The Bank of America City of Palms Classic, now in its thirty-sixth year, is the premier Boys' High School Basketball Tournament in America!

In 1973, the City of Palms tournament began, like so many tournaments today, as a simple, local, holiday basketball tournament. Over the years, the tournament grew and expanded scope to include the nation's finest athletes and teams, and over the past 20 years, has set the standard by which all tournaments are compared.

Bank of America City of Palms Classic Historical Highlights:

• More than 500 players have advanced to NCAA Division I competition;
• More than 50 players have advanced to play professionally in the National Basketball Association, including 2005 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups, 2001 No. 1 overall draft pick Kwame Brown and five top-3 lottery selections, with 38 players on current NBA rosters;
• Seventy-four players (several with more than one Bank of America City of Palms appearance) have played in the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game at the end of their senior seasons - including six in each of the past four seasons.
• The 2008 tournament has already been called "the best field in the history of high school basketball" by national recruiting guru Clark Francis of HoopScoop Magazine.
• Hundreds of coaches and scouts at every level use this venue for recruiting. Here are some of the top NCAA Division I coaches that have attended past tournaments:
• Roy Williams - University of North Carolina
• Lute Olsen - University of Arizona
• Mike Krzyzewski - Duke University
• Billy Donovan - University of Florida
• Rick Pitino - University of Louisville
• Leonard Hamilton - Florida State University