Boys basketball: 2022 Passaic County Tournament updated, bracket, scores and schedule

Greg Mattura, Joe Ragozzino and Ryan Rivero, NorthJersey.com
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Top-seeded Paterson Charter and No. 2 Kennedy were semifinal winners at the 51st Passaic County boys basketball tournament.

Paterson Charter defeated No. 4 Eastside and Kennedy topped No. 3 Wayne Valley. Paterson Charter shoots for its first Passaic title, while Kennedy aims for a record 15th crown.

The Passaic tournament features a step-ladder format designed to create more competitive matchups, and the top four seeds earn a bye to the quarterfinals. Here are the seeds, scores and schedule.

The bracket

Play-in game

Thursday, Jan. 27 at higher seed

(15) Hawthorne def. (18) Paterson ASA, 70-26

(16) West Milford def. (17) Manchester, 78-58

Preliminary round

By Saturday, Jan. 29 at higher seed

Friday, Jan. 28

(11) Pompton Lakes def. (14) Eastern Christian, 51-45

Monday, Jan. 31

(13) Lakeland def. (12) Passaic, 51-43

(9) Clifton def. (16) West Milford, 65-53

(10) Passaic ASA def. (15) Hawthorne, 51-45

Opening round

Saturday, Feb. 5 at higher seed

(6) Wayne Hills 68, (11) Pompton Lakes 39

(7) Passaic Valley 54, (10) Pssaic ASA 43

(5) DePaul 80, (13) Lakeland 52

(8) Passaic Tech 70, (9) Clifton 67

Quarterfinals

By Saturday, Feb. 12 at higher seed

(3) Wayne Valley 33, (6) Wayne Hills 29

(2) Kennedy 89, (7) Passaic Valley 54

(4) Eastside 49, (5) DePaul 48

(1) Paterson Charter 80, (8) Passaic Tech 52

Semifinals

Saturday, Feb. 19 at Clifton

(2) Kennedy 60, (3) Wayne Valley 54

(1) Paterson Charter 71, (4) Eastside 50

Championship

Saturday, Feb. 26 at Wayne Valley

(1) Paterson 54, (2) Kennedy 49

Seeds

1. Paterson Charter

2. Kennedy

3. Wayne Valley

4. Eastside

5. DePaul

6. Wayne Hills

7. Passaic Valley

8. Passaic Tech

9. Clifton

10. Passaic ASA

11. Pompton Lakes

12. Passaic

13. Lakeland

14. Eastern Christian

15. Hawthorne

16. West Milford

17. Manchester

18. Paterson ASA

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