East Region breakdown: Home of the
greatest buzzer beater in high school basketball history, the Westchester County Center rode that wave of popularity to land the East regional finals... The East is the land of opportunity in this tournament. Ten teams in the region are outside of the national top 100 in the Freeman Rankings. Only Chester is ranked in the top 50... Recently crowned New Jersey champ Roselle Catholic is a big X-factor in this bracket. After an up-and-down January, the talented Lions put it together in the postseason and recorded monster wins over St. Anthony (Jersey City) and St. Joseph (Metuchen)...
Our pick to win the East: Bishop O'Connell. The Knights (30-7) rally around the Junior Etou controversy to silence the critics once again, beating VISAA rival Benedictine in the regional final.
