PSAL boys’ basketball: Six Staten Island teams qualify for city playoffs

It's playoff time

Susan Wagner's Marlon Matute, left, and McKee/Staten Island Tech's Daquan Khamis will be taking part in the PSAL AA playoffs this season. (Staten Island Advance/Derek Alvez)

The PSAL announced its playoff seedings and first-round match-ups for the upcoming city boys’ basketball playoffs and six Staten Island teams have qualified, according to PSAL.org.

Regular-season Staten Island division champion McKee/Staten Island Tech (13-1 PSAL, 18-7 overall) earned the No. 9 seed in the 22-team, AA field while Curtis (11-3, 17-10) and Susan Wagner (11-3, 15-8) landed the No. 13 and No. 14 seeds, respectively.

Normally, the Island is only given two spots for the AA playoffs, but because the Warriors and Falcons tied for second place in the division, the Island division was afforded a third spot this season.

New Dorp (7-7, 15-14), which made a magical run to the PSAL A division’s championship game a year ago, was given the Island’s lowest seed at No. 12 this time around. No. 33 Port Richmond (7-7, 11-14) and No. 34 Tottenville (5-9, 9-14) rounded out the 48-team field from Staten Island.

MSIT and New Dorp both earned first-round byes in their respective divisions. The Seagulls are one of 10 squads with a bye while the Central Cougars are one of 16 teams that received an automatic bid to the second round.

Curtis and Susan Wagner, meanwhile, were each awarded home games while Port Richmond and Tottenville will both hit the road when they open post-season play on Feb. 25.

The Warriors will entertain No. 20 Abraham Lincoln while the Falcons will host No. 19 HS of Construction.

South Shore was named the No. 1 seed in the AA division.

The Raiders will meet No. 32 South Bronx at Bronx Academy of Letters in the Bronx while the Pirates will square off against No. 31 Brooklyn Tech.

Banneker earned the No. 1 seed in the A division.

All first-round playoff games begin at 5 p.m.

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