Reebok Breakout Power Rankings: Top 5 tournaments

With six nationally-ranked teams and 10 Top 100 seniors in the field, the State Farm City of Palms Classic tops our look at this season's best high school basketball tournaments.

Held at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, Fla., national championship hopefuls and Top 10 preseason programs Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.) and Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) headline another star-studded field. Top-ranked senior prospect Shabazz Muhammad (Bishop Gorman) is the biggest individual attraction.

Isaiah Austin of Grace Prep (Arlington, Texas) and Tony Parker of Miller Grove are also regarded as five-star prospects and both headed for Fort Myers. Highly-regarded junior Nerlens Noel will play for Tilton School (Tilton, N.H.) in the event's Signature Series, a four-team mini-bracket.

Last season's Classic lived up to its billing as St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.) knocked off Milton (Ga.) with a deep 3-pointer in the game's closing seconds. Current Kentucky freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist earned MVP honors. Mater Dei, which finished third in Fort Myers last December, is the highest-ranked team in MaxPreps.com's preseason Xcellent 25 at No. 3.

Here is a look at the complete Top 5, along with 10 more tournaments to watch in 2011-12;



1. STATE FARM CITY OF PALMS CLASSIC – Dec. 16-21
Bishop Verot High School (Fort Myers, Fla.)
2010 champion: St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.)
Participating teams: No. 9 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), Bishop Verot (Fort Myers, Fla.), Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Fla.), Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.), Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, N.J.), No. 15 Grace Prep (Arlington, Texas), Lake Wales (Fla.), No. 3 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), No. 7 Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.), No. 12 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas), No. 20 Riverside Academy (Reserve, La.), Salesian (Richmond, Calif.), St. Raymond Boys (Bronx, N.Y.), Taft (Cincinnati, Ohio), Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)
Signature Series participants: Friends' Central (Wynnewoode, Pa.), Tilton School (Tilton, N.H.), Urspringschule (Ulm, Germany), Wilbraham & Monson Academy (Wilbraham, Mass.)
Sunshine Series participants: Fort Myers (Fla.), Godby (Tallahassee, Fla.), Mariner (Cape Coral, Fla.), Norland (Miami, Fla.)

2. CHICK-FIL-A CLASSIC – Dec. 19-22
Richland Northeast High School (Columbia, S.C.)
2010-11 champions: Irmo (Columbia, S.C.), United Faith Christian Academy (Charlotte, N.C.)
Participating teams: No. 14 Christ School (Arden, N.C.), Columbia (S.C.), Keenan (Columbia, S.C.), La Verne Lutheran (La Verne, Calif.), Lower Richland (Hopkins, S.C.), No. 4 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), Richland Northeast (Columbia, S.C.), Ridge View (Columbia, S.C.), No. 25 Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Ga.), Spring Valley (Columbia, S.C.), United Faith Christian Academy, West Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.), Westtown (Pa.), Wilson (Florence, S.C.), Word of God Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)
Carolina Challenge participants: No. 11 Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Fla.), Body of Christ Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.), Cardinal Newman (Columbia, S.C.), Edisto (Cordova, S.C.), Lexington (S.C.), Upper Room Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)

3. BEACH BALL CLASSIC – Dec. 27-31
Myrtle Beach Convention Center (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
2010 champion: Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.)
Participating teams: Ballard (Louisville, Ky.), No. 9 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), Gaffney (S.C.), Lakota East (Liberty Township, Ohio), Lexington (S.C.), Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), Miami (Fla.), Milton (Ga.), Myrtle Beach (S.C.), Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas), Rye (N.Y.), Scott County (Georgetown, Ky.), Socastee (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.), St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.)

4. LES SCHWAB INVITATIONAL – Dec. 27-30
Liberty High School (Hillsboro, Ore.)
2010 champion: DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Participating teams: Benson Tech (Portland, Ore.), Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.), Corvallis (Corvallis, Ore.), David Douglas (Portland, Ore.), Dayton (Ore.), Jefferson (Portland, Ore.), Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), Lake Oswego (Ore.), Lincoln (Portland, Ore.), North Salem (Salem, Ore.), No. 4 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), No. 20 Riverside Academy (Reserve, La.), Southridge (Beaverton, Ore.), Westview (Portland, Ore.), Wilsonville (Ore.), No. 17 Yates (Houston, Texas)

