Florida high school basketball teams can begin regular-season play Monday, Nov. 16, under the Florida High School Athletic Association’s 2026-27 calendar.

Official practices and tryouts open Monday, Oct. 26, for both boys and girls teams. That gives programs three weeks to prepare for the first allowable regular-season games, although individual schools may open their schedules later.

The season also brings a change to the postseason with the debut of the Open Division, which will award separate boys and girls state championships.

Preseason and Regular-Season Dates

Preseason classics are scheduled for Nov. 9-14, the week before regular-season play begins.

The regular season runs through Saturday, Jan. 30, 2027. The FHSAA’s district tournament seeding cutoff is Jan. 23, leaving teams one more week of regular-season games after that deadline.

Weekly FHSAA team rankings are scheduled to begin Tuesday, Dec. 29.…