early-March slot without invitation-only barriers, this is the one to apply for.
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