5. BASS PRO SHOPS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS – Jan. 12-14
JQH Arena (Springfield, Mo.)
2011 champion: Oak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge, N.C.)
Participating teams: Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.), Glendale (Springfield, Mo.), Hillcrest (Springfield, Mo.), Lincoln (San Diego, Calif.), No. 7 Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.), St. Rita (Chicago, Ill.), Sylvan Hills (Sherwood, Ark.), Westbury Christian (Houston, Texas)

10 more tournaments to watch (listed chronologically)
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TEXAS INVITATIONAL – Nov. 17-19
Multiple sites (Pasadena, Texas)
Participating teams: Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas), Atascocita (Humble, Texas), Bellaire (Texas), Berkner (Richardson, Texas), Channelview (Texas), Chavez (Houston, Texas), Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), Clark (San Antonio, Texas), College Park (The Woodlands, Texas), Crosby (Texas), Dawson (Texas), Deer Park (Texas), Dekaney (Houston, Texas), DeSoto (Texas), Dickinson (Texas), Dobie (Houston, Texas), Duncanville (Texas), Flower Mound (Texas), Fort Bend Bush (Richmond, Texas), Fort Bend Kempner (Sugar Land, Texas), Fort Bend Marshall (Missouri City, Texas), Galena Park (Texas), Hillcrest (Dallas, Texas), Humble (Texas), Judson (Converse, Texas), Kingwood (Texas), Klein Collins (Spring, Texas), La Marque (Texas), Langham Creek (Houston, Texas), La Porte (Texas), Madison (San Antonio, Texas), Mansfield Summit (Arlington, Texas), Manvel (Manvel, Texas), No. 2 Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas), Mayde Creek (Houston, Texas), North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas), Pasadena (Texas), Pasadena Memorial (Pasadena, Texas), Pearce (Richardson, Texas), Pearland (Texas), Sam Rayburn (Pasadena, Texas), Sharyland (Mission, Texas), South Houston (South Houston, Texas), Spring Branch Memorial (Houston, Texas), Taft (San Antonio, Texas), Warren (San Antonio, Texas), Westlake (Austin, Texas), Westside (Houston, Texas)



GREAT WESTERN SHOOTOUT – Dec. 15-17
Orem High School (Orem, Utah)
Participating teams: Canyon Springs (North Las Vegas, Nev.), Davis (Kaysville, Utah), Denver East (Denver, Colo.), Highland (Pocatello, Idaho), Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), Mountain View (Mesa, Ariz.), Orem (Orem, Utah), West Jordan (West Jordan, Utah)

KREUL CLASSIC – Dec. 16-20
Coral Springs City Gymnasium (Coral Springs, Fla.)
2010 champion: Northeast (Oakland Park, Fla.)
Kreul Challenge participants: Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Northeast, South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.)South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.), St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.)
Sweet 16 participants: Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.), Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.), Coolidge (Washington, D.C.), Coral Springs Christian (Coral Springs, Fla.), Deerfield Beach (Fla.), Hialeah Gardens (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.), Middletown (N.Y.), Miramar (Fla.), Monsignor Pace (Miami, Fla.), Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Ransom Everglades (Miami, Fla.), Ridgeview (Orange Park, Fla.), Sagemont (Weston, Fla.), St. Georges (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Jefferson (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Publix Challenge participants: Champagnat Catholic (Hialeah, Fla.), Collegiate (New York, N.Y.), Columbus (Miami, Fla.), Coral Springs (Fla.), Father Henry Carr (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Pembroke Pines Charter (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), South Broward (Hollywood, Fla.), Winter Park (Fla.)

KING OF THE BLUEGRASS HOLIDAY CLASSIC – Dec. 16-21
Fairdale High School (Fairdale, Ky.)
2010 champion: Jeffersontown (Louisville, Ky.)
Participating teams: Ballard (Louisville, Ky.), Bardstown (Ky.), Bullitt East (Mt. Washington, Ky.), Butler (Louisville, Ky.), Central (Louisville, Ky.), Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville, Tenn.), Dixie Heights (Edgewood, Ky.), Eastern (Louisville, Ky.), Fairdale (Ky.), Moore (Louisville, Ky.), North Hardin (Radcliff, Ky.), Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.), Pleasure Ridge Park (Louisville, Ky.), Rowan County (Morehead, Ky.), Thomasville (Ga.), White Station (Memphis, Tenn.)

