Photo by Annette Wilkerson
We’re in the midst of the state championship season in high school football, but don’t let basketball get you down.
ESPN has released its telecast and live broadcast schedule for the AX National Interscholastic Basketball Conference series in high school boys’ basketball this season, with six games on ESPNU and a handful airing on ESPN+.
The schedule is full of teams at SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25.
The ten competing NIBC teams are: Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL); AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, AZ); Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Air, Cannes); IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida); La Lumiere School (La Porte, Indiana); Long Island Lutheran High School, also known as LuHi (Brookville, NY); Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia); Bishop Walsh School (Cumberland, Maryland); Legacy Early College (Greenville, South Carolina); and the Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah).
Here’s the schedule from December 1 through March 4 (all times EST; all games on ESPN+ unless otherwise noted):
Thursday, December 1st
IMG Academy (FL) at Monteverde Academy (FL), 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Oak Hill Academy (VA) at Sunrise Christian (Cannes), 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Legacy Early College (SC) vs. LuHi (NY) at Montverde Academy (FL), 7 p.m.
AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.); Wasatch Academy (Utah) at Coach Arena (Cannes), 8:30 p.m
Friday, December 2nd
Bishop Walsh (Mar); AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) at Coach Arena (Can.), 5 p.m
La Lumiere (Ind.) vs. Legacy Early College (SC) at Monteverde Academy (FL), 6 p.m
Wasatch Academy (Utah) vs. Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) at Coach Arena (Cannes), 7 p.m.
LuHi (NY) at Monteverde Academy (FL), 8 p.m
Saturday 3rd December
IMG Academy (FL) vs. La Lumiere (Indiana) at Montverde Academy (FL), 4 p.m.
Bishop Walsh (Md.) at Sunrise Christian (Kan.), 7 p.m
Legacy Early College (SC) at Monteverde Academy (FL), 8 p.m
Thursday, December 8th
Monteverde Academy (FL) in Bishop Walsh (Md.), 6 p.m
Legacy Early College (SC) vs. Sunrise Christian (Kan.) in Cumberland, MD, 8 p.m.
Friday, December 9th
Sunrise Christian (Can.) vs. La Lumiere (Indiana) in Cumberland, MD, 6 p.m.
IMG Academy (FL) vs. Lohi (NY) in Scottsdale, AZ, 6:30 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy (VA) vs. Monteverde Academy (FL) in Cumberland, MD, 8 p.m.
Wasatch Academy (Utah) vs. AZ Compass Prep (AZ) in Scottsdale, AZ, 8 p.m.
Saturday 10th December
Light (India) vs. Light (India) Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) in Cumberland, MD, 2 p.m.
Legacy Early College (SC) in Bishop Walsh (Md.), 4 p.m
Lohi (NY) vs. Wasatch Academy (Utah) in Scottsdale, AZ, 5 p.m.
AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) vs. IMG Academy (FL) in Scottsdale, AZ, 8 p.m.
Thursday, January 5th
Wasatch Academy (Utah) in La Lumiere (India), 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
Monteverde Academy (FL) vs. Sunrise Christian (Can.) in La Porte, Ind., 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Bishop Walsh (Md.) vs. Lohi (New York) in La Porte, Indiana, 7 p.m
Friday, January 6th
Legacy Early College (SC) vs. AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) in La Porte, Ind. , 3 p.m
Oak Hill Academy (VA) vs. IMG Academy (FL) in La Porte, Indiana, 7 p.m.
Wasatch Academy (Utah) vs. Monteverde Academy (FL) in La Porte, Indiana, 9 p.m.
Saturday, January 7th
Bishop Walsh (Maryland) v. Legacy Early College (SC) in La Porte, Ind. , 2 p.m
AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) opposite Oak Hill Academy (Va.) in La Porte, Ind. , at 4 p.m
Sunrise Christian (CAN) vs. IMG Academy (FL) in La Porte, IN, 6 p.m.
LuHi (New York) in La Lumiere (Ind.), 8 p.m
Saturday 14 January
Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) vs. Lohi (NY) in Springfield, MA, 2:30 p.m.
La Lumiere (Ind.) vs. Montverde Academy (Fla.) in Springfield, Massachusetts, 4 p.m
Sunday 15 January
AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) vs. Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) in Springfield, Massachusetts, at 4 p.m
Thursday, February 2nd
Lohi (New York) v. Bishop Walsh (Maryland) in Union, NJ, at 1 p.m
La Lumiere (Ind.) vs. Montverde Academy (Fla.) in Union, NJ, 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
Sunrise Christian (Can.) at IMG Academy (FL), 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Legacy Early College (SC) vs. Wasatch (Utah) in Bradenton, FL, 7 p.m
Friday, February 3
Sunrise Christian (Can.) vs. Wasatch Academy (Utah) in Bradenton, Fla., 6 p.m.
Legacy Early College (SC) at IMG Academy (FL), 8 p.m
Friday, February 10th
Monteverde Academy (FL) at IMG Academy (FL), 8 p.m
Thursday, March 2nd
Wasatch Academy (Utah) v. Bishop Walsh (Md.) in Greenville, SC, 5 p.m.
LuHi (New York) at Legacy Early College (SC), 7 p.m
La Lumiere (Ind.) vs. Oak Hill Academy (Va.) in Greenville, South Carolina, 9 p.m
Friday, March 3
LuHi (New York) vs. Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) in Greenville, SC, 5 p.m
Oak Hill Academy (VA) at Legacy Early College (SC), 7 p.m
La Lumiere (Ind.) vs. AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) in Greenville, South Carolina, 9 p.m
Saturday, March 4th
Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) v. Bishop Walsh (Md.) in Greenville, SC, 1 p.m.
Wasatch Academy (Utah) at Legacy Early College (SC), 3 p.m
AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.) vs. LuHi (NY) in Greenville, SC, 5 p.m.
Sunrise Christian Academy (Can.) v. La Lumiere (Indiana) in Greenville, SC, 7 p.m.