The renamed Memphis Yeshiva Invitational tips off its 15th installment Thursday, with arguably the deepest field in the tournament’s history.
Twelve of the 16 teams are ranked in the Jewish Hoops America National Top 25, led by top-seeded YULA, the #2 ranked team in JHA. Three of the tournament’s seven Yeshiva League teams and Valley Torah round out the Top 5.
Here is the seeding for the tournament:
1.YULA/Los Angeles,CA
2.DRS/Woodmere,NY
3.TABC/Teaneck,NJ
4.Hillel/Ocean,NJ
5.Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA
6.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY
7.H.A. Montreal/Montreal,Qu
8.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL
9.Maimonides/Brookline,MA
10.HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY
11.Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL
12.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
13.MTA/New York,NY
14.Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD
15.Cooper Yeshiva/Memphis,TN
16.Beren Academy/Houston,TX
All the games are livestreamed on the tournament website at MemphisInvitational.com, where you can find scores, scorers and game recaps each day. There’s also still time to enter the Memphis Invitational Bracket Challenge, where you can pick how you think Tier 1 will go through Sunday’s championship game. Entries must be submitted by 12 noon Central Time (1 ET, 10 PT), when the first game tips off.
Here is the full schedule for Thursday’s Opening Round games. Winners will make up Tier 1; losers will go into Tier 2.
12:00 - #8 Katz YHS vs #9 Maimonides
12:15 - #6 Magen David vs #11 Posnack Jewish Day
1:30 - #1 YULA vs #16 Beren-Houston
1:45 - #4 Hillel vs #13 MTA
3:00 - #7 H.A. Montreal vs #10 HAFTR
3:15 - #5 Valley Torah vs #12 North Shore H.A.
4:30 - #3 TABC vs #14 Jewish Day School
5:00 - #2 DRS vs #15 Cooper Memphis