Girls basketball brackets released for Section 1 tournaments
Some coaches, fans and players like it, believing it evens the playing field with teams playing more like-size schools.
Others see it as a money-maker that cheapens what it means to be win a championship.
But love it or hate it, the creation of Class AAA in both girls and boys high school basketball for the biggest public schools means more playoff games and more local and state champions.
Sixty-one teams, divided into five classes, have made this year's Section 1 girls basketball playoffs.
Westchester County Center will host all the boys and girls Section 1 semifinal and championship games.
The semifinals will span four days at the County Center and the finals three days.
Below find this year's seedings, which Section 1 released Monday.
Class AAA
FIRST ROUND
No. 9 Port Chester (8-12) at No. 8 Arlington (6-14)
No. 10 Mount Vernon (4-15) at No. 7 Mamaroneck (11-9)
QUARTERFINALS
8/9 winner at No. 1 Ketcham (18-2)
No. 5 North Rockland (11-9) at No. 4 Ossining (12-8)
No. 6 New Rochelle (9-11) at No. 3 John Jay-East Fishkill (13-7)
7/10 winner at No. 2 White Plains (15-5)
SCHEDULE
First round: Thursday, Feb. 15
Quarterfinals: Friday, Feb. 23
Semifinals: Wednesday, Feb. 28 at County Center
Championship: Saturday, March 3 at County Center
Class AA
OUTBRACKET
No. 17 Clarkstown North (8-12) at No. 16 Peekskill (10-10)
No. 20 Carmel (7-13) at No. 13 Horace Greeley (9-11)
No. 19 Yonkers (7-13) at No. 14 Poughkeepsie (8-12)
No. 18 Eastchester (7-13) at No. 15 Fox Lane (8-12)
FIRST ROUND
16/17 winner at No. 1 Albertus Magnus (16-4)
No. 9 Suffern (11-9) at No. 8 Scarsdale (11-9)
No. 12 Somers (9-11) at No. 5 Brewster (15-5)
13/20 winner at No. 4 Pelham (14-6)
14/19 at No. 3 Harrison (14-6)
No. 11 Yorktown (10-9) at No. 6 Mahopac (14-6)
No. 10 Gorton (13-7) at No. 7 Clarkstown South (12-8)
15/18 winner at No. 2 Ursuline (17-2)
SCHEDULE
Outbracket: Wednesday, Feb. 14
First round: Friday, Feb. 16
Quarterfinals: Thursday, Feb. 22
Semifinals: Tuesday, Feb. 27 at County Center
Championship: Saturday, March 2 at County Center
Class A
BRACKET
No. 1 Pearl River (17-3), bye
No. 9 John Jay-Cross River (10-10) at No. 8 Nyack (12-8)
No. 12 Hastings (7-13) at No. 5 Hen Hud (13-7)
No. 13 Nanuet (7-13) at No. 4 Irvington (17-3)
No. 14 Briarcliff (7-13) at No. 3 Ardsley (18-2)
No. 11 Rye (9-11) at No. 6 Tappan Zee (11-9)
No. 10 Byram Hills (11-9) at No. 7 Lakeland (10-10)
No. 15 Roosevelt (7-10) at No. 2 Panas (17-3)
SCHEDULE
First round: Friday, Feb. 16
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, Feb. 21
Semifinals: Monday, Feb. 26 at County Center
Championship: Sunday, March 2 at County Center
Class B
FIRST ROUND
No. 9 Pleasantville (7-13) at No. 8 Dobbs Ferry (7-12)
No. 11 Rye Neck (7-13) at No. 6 Woodlands (8-11)
No. 10 Valhalla (8-12) At No. 7 Bronxville (9-11)
QUARTERFINALS
8/9 winner at No. 1 Yonkers Montessori Academy (16-4)
No. 5 Blind Brook at No. 4 Westlake (13-7)
7/10 winner at No. 2 Putnam Valley (13-7)
6/11 winner at No. 3 Croton (13-7)
SCHEDULE
First round: Friday, Feb. 16
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, Feb. 21
Semifinals: Saturday, Feb. 24 at County Center
Championship: Saturday, March 2 at County Center
Last pre-playoff rankings: Panas and Harrison flip girls basketball ranking positions, Ossining joins the top 10
Class C
QUARTERFINAL
No. 5 Leffell (7-12) at No. 4 Haldane (8-12)
SEMIFINALS
4/5 winner vs. No. 1 Tuckahoe (12-7)
No. 3 North Salem vs. No. 2 Alexander Hamilton (13-7)
SCHEDULE
Quarterfinal: Tuesday, Feb. 20
Semifinals: Sunday, Feb. 25 at County Center
Championship: Sunday, March 3 at County Center
Nancy Haggerty covers cross-country, track & field, field hockey, skiing, ice hockey, basketball, girls lacrosse and other sporting events for The Journal News/lohud. Follow her on Twitter at @HaggertyNancy.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Section 1 girls basketball: 2024 brackets, schedules released
