PSAL Boys City Playoffs Seedings & Match-ups

(Legendary Cardozo Coach Ron Naclerio)

By Zachary Braziller
Fiveborosports.com

Three-time defending city champion Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Boys & Girls and Wings Academy are the top five seeds in the PSAL Class AA boys’ basketball playoffs, it was announced Monday afternoon.

Forest Hills, Cardozo, Wadleigh, Transit Tech and McKee/Staten Island Tech fill out the rest of the top. The first eight will get a bye into the second round.

Opening-round play begins Wednesday, Feb. 25.
1. Lincoln
2. John F. Kennedy
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Boys & Girls
5. Wings Academy
6. Forest Hills
7. Cardozo
8. Wadleigh
9. Transit Tech
10. McKee/Staten Island Tech
11. Truman
12. Thomas Edison
13. Gompers
14. Campus Magnet
15. Lehman
16. Thurgood Marshall Academy
17. Robeson
18. Bayside
19. Manhattan Center
20. Beach Channel
21. Canarsie
22. Food & Finance
23. Martin Van Buren
24. William C. Bryant
25. Eagle Academy


OUTBRACKET
No. 25 Eagle Academy @ No. 8 Wadleigh
No. 24 William Bryant @ No. 9 Transit Tech
No. 23 Martin Van Buren @ No. 10 McKee/Staten Island Tech
No. 22 Food & Finance @ No. 11 Truman
No. 21 Canarsie @ No 12 Thomas Edison
No. 20 Beach Channel @ No. 13 Gompers
No. 19 Manhattan Center @ No. 14 Campus Magnet
No. 18 Bayside @ No. 15 Lehman
No. 17 Robeson @ No. 16 Thurgood Marshall Aca.

SECOND ROUND
No. 16 TMA/No. 17 Robeson @ No. 1 Lincoln
No.15 Lehman/No. 18 Bayside @ No. 2 John F. Kennedy
No. 14 Campus Magnet/No. 19 Manhattan Center @ No. 3 Thomas Jefferson
No. 13 Gompers/No. 20 Beach Channel @ No. 4 Boys & Girls
No. 12 Thomas Edison/No. 21 Canarsie @ No. 5 Wings Academy
No. 11 Truman/No. 22 Food & Finance @ No. 6 Forest Hills
No. 10 McKee/Staten Island Tech/No. 23 Martin Van Buren @ No. 7 Cardozo
No. 9 Transit Tech/No. 23 William Bryant vs. No. 8 Wadleigh/No. 25 Eagle

Academy
The PSAL released its Class A playoff seedings as well Monday afternoon. The top seven receive a bye. Four of the top five hail from Brooklyn, including the top two –Bedford Academy and Brooklyn Collegiate – from Brooklyn A East. Opening-round play begins Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Here is how it breaks down:
1. Bedford Academy
2. Brooklyn Collegiate
3. Franklin K. Lane
4. George Westinghouse
5. Banneker
6. Curtis
7. Hillcrest
8. South Bronx
9. Environmental Studies
10. New Dorp
11. FDR
12. Hunter
13. Bread & Roses
14. Telecommunications
15. Taft
16. Stuyvesant
17. Alfred E. Smith
18. Automotive
19. Evander Childs
20. Francis Lewis
21. Midwood
22. Julia Richman
23. Richmond Hill
24. Newtown
25. Beacon
26. Petrides
27. Sheepshead Bay
28. Clinton
29. Seward Park
30. Washington Irving
31. Acorn
32. Richard Green
33. Erasmus Hall
34. Martin Luther King Jr.
35. Jane Addams
36. Jamaica
37. Murry Bergtraum
38. Far Rockaway
39. Urban Peace Academy

The Class B seedings were also released, with FDA III the No. 1 seed,
followed by J.K.O., Townsend Harris, Cobble Hill and ENY Family
Academy.
There are no bye’s. First-round play starts Tuesday, Feb. 24.
1. FDA III
2. J.K.O.
3. Townsend Harris
4. Cobble Hill
5. ENY Family Academy
6. Queens HS of Teaching
7. Lab Museum
8. HS for Construction
9. School of the Future
10. Health Professions
11. Arts & Sciences
12. Leadership
13. Brooklyn Community
14. Foundations Academy
15. Fannie Lou Hamer
16. CPES
17. Coaltion
18. Bushwick
19. Graphic Communications
20. Baruch College
21. Robert F. Kennedy
22. University Neighborhood
23. Leadership Academy
24. Pathways Prep
25. Leadership/PS
26. Brooklyn College Academy
27. Aviation
28. Information Technology
29. Manhattan Village
30. Chelsea
31. Clara Barton
32. Law Enforcement & Public Safety
33. Wingate
34. Network Techology
35. Leon Goldstein
36. Bronx School Law & Government
37. Eleanor Roosevelt
38. Pace