Defending champion Morris Catholic received the No. 1 seed in the Morris County Tournament at the girls basketball coaches' meeting on Jan. 22.

Montville, Chatham, Randolph, Madison and Morristown round out the top six seeds, each of which receives a bye into the second round.

Preliminaries must be played by Jan. 28, followed by the second round by Feb. 2. All games will be hosted by the better seed.

Quarterfinals are scheduled for Feb. 4 at Morris Knolls. The semifinals will be Feb. 10 at County College of Morris. CCM will also host the MCT final at 7 p.m. on Feb. 17.

Preliminaries

(13) Morristown Beard 41, (20) Kinnelon 28

(12) Morris Knolls 44, (21) Parsippany 21

(9) Mendham 45, (24) Roxbury 34

(16) Boonton 37, (17) Mountain Lakes 22

(8) Pequannock 67, (25) Whippany Park 27

(15) Morris Tech 56, (18) Parsippany Hills 23

(10) West Morris 48, (23) St. Elizabeth 34

(7) Jefferson 65, (26) Dover 17

(14) Morris Hills 46, (19) Villa Walsh 37

(11) Hanover Park 40, (22) Mount Olive 20

Second round

(1) Morris Catholic 89, (16) Boonton 57

(8) Pequannock 60, (9) Mendham 51

(4) Randolph 47, (13) Morristown Beard 21

(3) Madison 58, (12) Morris Knolls 36

(2) Montville 49, (15) Morris Tech 21

(7) Jefferson 48, (10) West Morris 19

(3) Chatham 56, (14) Morris Hills 33

(11) Hanover Park 40, (6) Morristown 38 (OT)

Quarterfinals

Feb. 4 at Morris Knolls

(3) Chatham 52, (11) Hanover Park 23

(2) Montville 41, (7) Jefferson 21

(4) Randolph 44, (5) Madison 42

(1) Morris Catholic 94, (8) Pequannock 41

Semifinals

Feb. 10 at CCM

(2) Montville 69, (3) Chatham 46

(1) Morris Catholic 75, (4) Randolph 44

Final

Feb. 17 at CCM

(1) Morris Catholic 62, (2) Montville 51

This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: NJ girls basketball: Morris County Tournament bracket, schedule