IOLANI CLASSIC – Dec. 17-21
Iolani High School – Honolulu, Hawai'i
2010 champion: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)
Participating teams: Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.), De La Salle (Concord, Calif.), Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.), 'Iolani (Honolulu, Hawai'i), Lincoln (Dallas, Texas), No. 6 Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.), Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando, Fla.), Westbury Christian (Houston, Texas)

CONVERSE INVITATIONAL – Dec. 26-30
Columbia High School (Decatur, Ga.)
2010 champion: First year
Participating teams: Buford (Ga.), Butler (Augusta, Ga.), Chamblee (Ga.), Christian Life (Baton Rouge, La.), No. 16 Columbia (Decatur, Ga.), Crisp County (Cordele, Ga.), Eagle's Landing (McDonough, Ga.), Harrison (Kennesaw, Ga.), King (Lithonia, Ga.), Meadowcreek (Norcross, Ga.), Meridian (Miss.), Newton (Miss.), Norland (Miami, Fla.), South Gwinnett (Snellville, Ga.), No. 25 Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Ga.), Tucker (Ga.), Wenonah (Birmingham, Ala.), West (Anchorage, Alaska)

HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL (Formerly GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational) – Dec. 27-30
Broughton High School (Raleigh, N.C.)
2010 champions: Norcom (Portsmouth, Va.), Ravenscroft (Raleigh, N.C.)
1972 bracket: Broughton (Raleigh, N.C.), Garner Magnet (Garner, N.C.), Kinston (N.C.), Rocky Mount (N.C.)
Private bracket: Body of Christ Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.), Greenfield (Wilson, N.C.), Miller School (Charlottesville, Va.), Upper Room Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)
Triangle bracket: Chapel Hill (N.C.), Clayton (N.C.), Middle Creek (Apex, N.C.), Millbrook (Raleigh, N.C.)
Eight-team: Ravenscroft (Raleigh, N.C.), St. Mark's (Southborough, Mass.), St. Raymond Boys (Bronx, N.Y.), Strake Jesuit (Houston, Texas), United Faith Christian Academy (Charlotte, N.C.), Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.), Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.), Word of God Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)

MAXPREPS HOLIDAY CLASSIC – Dec. 27-30
Multiple sites (Palm Springs, Calif.)
2010 champion: Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.)
Participating teams: Bishop Manogue (Reno, Nev.), Burbank (Calif.), Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Colton (Calif.), Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.), Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta, Calif.), Dana Hills (Dana Point, Calif.), Desert Hot Springs (Calif.), Dorsey (Los Angeles, Calif.), Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Galena (Reno, Nev.), Green Valley (Henderson, Nev.), Foothill (Henderson, Nev.), Harvard-Westlake, Lakeside (Lake Elsinore, Calif.), No. 3Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), Patriot (Riverside, Calif.), Perris (Calif.), Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove, Calif.), Ponderosa (Shingle Springs, Calif.), Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.), Santa Ana Valley (Santa Ana, Calif.), Sierra Pacific (Hanford, Calif.), Silverado (Las Vegas, Nev.), Simi Valley (Calif.), Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.), Sultana (Hesperia, Calif.), Thousand Oaks (Calif.), Torrance (Calif.), Twentynine Palms (Calif.), Victor Valley (Victorville, Calif.), Viewpoint (Calabasas, Calif.)

PROVISO WEST HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT – Dec. 27-30
Proviso West Sports Arena (Hillside, Ill.)
2010 champion: Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.)
Participating teams: Auburn (Auburn, Ill.), Benet Academy, Brooks College Prep (Chicago, Ill.), Fenwick (Oak Park, Ill.), Glenbrook North (Northbrook, Ill.), Hillcrest (Country Club Hills, Ill.), Hinsdale Central (Hinsdale, Ill.), Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor, Ill.), Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.), Morton (Cicero, Ill.), New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.), Proviso East (Maywood, Ill.), Proviso West (Hillside, Ill.), St. Joseph (Westchester, Ill.), St. Patrick (Chicago, Ill.), Von Steuben (Chicago, Ill.)

MONTVERDE ACADEMY INVITATIONAL – Jan. 26-28
Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)
2010-11 champion: Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.)
Participating teams: Leesburg (Fla.), Monsignor Pace (Miami, Fla.), No. 12 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando, Fla.), Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.), Shiloh (Snellville, Ga.)