PSAL boys' basketball borough playoff pairings set

(Westinghouse High will meet Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday)

By FiveBoroSports.com


The PSAL announced its borough playoff pairings Friday evening, handing out top seeds to three-time defending city champion Lincoln in Brooklyn, Cardozo in Queens, John F. Kennedy in the Bronx and Wadleigh in Manhattan.

Boys’ basketball commissioner Mel Goldstein, assistant Artie Leitner and a handful of other league officials selected the teams.

Five Class AA teams and three Class A teams were picked from Brooklyn,
Queens and the Bronx while the number was even, four apiece, in Manhattan.

All ‘A’ division winners made it to the boroughs. In Brooklyn A South, FDR, which got the No. 8 spot in Brooklyn, was awarded the spot, the PSAL seeding committee said, courtesy of their non-league win over Hunter and recent win overTelecommunications, whom the Cougars finished in a first-place tie
with.

Non-league victories, strength of schedule and strong finishes factored into seeding and selection.

Below are the match-ups, broken down by borough. The opening round is Tuesday, with all games beginning at 5 p.m. at the higher seed. The semifinals are Thursday at 5 p.m., again at the higher seed, and the
finals are Sunday at a location to be determined, likely Long Island University or St. Francis College in Brooklyn.


BROOKLYN
No. 8 FDR (12-2, Brooklyn A South) @ No. 1 Lincoln (12-1, Brooklyn AA)

No. 7 George Westinghouse (13-1, Brooklyn A West) @ No. 2 Thomas Jefferson (12-2, Brooklyn AA)

No. 6 Bedford Academy (13-1, Brooklyn A East) @ No. 3 Boys & Girls (11-3, Brooklyn AA)
No. 5 Robeson (6-8, Brooklyn AA) @ No. 4 Transit Tech (7-7, Brooklyn AA)


BRONX
No. 8 Taft (15-3, Bronx A West) @ No. 1 John F. Kennedy (16-1, Bronx AA)
No. 7 Evander Childs (14-3, Bronx A East) @ No. 2 Wings Academy (15-2, Bronx AA)

No. 6 South Bronx (17-2, Bronx A East) @ No. 3 Truman (11-6, Bronx AA)

No. 5 Gompers (7-9, Bronx AA) @ No. 4 Lehman (10-7, Bronx AA)


MANHATTAN
No. 8 Stuyvesant (13-4, Manhattan A Southwest) @ No. 1 Wadleigh (11-4,
Manhattan AA)

No. 7 Bread & Roses (16-2, Manhattan A Northwest) @ No. 2 Thurgood Marshall Academy (8-7, Manhattan AA)
No. 6 Environmental Studies (16-2, Manhattan A Northwest) @ No. 3
Manhattan Center (6-8, Manhattan AA)

No. 5 Hunter (16-0, Manhattan A East) @ No. 4 Food & Finance (5-10, Manhattan AA)


QUEENS
No. 8 Hillcrest (13-2, Queens A East) @ No. 1 Cardozo (17-1, Queens AA)

No. 7 Lane (14-1, Queens A West) @ No. 2 Thomas Edison (15-2, Queens AA)
No. 6 Beach Channel (8-10, Queens AA) @ No. 3 Forest Hills (14-4, Queens AA)
No. 5 Bayside (8-10, Queens AA) @ No. 4 Campus Magnet (11-7, Queen AA)