Now, the real fun starts

The brackets for the 2019 Section II basketball tournaments have been released.

While LaSalle is a Class A school in football, they remain a Class AA school in basketball. Go figure.

We'll start with the women:

Class AA:

The top 2 seeds, Suburban Council Blue champ Shenendehowa & Gray division champion Albany, have byes.

1st round games, Friday at 6 pm:

9 Columbia @ 8 Niskayuna.
10 Catholic Central @ 7 Bethlehem

Quarterfinals, February 21:

@ Shenendehowa:

5 Guilderland vs. 4 Colonie, 6 pm.
1 Shen vs. Columbia-Nisky winner, 7:30 pm.

@ Albany:

6 Shaker vs. 3 Saratoga, 6 pm.
2 Albany vs. Bethlehem-CCHS winner, 7:30 pm.
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Class A:

The top 4 seeds, Averill Park, Queensbury, Amsterdam, & Academy of Holy Names, have byes.

1st round games, Friday at 6 pm:

9 South Glens Falls @ 8 Ballston Spa.
12 Mohonasen @ 5 Gloversville.
10 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake @ 7 Scotia-Glenville.
11 Emma Willard @ 6 Troy. First meeting ever between the two city schools.

Quarterfinals, February 21:

@ Averill Park:

1 Averill Park vs. South Glens Falls-Ballston Spa winner.
4 Holy Names vs. Gloversville-Mohonasen winner.

@ Queensbury:

2 Queensbury vs. Scotia-Burnt Hills winner.
3 Amsterdam vs. Troy-Emma Willard winner.

"High School Fridays" will be at THS one final time on Friday.
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Class B:

The top 5 seeds, in this case Tamarac, Mechanicville, Mekeel Christian (moving from Class C), Voorheesville, & Schalmont,  have byes.

1st round, Thursday @ 6 pm:

17 Broadalbin-Perth @ 16 Hudson Falls.
20 Corinth @ 13 Fonda-Fultonville.
21 Catskill @ 12 Watervliet.
18 Glens Falls @ 15 Greenville.
19 Cairo-Durham @ 14 Cohoes.

2nd round, Saturday @ 6 pm:

11 Albany Academy for Girls @ 6 Johnstown.
10 Cobleskill-Richmondville @ 7 Ichabod Crane.
9 Ravena @ 8 Hudson.
5 Schalmont vs. Catskill-Watervliet winner.
4 Voorheesville vs. Fonda-Corinth winner.
3. Mekeel Christian vs. Cohoes-Cairo winner.
2. Mechanicville vs. Glens Falls-Greenville winner.
1. Tamarac vs. Broadalbin-Hudson Falls winner.
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Class C:

The top 2 seeds, Cambridge & Hoosic Valley, have byes.

1st round, Thursday @ 6 pm:

17 Saratoga Catholic @ 16 Canajoharie.
18 Galway @ 15 Schoharie.

2nd round, Saturday @ 6 pm:

1 Cambridge vs. Canajoharie-Saratoga Catholic winner.
2 Hoosic Valley vs. Galway-Schoharie winner.
14 Stillwater @ 3 Maple Hill.
13 Mayfield @ 4 Warrensburg.
12 Chatham @ 5 Berne Knox-Westerlo.
11 Rensselaer @ 6 Lake George.
10 Middleburgh @ 7 Hoosick Falls.
9 Duanesburg @ 8 Greenwich.
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Class D:

The top 4 seeds, Fort Edward, Hartford, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons, & North Warren, have byes.

1st round, Friday @ 6 pm:

9 Fort Ann @ 8 Whitehall.
10 Loudonville Christian @ 7 Argyle.
11 Salem @ 6 Heatly.
12 Northville @ 5 Germantown.

Quarterfinals, February 19:

1 Fort Edward vs. Fort Ann-Whitehall winner.
2 Hartford vs. Argyle-Loudonville Christian winner.
3 Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons vs. Salem-Heatly winner.
4 North Warren vs. Northville-Germantown winner.
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Now, let's move on to the boys' tournament:

Class AA:

1st round, February 20, 7 pm:

9 Schenectady @ 8 LaSalle.
12 Shaker @ 5 Green Tech.
13 Guilderland @ 4 CBA. Why are the Dutchmen even bothering after a winless Suburban Council season?
10 Albany @ 7 Colonie.
11 Niskayuna @ 6 Columbia.

Quarterfinals, February 23, at Hudson Valley Community College:

CBA-Guilderland winner vs. Green Tech-Shaker winner, 2 pm.
3 Shenendehowa vs. Columbia-Nisky winner, 4 pm.
2 Saratoga vs. Albany-Colonie winner, 5:30 pm (approximate).
1. Bethlehem vs. LaSalle-Schenectady winner, 7 pm (approximate).

Note: There should be a half hour window between each game, not just the first two.
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Class A:

1st round, February 20, 7 pm:

9 Scotia vs. 8 Queensbury.
13 Bishop Maginn vs. 4 Mekeel Christian (moving up from Class B).
12 Burnt Hills @ 5 Lansingburgh.
10 Ballston Spa @ 7 Amsterdam.
11 Catholic Central @ 6 Mohonasen.

Quarterfinals, February 24, @ HVCC:

Mekeel Christian-Maginn winner vs. Burnt Hills-Lansingburgh winner.
3 Averill Park vs. CCHS-Mohonasen winner.
2 Gloversville vs. Amsterdam-Ballston Spa winner.
1 Troy vs. Queensbury-Scotia winner.
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Class B:

1st round, Friday @ 7 pm:

17 Hudson Falls @ 16 Cohoes.
18 Broadalbin @ 15 Greenville.

2nd round, February 19 @ 7 pm:

9 Cobleskill @ 8 Schuylerville.
10 Tamarac @ 7 Johnstown.
11 Mechanicville @ 6 Hudson.
12 Coxsackie @ 5 Fonda-Fultonville.
13 Voorheesville @ 4 Catskill.
14 Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons @ 3 Watervliet.
Greenville-Broadalbin winner @ 2 Glens Falls.
Hudson Falls-Cohoes winner @ Schalmont.
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Class C:

1st round, Friday @ 7 pm:

19 Duanesburg @ 14 Hadley-Luzerne.
18 Rensselaer @ 15 Berne Knox-Westerlo.
17 Saratoga Catholic @ 16 Cambridge.
20 Galway @ 13 Fort Plain.

2nd round, February 19, @ 7 pm:

11 Waterford @ 6 Granville.
10 Hoosic Valley @ 7 Canajoharie.
12 Greenwich @ 5 Mayfield.
9 Stillwater @ 8 Schoharie.
4 Chatham vs. Fort Plain-Galway winner.
3 Maple Hill vs. Hadley-Duanesburg winner.
2 Hoosick Falls vs. Berne Knox-Rensselaer winner.
1 Lake George vs. Saratoga Catholic-Cambridge winner.
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Class D:

1st round, February 20, at 7 pm:

13 Salem @ 4 Hartford.
12 Whitehall @ 5 North Warren.
11 Hawthorne Valley @ 6 Argyle.
10 Fort Edward @ 7 Northville.
9 Loudonville Christian @ 8 New Lebanon.
3 Fort Ann vs. Argyle-Hawthorne winner.
2 Germantown vs. Northville-Fort Edward winner.
1 Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville vs. New Lebanon-Loudonville Christian winner.

Best of luck to everyone.