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Chatham Boys Basketball Seeded Sixth in County Tournament
Team will face winner of Morristown-Mountain Lakes matchup.
The Chatham Cougars boys' basketball team is seeded sixth in the upcoming Morris County Tournament.
The seedings were determined at a coaches' meeting at Parsippany Hills High School Sunday afternoon.
Because of its high seed, Chatham (8-5) has a first-round bye and will host a second-round game.
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It will take on the winner of a Morristown-Mountain Lakes matchup at home on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m., right after the second-seeded girls team takes on the winner of a Madison-Kinnelon matchup at 5 p.m.
Chatham's three-point shooting and propensity for forcing turnovers has helped it succeed throughout the year. Sophomore Jonathan Berntsen, senior Adam Kovonuk and junior Brendan Damodaran have all shot well from three-point range, and senior Chris Conroy has often slashed through the paint for layups.
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A full list of tournament seedings is featured below.
2010 MORRIS COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS:
Preliminary Round (games to be played by Saturday, Jan. 30)
#17 Whippany Park (6-6) at #16 Pequannock (6-7)
#18 Butler (6-7) at #15 Kinnelon (6-7)
#19 Mount Olive (3-11) at #14 Morris Hills (7-6)
#20 Morris Catholic (4-8) at #13 Randolph (7-5)
#21 Montville (4-9) at #12 Morris Knolls (6-6)
#22 Mountain Lakes (2-8) at #11 Morristown (6-5)
#23 Parsippany (3-11) at #10 West Morris (7-5)
#24 Dover (2-11) at #9 Jefferson (9-3)
#25 Parsippany Hills (1-11) at #8 Roxbury (8-4)
First Round (games to be played by Saturday, Feb. 6)
Pequannock-Whippany Park winner at #1 Mendham (10-2)
Butler-Kinnelon winner at #2 Delbarton (10-3)
Morris Hills-Mount Olive winner at #3 Madison (12-0)
Randolph-Morris Catholic winner at #4 Boonton (12-0)
Morris Knolls-Montville winner at #5 Hanover Park (11-1)
Morristown-Mountain Lakes winner at #6 Chatham (8-5)
West Morris-Parsippany winner at #7 Morristown-Beard (9-3)
Roxbury-Parsippany Hills winner vs. Jefferson-Dover winner
Quarterfinals (Saturday, Feb. 13 at Randolph High School)
Semifinals (Saturday, Feb. 20 at County College of Morris, Randolph)
Final (Saturday, Feb. 27 at County College of Morris, Randolph)
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