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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)