The seeds and opening-round matchups are set for the 32nd annual Red Sarachek Tournament at Yeshiva University, scheduled for March 26-31.
The YULA Panthers, the defending champs, 9-time Sarachek winner and #1 in the Jewish Hoops America National Top 25, top the field of 20 teams. It may be the deepest field in the tournament’s history with at least 14 of the top 22 ranked teams and for the first time, 8 MYHSAL playoff teams.
For the second time, the tournament tips off on Wednesday night with a play-in game. Brooklyn rivals Magen David and Flatbush will square off to see who will be the #10 seed.
Thursday winners enter Tier 1. The top 4 Thursday losers get a bye into Tier 2. The other 4 Thursday losers play the 17-20 teams on Friday, with the winners filling out Tier 2 and the losers going into Tier 3.
This year’s tournament returns the Tier 1 MVP (YULA’s Alex Gabbay), Tier 2 MVP (DRS’ Joe Aaron), 1st Team All Tournament player (Shalhevet’s Aiden Bitran) and five or six 2024 all-stars.
1.YULA/Los Angeles,CA
2.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
3.DRS/Woodmere,NY
4.TABC/Teaneck,NJ
5.SAR/Bronx,NY
6.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
7.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
8.Hillel/Ocean,NJ
9.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL
10.Magen David/Flatbush
11.MTA/New York,NY
12.H.A. Montreal/Montreal,QU
13.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL
14.Frisch/Paramus,NJ
15.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL
16.Mesivta/Bala Cynwyd,PA
17.Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA
18.Fuchs Mizrachi/Beechwood,OH
19.Farber Hebrew Day/Southfield,MI
20.Maimonides/Brookline,MA
Opening Round Matchups - March 27
10:00 am - #8 Hillel (19-10) vs #9 Ida Crown (18-5)
11:30 am - #7 North Shore H.A. (18-15) vs #10 Magen David (21-10) or Flatbush (13-13)
1:00 pm - #2 Shalhevet (20-13) vs #15 Katz YHS (15-12)
2:30 pm - #1 YULA (24-13) vs #16 Mesivta (19-5)
4:00 pm - #5 SAR (21-7) vs #12 H.A. Montreal (14-3)
5:30 pm - #5 Berman H.A. (31-7) vs #11 MTA (19-6)
7:00 pm - #4 TABC (19-4) vs #13 Fasman Yeshiva (15-7)
8:30 pm - #3 DRS (28-3) vs #14 Frisch (9-10)