The 2015-2016 Montverde Academy Boys’ Varsity Basketball team has been officially invited to compete in the 2016 DICK’S Sporting Goods High School National Tournament being played March 31st – April 2nd in New York City. Preliminary games will be played on March 31st and April 1st at Christ The King High School, located in Middle Village, New York. The DICK’S championship game will be played at Madison Square Garden. All games will be televised on various ESPN television networks. Montverde Academy will be traveling to New York on Wednesday, March 30th and returning to Florida on Sunday, April 3rd.
MVA’s team competed another winning regular season this month and finished 25-1. The Eagles have been ranked very high in all reputable national high-school basketball polls throughout the 2015-2016 season and currently are ranked #2 by USA TODAY and #3 in the most recent MaxPreps.com’s Xcellent 25 Rankings. *A complete list of competing teams and their respective brackets have not been announced – so check the DICK’S Sporting Goods High School Boys’ National Tournament official website for upcoming announcements.
Last season the Eagles successfully defeated Oak Hill Academy, of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia (47-1), 70-61, to win the 2015 DICK’s Nationals Championship. After that victory, the 2014-2015 Montverde Academy Boys’ Varsity Basketball team became the first high-school basketball team to win three consecutive national titles since the decade of the 1940s. The team’s final season record was 31-1. The astounding “3-PEAT”. MVA now seeks a 4-PEAT! Also remarkable is that the MVA Boys’ Varsity Basketball program also improved their record to 132-8 over the last five seasons under MVA Head-Coach Kevin Boyle.
