The seeding for the 30th annual Red Sarachek Tournament at Yeshiva University was announced Sunday night, with the top five teams in the Jewish Hoops America National Top 25 - Shalhevet, defending champs Valley Torah, North Shore H.A., Frisch and SAR - getting the top five seeds.
The 24-team tournament features 15 ranked teams and will begin Thursday, March 23, with eight games to determine who will qualify for Tier 1. The losers of those games will then compete against seeds 17-24 at YU and TABC on Friday to determine the Tier 2 and Tier 3 brackets.
Here’s how the 24 teams are seeded:
1.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA, 28-7 record
2.Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA, 31-6
3.North Shore Hebrew Academy/Great Neck, NY, 25-3
4.Frisch/Paramus,NY, 17-7
5.SAR/Riverdale,NY, 23-4
6.YULA/Los Angeles,CA, 20-11 (JHA #7)
7.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL, 18-5 (#10)
8.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY, 19-5 (Tie #8)
9.DRS/Woodmere,NY, 24-7 (#12)
10.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL, 15-6 (Tie #8)
11.Maimonides/Brookline,NY, 16-5 (#11)
12.Mekor Chaim/Baltimore,MD, 19-9 (#20)
13.Berman Hebrew Academy/Rockville,MD, 26-13 (#19)
14.Fuchs Mizrachi/Beechwood,OH, 14-7 (#22)
15.TABC/Teaneck,NY, 12-8 (#13)
16.MTA/New York,NY, 4-10
17.Hebrew Academy Miami/Miami Beach,FL, 11-13
18.Mesivta/Bala Cynwyd,PA, 9-3 (Tie #25)
19.JEC/Elizabeth,NJ, 11-13
20.Kohelet/Merion Station,PA, 11-8
21.Or Chaim/Toronto,ON, 6-4
22.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL, 6-9
23.Farber Hebrew Day/Southfield,MI, 8-4
24.Margolin Hebrew Academy/Memphis,TN, 3-12
The Tier 1 quarterfinals will be played Friday at YU. The Tier 2 and Tier 3 quarterfinals will be on Saturday night in New Jersey at TABC, Yeshiva of North Jersey and Ma’ayanot. Tier 1 teams do not play Saturday night.
All 24 teams play on Sunday, March 26. Semifinals for all three tiers and the Tier 2 and Tier 3 consolation brackets will be played at YU. The two Tier 1 consolation bracket games will be at TABC.
Championship Monday will feature most consolation games at TABC with the Tier 2 and 3 finals and tournament championship game at YU.
Follow all the action throughout the tournament at MacsLive.com and check back here for game recaps at the end of each day.
Thursday, March 23 schedule:
10:00 AM - #3 North Shore vs #14 Fuchs Mizrachi
11:30 AM - #7 Ida Crown vs #10 Katz YHS
1:00 PM - #8 Magen David vs #9 DRS
2:30 PM - #6 YULA vs #11 Maimonides
4:00 PM - #4 Frisch vs #13 Berman H.A.
5:30 PM - #5 SAR vs #12 Mekor Chaim
7:00 PM - #1 Shalhevet vs #16 MTA
8:30 PM - #2 Valley Torah vs #15 TABC