The Seeding Committee of the 2016 Essex County Boys Basketball Tournament has released its’ seeds and bracket for this year’s tournament. The Seeding Committee, consisting of a rotating selection of head coaches from across the county’s schools have seeded thirty-six teams for this year’s tournament. Games will begin this Thursday with two First Round Preliminaries in the tournament’s “Play In” bracket.
The bracket can be viewed under our gray “Tournaments” tab. Click on “Winter Tournaments brackets and results”
By Thursday, Feb 4th. First Preliminary Round
Science Park (35) defeated Caldwell (34) by a score of 60-51
North Star Academy (36) lost at Montclair Kimberley Academy (33), 61-59
By Saturday, Feb 6th. Second Preliminary Round,
Technology (32) at Newark Tech (13), Newark Tech won
Newark Collegiate (31) at Bloomfield (14), Bloomfield won
Newark Academy (30) at Barringer (15), Barringer won
Golda Och (29) at Millburn (16), Mon., Millburn won
Belleville (28) at Verona (17), Fri, Verona won.
Shabazz (27) at Orange (18), Orange won
Arts (26) at North 13th St Tech (19), North 13th St won.
Cedar Grove (25) at Irvington (20), Irvington won
Christ the King (24) at Livingston (21), Livingston won
West Essex (23) at Nutley (22), West Essex won
Science Park at Columbia
MKA at West Orange, West Orange won
The Third Preliminary Round is scheduled to be played on or by Thursday, Feb 11th.
Verona at Millburn
Livingston at West Orange
Irvington at Newark Tech
Orange at Barringer
West Essex at Columbia
North 13th St Tech at Bloomfield
The Top Ten Seeds await the winners of the “Play In” bracket in the First Round, scheduled for Saturday, February 13th.
Seton Hall Prep (1)
East Side (2)
University (3)
Central (4)
West Side (5)
East Orange (6)
Bloomfield Tech (7)
American History (8)
Immaculate Conception (9)
Montclair (10)