2025 Chipotle Nationals: Full schedule for illustrious high school boys basketball tournament

The field for the 2025 Chipotle Nationals is set and features 10 of the nation’s best high school boys basketball programs.

The illustrious tournament will begin on Wednesday and run through Saturday, April 5 at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Ind.

Headlining the event is Columbus (Fla.), which has reigned atop the On3 Composite Rankings for much of the 2024-25 season. The top-seeded Explorers are led by twin Duke signees Cameron and Cayden Boozer and are coming off a fourth-consecutive state title in Florida.

Montverde Academy (Fla.) has won the event — which began in 2009 as the National High School Invitational — four of the last six times and has won the event seven times overall, the most of any program. The Eagles are the No. 7 seed and will begin the event in a play-in game against No. 10 Dynamic Prep (Texas) on Wednesday.

Other former champions in the field include No. 2 Link Academy (Mo.) and No. 8 IMG Academy (Fla.). Eight states are represented in the 2025 field.

2025 Chipotle Nationals Schedule

Wednesday, April 2 — Opening Round

Game 1: No. 10 Dynamic Prep (Texas) vs. No. 7 Montverde Academy (Fla.) – 6:15 p.m. ET
Game 2: No. 9 Wasatch Academy (Utah) vs. No. 8 IMG Academy (Fla.) – 8 p.m. ET

Thursday, April 3 — Quarterfinals

Game 3: No. 6 Prolific Prep (Calif.) vs. No. 3 Long Island Lutheran (N.Y.) – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 2 Link Academy (Mo.) – 4 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 5: No. 5 CIA Bella Vista (Ariz.) vs. No. 4 Brewster Academy (N.H.) – 6 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 1 Columbus (Fla.) – 8 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

Friday, April 4 — Semifinals

Game 9: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner – 4:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Saturday, April 5 — Championship

Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner – Noon ET (ESPN)

About the Chipotle Nationals

More on the major event via the Chipotle Nationals’ website:

“The National High School Invitational (NHSI) was created in 2009 by Paragon Marketing Group to provide a platform for the top, nationally ranked high school basketball teams in the country to compete against one another in a season-ending tournament. Over the course of fifteen-years, this event (previously titled DICK’S Nationals and GEICO Nationals, taking place in DC, NYC, FL) has crowned the best high school basketball teams in the country. In 2024, the event moved to IN and became the Chipotle High School Basketball Nationals ‘Chipotle Nationals’.”