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Yeshiva University Releases 2010 Sarachek Seeding And Schedule MacsLive Staff Published on: 03/04/2010 
March 4, 2010 (MacsLive Reporting Services, New York) -- The HAFTR Hawks (Cedarhurst, NY) will be the top seed when the 19th Annual Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament begins a week from today, Yeshiva University has announced.
The news, which is not surprising, was made today as the Tournament Committee released the 2010 seedings and the schedule for Thursday, March 11.
The full seeding and schedule information is available at www.MacsLive.com.
HAFTR is the top-ranked Jewish high school basketball team in the country, according to a poll on Jewish Hoops America. The Hawks have a 27-1 record this year, including a perfect 14-0 in the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Basketball League.
The Ramaz Rams (New York, NY), 21-2, who currently sit at fourth in that national poll, will be the second seed at Sarachek. The YULA Panthers (Los Angeles, CA), 18-6, will be seeded third, and the Frisch Cougars (Paramus, NJ), 15-6, fourth. The top four teams receive byes on Thursday and are not scheduled to play until Friday.
Ramaz won its first Sarachek title last year in its eighth shot and will try to be the first champion to repeat there since 2001, when YULA accomplished the feat. HAFTR will be at Sarachek for the 10th time. The Hawks won the tourney in 1994 - the last time they were in the final. The Cougars will be making their fourth appearance at Sarachek. They reached the championship game in 2005 and 2006.
The host MTA Lions, coming off of a disheartening upset playoff loss Tuesday night, are seeded fifth. They will play in prime time Thursday night, at 7 pm Eastern (6 pm Central), against the twelfth-seeded Beren Academy (Houston, TX).
The sixth-seeded Valley Torah Wolfpack (Valley Village, CA) will be arriving at Sarachek with a new coach. Motti Meisels, who had piloted the Wolfpack until just recently, has left the team. They will face their regional rivals Shalhevet Firehawks (Los Angeles, CA), the Tournament’s 11th-seed, at 5:30 pm Eastern (2:30 Pacific) on Thursday.
Seventh-seeded HANC (West Hempstead, NY), making its second appearance at the Sarachek Tournament in three years, will face off against the 10th-seeded Chicagoland Tigers (Deerfield, IL) at 8:30 pm Eastern (7:30 pm Central) on Thursday night. The Hurricanes have appeared at Sarachek once before, reaching the final in 2008.
Rounding out Tier-I, the eighth-seeded Berman Hebrew Academy Cougars (Rockville, MD) will square off against the Ida Crown Jewish Academy Aces, this year’s ninth seed, who are returning to Yeshiva University for the first time since they won the Sarachek Tournament in 2008. That game will take place on Thursday afternoon at 4 pm Eastern (3 pm Central).
This year’s tournament includes 20 teams. After a series of qualifying rounds, the teams will be divided into four Tiers, I through IV. Only the top 12 teams are eligible for Tier I. The winners of Thursday’s Tier-I qualifiers, along with the four teams who receive a first-round bye, will play in the Tier-I quarterfinals on Friday. The losers will play in a Tier-II qualifier.
Teams seeded 13th through 20th play in Tier-II Qualifiers on Thursday. The winners of those games face the losers of Thursday’s Tier-I games in a second Tier-II qualifying round on Friday. The losers of the Tier-II qualifying games on Thursday do not play on Friday, instead moving to the Tier-IV semifinals on Saturday night.
Thursday’s Tier-II qualifying games include:
In a significant change to Friday’s schedule, only four games – the Tier-I quarterfinals – will be played at the Max Stern Athletic center. The remaining four games, all Tier-II qualifiers, will take place at TABC in Teaneck, NJ. Most years, a fifth game is played at Yeshiva University.
Sunday’s schedule also has some minor changes. The Tier-I semifinals will now be played at 12 noon and 1:30 pm, Eastern. Previously, those games were played slightly later in the day.
The 2010 Sarachek championship game is scheduled for Monday, March 15, at 2 pm.
Teams from around the United States and Canada participate in the Red Sarachek Tournament, widely considered the most prestigious tournament for Jewish high school basketball teams.
All games played at Yeshiva University can be heard live at www.MacsLive.com. MacsLive provides full tournament coverage, including game previews, recaps, photos, and a live box score that updates in real time.
