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BOYS BASKETBALL BOROUGH PLAYOFFS AND CITY WIDE POST SEASON TOURNAMENT
By Mel Goldstein - Boys Basketball Commissioner
 

 

March Madness is a very special time for PSAL basketball fans. However, in the PSAL, March Madness turns into February Frenzy as the borough championships and playoffs rapidly approach. Here are some important dates and reminders for all Coaches and Athletic Directors.

 

Borough Championship: The top 4 teams in each AA Division and a selection of teams in the A Division in each borough, except Staten Island, will be seeded by a committee from the PSAL. The higher seeded team will host the game for the first two rounds of the borough championships.

1st Round – Tuesday Feb 13, 2007

2nd Round – Thursday Feb 15, 2007

Championship Round – Sat Feb 17th, 2007 beginning at 12 Noon.

(All Four Borough Championship games at one site) LocationTBA.

 

City Wide Post Season:  All AA teams will qualify for the playoffs except for the two teams that finish in last place in Brooklyn AA and the two teams that finish in last place in Queens AA.  The last place finisher in Bronx and Manhattan AA will not qualify for the playoffs. The first place team in Staten Island will compete in the AA playoffs. All other Staten Island teams that finish with a five hundred or better league record will compete in the A Playoffs.  All A Division and B Division teams that finish with a five hundred or better league record in within their respective divisions will qualify to compete in the City Wide tournament that will begin on Feb 27, 2007. The City Wide Tournament seeding meeting is scheduled on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at the PSAL office at 10 AM. Any coach whose team didn’t qualify for the playoffs is welcomed to attend the seeding meeting and provide input.

ALL COACHES MUST E MAIL ME THE RESULTS OF THEIR NON LEAGUE SCHEDULE FOR SEEDING PURPOSES TO MGOLDST6@NYCBOE.NET  AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS FOR THE BOROUGH CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL AS THE CITYWIDE PLAYOFFS.

 

Important Playoff Dates

 

Week of Feb 27 - First Round of Playoffs

Week of March 6, 2007 Second Round of Playoffs

March 8, 2007 -  B Quarter Finals

March 9, 2007 -  B Quarter Finals

March 10, 2007 - A Quarter Finals

March 11, 2007 - AA Quarter Finals

March 12, 2007 - B Semi Finals

March 13, 2007 - AA Semi Finals

March 14, 2007 - A Semi Finals

March 17, 2007 - Finals A & B

March 18, 2007  - Finals AA @ MSG

March 22, 2007 - State Federation Tournament @ Glens Falls

 

***If there is a conflict with a Junior Varsity Basketball game please either play a double header that day or postpone the Junior Varsity game to another day with the approval of the visiting coach. Let the frenzy begin and we hope that you will enjoy the experience. Further playoff information will follow.