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2026 Chipotle Nationals Brackets Released: AZ Compass Prep, St. James Earn Top Seeds

Full brackets and everything you need to know about the 2026 Chipotle Nationals high school basketball tournament
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AZ Compass Prep is the No. 1 seed in the 2026 Chipotle Nationals Boys Basketball tournament.
AZ Compass Prep is the No. 1 seed in the 2026 Chipotle Nationals Boys Basketball tournament. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

The 2026 Chipotle Nationals high school basketball tournament is back for the 17th year, with action tipping off on April 1 at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana.

High School On SI has full brackets for both the boys field and girls field. These brackets will be updated throughout the tournament.

Arizona's AZ Compass Prep (boys) and Virginia's St. James Performance Academy (girls) earned the No. 1 overall seeds in their respective brackets.

This year's selection of teams features national powerhouses in both fields. All 10 teams in the boys bracket are ranked in the top 15 of the Top 25 Boys High School Basketball National Rankings, while five of the six teams on the girls side are in the top 15 of the Top 25 Girls High School Basketball National Rankings.

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Among those teams are 14 total All-Americans, as well as 36 ESPN ranked boys players and 17 espnW ranked girls players.

2026 Chipotle Nationals Brackets

Twelve games will be nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU beginning on April 2.

Both championship games will be played on April 4. The girls championship will be on ESPN 2 at 10 a.m. ET, and the boys championship will follow at noon on ESPN.

Check out the full brackets below.

2026 Chipotle Nationals Boys Basketball Championships Bracket

No. 1 Seed: AZ Compass Prep (Arizona)

2025 Chipotle Nationals Champion: Columbus High School (Florida)

Top player to watch: Arkansas commit Jordan Smith (No. 2 in ESPN Next 100)

2026 Chipotle Nationals Girls Basketball Championships Bracket

No. 1 Seed: St. James Performance Academy (Virginia)

2025 Chipotle Nationals Champion: IMG Academy (Florida)

Top player to watch: Maryland commit Jordyn Jackson (No. 7 in ESPN Next 100)

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SAM BROWN

Sam Brown covers high school sports as well as NCAA football and basketball. Sam began his professional career as a high school sports reporter for The Tennessean in Nashville where he covered boys and girls prep sports full-time and helped cover Vanderbilt football, Tennessee Titans football and Nashville Predators hockey. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a double major in journalism and communication studies and currently lives in Seattle with his girlfriend and dog.  

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