The top 4 ranked teams in Jewish Hoops America will have the top 4 seeds at the 28th annual Yeshiva University Red Sarachek Invitational Tournament that tips off March 14.
Shalhevet, Magen David, Frisch and DRS are seeded 1-4 and will have byes into the Tier 1 quarterfinals. Shalhevet is seeking to become the first team to repeat as Sarachek champions since YULA in 2001.
The remaining seeds are:
5.TABC (#6 JHA)
6.SAR (#8)
7.Maimonides (#15)
8.YULA (#13)
9.Posnack Jewish Day (#23)
10.Fasman Yeshiva (#19)
11.Valley Torah (#20)
12.Beth Tfiloh (#25)
13.MTA
14.Ida Crown
15.Cooper Memphis
16.Katz YHS
17.Southern California Yeshiva
18.Beren Houston
19.Hebrew Academy-Montreal
20.Hillel Pittsburgh
Fasman will play at Sarachek for the first time and is the 57th school to participate since the tournament started in 1992.
Follow all the action from Thursday through Championship Monday at macslive.com.
The opening round matchups for Thursday, March 14 are as follows:
10:00 am - #14 Ida Crown vs #19 HA Montreal
11:30 am - #7 Maimonides vs #10 Fasman Yeshiva
1:00 pm - #16 Katz YHS vs #17 SoCal Yeshiva
2:30 pm - #15 Cooper Memphis vs #18 Beren Houston
4:00 pm - #8 YULA vs #9 Posnack Jewish Day
5:30 pm - #13 MTA vs #20 Hillel Pittsburgh
7:00 pm - #6 SAR vs #11 Valley Torah
8:30 pm - #5 TABC vs #12 Beth Tfiloh
-Winners of the 5-12 games advance to the Tier 1 quarterfinals on Friday.
-Losers of the 13-20 games go into the Tier 4 semifinals Saturday night.
-Winners of the 13-20 games and losers of the 5-12 games will play Friday to determine Tiers 2 and 3.