2009 National High School Invitational (April 3-5)

ESPN RISE ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT:  “NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL” APRIL 3 – 5, 2009   Eight Boys and Four Girls Teams – 10 Games Live On ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPNU

ESPN RISE, in conjunction with Paragon Marketing Group, has developed a new post-season boys and girls high school basketball tournament called the “National High School Invitational” (NHSI).  ESPN RISE’s NHSI will feature an eight boys team tournament and a four girls team tournament; games will be televised live on the ESPN family of networks: ESPN (1 game), ESPN2 (4 games) and ESPNU (6 games).  The event will take place April 3-5, 2009 at the Hanley Center at Georgetown Prep High School, Bethesda, Md.

ESPN Networks 2008-09 H.S. TV Schedule

ESPN Network TV SCHEDULE 2008-09 High School Basketball

Dec. 11 Bishop McGuinnes (OK) vs. Putnam City (OK) 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Dec. 11 Lincoln (NY) vs. Duncanville (TX) 9:30 p.m. ESPN

Dec. 23 Bank of America City of Palms Classic 3^rd Place Game 3 p.m. ESPNU

Dec. 23 Bank of America City of Palms Classic Championship Game 5 p.m. ESPNU

Jan. 15 South Atlanta (GA) vs. LeFlore (AL) 9 p.m. ESPN2

Jan. 19 Putnam City (OK) vs. St. Anthony (NJ) 10 a.m. ESPNU

Jan. 19 Wheeler (GA) vs. St. Benedict’s (NJ) 12 p.m. ESPNU

Jan. 19 LeFlore (AL) vs. Lincoln (NY) 2 p.m. ESPNU

Jan. 19 Mater Dei (CA) vs. Whitney Young (Ill) 4 p.m. ESPNU

Jan. 23 Fairfax (CA) vs. San Diego (CA) 9:30 p.m. ESPN2

Feb. 7 De La Salle (CA) vs. Dominguez (CA) 10 p.m. ESPNU

Feb. 7 St. Benedict’s (NJ) vs. Mater Dei (CA) 12 a.m. ESPNU

Feb. 13 Lincoln (NY) vs. St. Patrick (NJ) 7 p.m. ESPN2

Feb. 17 DeMatha (MD) vs. Bishop O’Connell (VA) 9 p.m. ESPNU

Mar. 6 Oak Hill Academy (VA) vs. Montrose Christian (MD) 7 p.m. ESPN2

Tyreke Evans (American Christian, PA) Planning to announce April 16, 2008

Tyreke Evans the top unsigned player in the class of 2008 is watching the NCAA tournament very closely. He is planning to announce his college decision on April 16, 2008 on ESPN. Tyreke is picking from Texas, Memphis, Connecticut and Villanova which our all playing the the tournament.

He is a program changing player when he arrives on campus and will make a big-time impact in college next year. He will be focused on many different things well watching each team compete in the tournament. He wants to see how they react to the pressure of playing in March. Another factor will be the players staying or leaving for the NBA Draft this year.

ESPN Showing Two Elite High School’s Games Tonight

Hurley Night on ESPN Networks

The ESPN network will be showcasing two high school games tonight they are marketing this event as The Hurley Night since both games will have a Hurley coaching in them. In the first game of the night #3 St. Benedict’s (NJ) will take on Benedictine (VA) at 7:00 P.M. on ESPN U. Then in the nightcap #1 St. Anthony (NJ) will face American Christian (PA) at 9:00 P.M. on ESPN. These two games feature a ton of Division 1 talent on each squad the headliners in the event are Tyreke Evans (American Christian, PA) and Samardo Samuels (St. Benedict’s, NJ). Other top talent includes Dominic Cheek (St. Anthony’s, NJ), Ed Davis (Benedictine, VA), Tristan Thompson (St. Benedict’s, NJ), Lamont Jones (American Christian, PA), Greg Echenique (St. Benedict’s, NJ) and many more.

ESPN coverage of high school for 2007/2008

This is a link to the list of games that the Espn networks will be broadcasting this season. They have selected some very nice match-ups. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=3127862