Visit MacsLive.com to view the seedings and schedule for Thursday, as well as for all the latest news, scores and fan reactions to the 2010 Red Sarachek Tournament.
#1 - yocknights @ 11:07 AM on March 4th 2010
After winning Tier II last year, and after being seeded terribly, somehow again Sarachek seeds the Or Chaim Knights badly giving them the chance to only qualify for Tier II. When will our team from Canada be respected?
#2 - James @ 11:29 AM on March 4th 2010
For some reason, they always rank the NY schools a lot higher. You're right, Or Chaim should probably be in the top 10, especially after demolishing tier II last year. My bet, they'll do it again. The seeding committee will just never learn...
#4 - Yoni @ 11:56 AM on March 4th 2010
This is ridiculous, i think they should just have the first two rounds in La. Why did they put la teams together?
#5 - A Little Bit of English @ 12:07 PM on March 4th 2010
@ James
You claim "East Coast Bias" but tell me who should be seeded in the top 4 that isn't? Ramaz is the defending champion and returning the majority of their core from last year including star Max Feldstein. HAFTR has lost one game since falling in the quarters to MTA in Sarachek '08 and Frisch has gone to the wire with Ramaz on numerous occasions. The forum is open to suggestion but back it up beyond asking why New York teams get the high seeds.
#7 - Joey @ 1:18 PM on March 4th 2010
YONI i totally agree. The LA teams have played eachother already, LA should play New York teams.
#9 - NYNY @ 2:20 PM on March 4th 2010
Maybe if your LA teams could compete and not get rocked the past couple of years early on than NY teams would want to play you.
PS. Yula's run of the 90's doesn't count anymore, half of you weren't born.
#10 - Fact Checker @ 2:39 PM on March 4th 2010
Hey NYNY. You should get your facts straight. YULA won in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. I think that Kansas won in 2004, CHAT won in 2006 and Ida Crown won in 2008. YULA was knocked out by CHAT in 2006 and Ida Crown in 2008, both times in close games. In this decade YULA won 5 times and lost to the eventual champ twice. Out of town teams won 8 of the last ten tournaments.
#11 - Jacob @ 2:58 PM on March 4th 2010
The Berman Cougars deserve a higher seed. They are returning four starters from the tier 3 championship team. They lost in the PVAC championships by three points, and are 13-2 since January. Just because they aren't from New York or California doesn't mean they can't compete.
#13 - Yoni @ 3:09 PM on March 4th 2010
way to get the facts straight baby
#14 - A Little Bit of English @ 3:25 PM on March 4th 2010
@Jacob
Berman is the 8 seed which means they will be competing for in Tier I. To win Tier I, they will have to go through the top teams at Sarachek and if they are good as you say they are, then we should be seeing them Monday at 2 PM. @Fact Checker Not denying any of YULA's tremendous accomplishments but you also failed to mention YULA being blown out of the gym in 2004 and 2009 by MTA and Valley's less than stellar performances since 2005 which include losing to a 12 seed (the biggest upset in Sarachek history) and a pathetic showing as the 1 seed last year. CHAT came one year because of Jared Mintz who is now playing college ball and in all their years, what has Ida Crown done beside for 2008. Now go and look at the history and see that New York teams advance to the late rounds like clockwork and tell me they don't deserve their high seeds.
#15 - NYNY @ 5:31 PM on March 4th 2010
Sure you can knock me but I like have English man on my side, he seems to knows his stuff.
$20 says 3 out of four semi final teams come from the NY area? Any takers?
#16 - Josh @ 5:35 PM on March 4th 2010
NYNY - I know HAFTR, Ramaz and Frisch are good. But the LA teams are coming to play strong and i wouldnt be surprised if one of them take it home.
#17 - Yoni @ 5:39 PM on March 4th 2010
LA is coming to play
#18 - NYNY @ 6:06 PM on March 4th 2010
So josh and yoni are you guys in for the bet?
#19 - yocknights @ 7:12 PM on March 4th 2010
A Little Bit of English, you still didnt answer to why the or chaim knights got the same seeding as last year, having to qualify for tier 2, even though they won Tier 2 last year. this years knights went just as far in the playoffs as the Knights did last year, and they have some key players form last years team returning. Yes they did lose 4 starters, but should they not be ranked even two spots higher, to even have the chance to compete for a spot in Tier 1 or have a guaranteed spot in Tier 2, rather than have to compete for a spot in a tier which they won last year?
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