Today’s season-opening boys basketball schedule features six matchups involving teams ranked in today’s Record Preseason Top 25, and all could be decided during the final couple of minutes:
No. 10 Ramapo at No. 22 Ridgewood: Ramapo is defending Big North Freedom champ and Ridgewood is a contender.
No. 14 Wayne Hills at No. 13 Passaic Valley: Wayne Hills is defending champ in balanced Big North Independence.
No. 5 St. Joseph at No. 12 DePaul: Most games in the Big North United are long, hard and physical grinds.
No. 8 Wayne Valley at No. 7 West Milford: The winner becomes frontrunner in the Big North Independence.
No. 6 Don Bosco at No. 4 Kennedy: It will be Don Bosco’s discipline vs. Kennedy’s height and athleticism.
No. 3 Bergen Catholic at No. 1 Eastside: As opening-night matchups go, it rarely gets any better than this.