Game Schedules – GymRat CHALLENGE

GAME SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE WILL NOT BE CHANGED

BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND DOMINO EFFECT OF ANY CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE, ONCE THE SCHEDULE IS COMPLETED, IT WILL BE CHANGED EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF TEAMS BEING REMOVED DUE TO INJURY OR RULES OR POLICY VIOLATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR E-MAIL THE TOURNAMENT OFFICE ASKING FOR VENUE OR GAME TIME CHANGES. WE PROVIDE A VERY STRAIGHT-FORWARD PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING SCHEDULING REQUESTS. THAT PROCESS WAS COMMUNICATED MULTIPLE TIMES TO EVERY TEAM LEADER AND HEAD COACH VIA E-MAIL AND TEXT MESSAGE. FOR THIS YEAR’S MAXIMUM CAPACITY EVENT, WE RECEIVED 172 SPECIAL SCHEDULING REQUESTS THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. WE WERE ABLE TO MEET 168 OF THOSE REQUESTS. THE TIME FOR MAKING SUCH REQUESTS IS WELL PASSED. WE SIMPLY CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES OR TAKE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS AT THIS LATE DATE. THE SCHEDULE IS SET, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, AND MADE AVAILABLE TO MEDIA, COLLEGE COACHES, AND SPONSORS. IT WILL NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS TEAMS HAVE TO BE REMOVED DUE TO INJURY OR RULES/POLICY VIOLATIONS.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ONE CHANGE, IMPACTS AT LEAST 8 TEAMS. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR RESPECTFUL ADHERENCE TO THIS POLICY.

PLEASE NOTE: TEAMS WITHDRAWING FROM THE EVENT AFTER THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN POSTED RECEIVE ABSOLUTELY NO REFUND AND MAY BE PROHIBITED FROM COMPETING IN FUTURE GymRat CHALLENGE EVENTS.

The MAXIMUM CAPACITY field for the 2026 BOYS GymRat CHALLENGE is now set and loaded with top teams from the southeaster United States to western Canada from Miami, FL to Manitoba converging on New York State’s Capital Region to compete in one of the most iconic events in grassroots basketball history. The GymRat CHALLENGE is where yesterday, today, and tomorrow’s NCAA and NBA stars have come to EARN their reputations since 1998.

At the 2026 BOYS GymRat CHALLENGE, 467 games involving teams from twenty-two U.S. states and Canadian provinces will be played over 36 hours at six different venues involving nearly 3,600 athletes in six Age Divisions with at least 142 college coaches, scouting services, and publications in attendance to observe and evaluate as we crown GymRat CHALLENGE Champions in each Age Division and prepare the comprehensive GymRat REPORT that’s available to every college coach in the nation..

The scheduling process for the GymRat CHALLENGE is extremely complex. Because the GymRat CHALLENGE is a Pool Play into a Championship Round event with a tremendous amount of national exposure on the line, great care is taken in order to create parity within our Pool Play structure. Competitive integrity takes highest priority in creating a GymRat schedule followed by geographic diversity within each pool, and scheduling special requests. Each GymRat pool is designed to contain a #1, #2, #3, and #4 seed. While not an exact science, much like the creation of NCAA Tournament brackets, this process is designed to give the best teams the highest likelihood of advancing to Sunday afternoon’s Championship Round, while at the same time giving all teams the chance to win games during Pool Play.

GAME SCHEDULES-GymRat

SCHEDULE PACKETS for each Age Division are available in the hyperlinks below. Each SCHEDULE PACKET contains an Alphabetical Listing of teams with their Pool Assignments and full Game Schedules for the representative Age Division. Pool Play Scores & Team Rankings will be posted and updated at the conclusion of each game set to https://app.gymratchallenge.com/gymrat/

Also shown below are Championship Round Brackets for each Age Division. Those brackets will be updated throughout Sunday’s Championship Round. Please be sure the REFRESH THE PAGE with each visit in order to view the most recent updates.

2026 GymRat CHALLENGE 11th Grade Schedule Packet

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BRACKETS-11th GRADE

2026 GymRat CHALLENGE 10th Grade Schedule Packet

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BRACKETS-10th GRADE

2026 GymRat CHALLENGE 9th Grade Schedule Packet

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BRACKETS-9th GRADE

2026 GymRat CHALLENGE 14U Schedule Packet

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BRACKETS-14U

2026 GymRat CHALLENGE 13U Schedule Packet

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BRACKETS-13U

2026 GymRat CHALLENGE 12U Schedule Packet

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BRACKETS-12U

SENIORS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE

REMINDER: As published on the GymRat website since the opening of event registration on November 1, 2025 in MULTIPLE places including https://gymratchallenge.com/boys-event/boys-who/, https://gymratchallenge.com/boys-event/boys-registration/, and https://gymratchallenge.com/boys-event/game-rules-code-of-conduct/regardless of “committed” status, players that will be attending college in the Fall of 2026 are INELIGIBLE to compete at GymRat Events. This is the USA Basketball standard for all 11th Grade Age Divisions. This is also the standard for competition in all top level sneaker circuit competition (NIke EYBL, UnderArmour UAA and Adidas 3SSB). In order to be eligible to compete in 2026 GymRat Events, players must have remaining high school eligibility and must be exercising that remaining high school eligibility in the Fall of 2026. Players that were in 12th Grade as of October 1, 2025 and are attending Prep School in the Fall of 2026 must be able to provide an Admissions Department letter verifying they’re acceptance into a Prep School for the Fall of 2026. Players that were in 12th Grade as of October 1, 2025 and cannot provide an Admissions Department letter verifying their acceptance into a Prep School for the Fall of 2026 are INELIGIBLE to compete at GymRat Events.

This is NOT new information. This is and ALWAYS has been the PUBLISHED USA Basketball & GymRat standard. During roster submissions for THIS event, there were 81 payers listed as being in the 12th Grade and/or in the Class of 2026. As of the posting of this schedule, proper Prep School Admissions documentation has been submitted to our office for 52 of those players. Without that documentation demonstrating movement into the Class of 2027, any player that was in the 12th Grade at the beginning of this academic year is NOT eligible to compete in the GymRat CHALLENGE. These rules were purposefully written by responsible adults and should be adhered to by responsible adults. As an adult parent or coach, please do NOT put young players in the embarrassing position of being ruled ineligible. Thank you in advance for your adherence to this USA Basketball policy that is designed to preserve competitive integrity.