The 4th annual David Tanzman Memorial Tournament tips off Thursday at Farber Hebrew Day School in suburban Detroit.
The host Fire will be joined by Fuchs Mizrachi from Cleveland, Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Columbus Torah Academy, Atlanta Jewish Academy and Denver Academy of Torah. Fuchs Mizrachi, at #25, is the only tournament participant ranked in the Jewish Hoops America Top 25 and is seeking its third straight Tanzman title.
Farber Hebrew Day began the tournament in 2018, naming it for David Tanzman, one of the founders of the school when it opened as Akiva Hebrew Day School in 1964. The tournament was not held last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. .
The tournament features round robin play through Saturday night with each team playing three games.
The 5th place, 3rd Place and Championship games will be on Sunday.
All games will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO_z3FvAb2nveQuteYsQitg/featured
Schedule
Thursday
5:30 - Fuchs Mizrachi vs Atlanta Jewish Academy
7:15 - Farber Hebrew Day vs Hillel Pittsburgh
9:00 - Columbus Torah Academy vs Denver Academy of Torah
Friday
9:30 - Denver Academy of Torah vs Atlanta Jewish Academy
11:00 - Farber Hebrew Day vs Columbus Torah Academy
12:30 - Hillel Pittsburgh vs Fuchs Mizrachi
Saturday Night
8:00 - Denver Academy of Torah vs Fuchs Mizrachi
9:30 - Farber Hebrew Day vs Atlanta Jewish Academy
11:00 - Hillel Pittsburgh vs Columbus Torah Academy
Sunday
10:00 - 5th Place game
11:30 - 3rd Place game
1;15 - Championship game