This will be the biggest Bergen County Tournament ever with 39 teams making up this year’s field. As expected, Immaculate Heart was awarded the No. 1 seed. Indian Hills was awarded the No. 2 seed, Immaculate Conception took the No. 3 spot, and Saddle Brook earned the No. 4 spot. Darren White said most preliminary round games will be played Thursday, and first-round action will take place on Saturday. Here are the brackets. I named each one after the top seed in each eight-team bracket. More analysis will be coming tomorrow.
THE IHA BRACKET
No. 1 Immaculate Heart vs. winner of No. 32 Emerson/No. 33 Fort Lee
No. 16 Rutherford vs. No. 17 Ridgewood
No. 8 Paramus Catholic vs. No. 25 Hasbrouck Heights
No. 9 Ramsey vs. No. 24 Ridgefield Park
THE SADDLE BROOK BRACKET
No. 12 Paramus vs. No. 21 River Dell
No. 5 Midland Park vs. winner of No. 28 Glen Rock/No. 37 Wood-Ridge
No. 13 Mahwah vs. No. 20 Park Ridge
No. 4 Saddle Brook vs. winner of No. 29 Westwood/No. 36 Elmwood ParkÂ
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION BRACKET
No. 3 Immaculate Conception vs. winner of No. 30 Demarest/No. 35 Ridgefield
No. 14 Lyndhurst vs. No. 19 Pascack Valley
No. 6 Fair Lawn vs. winner of No. 27 Bergenfield/No. 38 Lodi
No. 11 Old Tappan vs. No. 22 Bergen Tech
THE INDIAN HILLS BRACKET
No. 7 Ramapo vs. winner of No. 26 Holy Angels/No. 39 Garfield
No. 10 Pascack Hills vs. No. 23 Hackensack
No. 15 New Milford vs. No. 18 Northern Highlands
No. 2 Indian Hills vs. winner of No. 31 Dumont/No. 34 Teaneck