What many consider the top HS basketball tourney in the country annually, the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions has announced it's field for 2023. The tourney format is a standard 8 team tourney with two Springfield area teams included along with 6 of the top programs from across the country . Next years field will include Springfield Kickapoo and Branson's Link Academy [ which has both a HS and Prep program] , along with 3 teams that are included in ESPN's 2022-23 preseason top 10 . The tourney will include 4 of the nations top rated pgs, 3 x5* players and 6 x4* players, but that will probably increase as several teams are still attracting new talent to their rosters.
The other 6 schools will be:
Sunrise Christian Academy , Kansas
Calvary Christian Academy, Florida
Norcross HS , Georgia
Bartlett, Memphis Tenn
St. Rita, Illinois,
Christ the King, NY.
Again I encourage anyone who loves HS basketball to consider attending the 3 day tourney at least once. It drew right at 28,000 fans this past year, with 11,000 packing JQH for the final, which includes tons of college coaches mingling with the rest of the crowd. It is always in January , just past the Holiday season .