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FIELD OF DREAMS: City of Palms Classic releases talented team listing for holiday tournament; Blue Star Media Elite 25 defending champions Montverde Academy (FL) are headliners

FORT MYERS, Fla. – When it comes to holiday tournament basketball, the City of Palms Classic stands alone.

The 51st annual boys tournament field was announced on August 19 and there are several teams that surely will land in the Blue Star Media Elite 25 preseason rankings when they are released this fall.

Blue Star Media’s likely No. 1 and defending national champions, Montverde (Fla.) Academy, headlines the 25-team field. The City of Palms will take place at Suncoast Credit Union Arena from Dec. 18-23.

Blue Star Media Elite 25 preseason teams headed to Southwest Florida include Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.), Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), St. Joseph (Santa Maria, Calif.), IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.), Millenium (Goodyear, Ariz.), La Lumiere School (La Porte, Ind.), Faith Family (Dallas), Dynamic Prep (Irving, Texas), Bullis School (Potomac, Md.), Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) and Columbus (Miami).

Annually, the COPC is chock full of future NBA players and high Division I ranked talent.

The Montverde Eagles are the defending COPC champions.

For ticket information or to purchase click here. – Christopher Lawlor

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Senior Writer and national analyst for Blue Media and compiles the Blue Star Elite 25 national boys and girls high school basketball and football rankings during the season. Lawlor, an award-winning writer, is a voting committee member and advisor for several national high school events, including the McDonald’s All-American Games. He previously wrote for USA TODAY and ESPN.com, where he was the national preps writer, while compiling the national rankings in four sports.

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