The 2015-2016 Montverde Academy Boys’ Varsity Basketball team has been invited to compete in the 2016 DICK’S Sporting Goods High School Boys’ National Tournament held on March 31st – April 2nd in New York City. 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. All games will be televised on the ESPN television networks. First round and second rounds will be played at Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) The DICK’S championship game will be played at Madison Square Garden. The first-round boys’ games on March 31 will be on ESPNU: St. Benedict’s will play La Lumiere at noon; Oak Hill will play Wasatch at 2 p.m.; Montverde Academy will play Providence Day at 4 p.m.; and Findlay Prep will play Miller Grove at 6 p.m. *Tournament brackets can be viewed HERE.
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. 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. MVA now seeks a 4-PEAT national championship. Also remarkable is that the MVA Boys’ Varsity Basketball program also improved their record to 132-8 over the last five seasons under Head-Coach Kevin Boyle.
