History

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

In 1973, the State Farm 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 21 years, has set the standard by which all tournaments are compared.

The State Farm City of Palms Classic Historical Highlights:

More than 530 players have advanced to NCAA Division I competition;
More than 60 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 State Farm City of Palms Classic appearance) have played in the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game at the end of their senior seasons - including 14in each of the past five seasons.
The 2008 tournament was labeled: "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

Many other top NBA celebrities have attended past tournaments including:

Larry Bird - NBA Hall of Fame Member
Doc Rivers - Head Coach of the Boston Celtics
Donnie Walsh - New Your Knicks President
Danny Manning - Former NBA Player and Assistant Coach at the University of Kansas

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