"The Hoop Group Tip-Off Classic is always one of the more exciting events of the high school hoops season because it brings together talented teams that don't normally play one another."

- Adam Zagoria, Herald News

Top high schools, primarily from the New Jersey area, will compete against each other in one of the first major tournaments in the Northeast area. This event will be covered by

Some top New York players, however, will be well represented in the upcoming Hoop Group Tip-Off Classic on December 15th & 16th at Seton Hall University and Kean University. New York residents participating include:

Darryl Bryant, St. Raymond's

West Virginia Univ

Omari Lawrence, St. Raymonds

Lance Goulbourne, The Hun School

Vanderbilt Univ.

Samardo Samuels, St. Benedicts

Univ. of Louisville

Schedule of Games

Boys - Saturday - December 15, 2007 - Seton Hall University

12:00 Scotch Plains - Fanwood HS (NJ) vs Neptune HS (NJ)

1:40 Bloomfield Tech (NJ) vs Hackensack HS (NJ)

3:20 St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) vs The Winchendon School (MA)

5:00 Don Bosco Prep (NJ) vs Bridgewater - Raritan HS (NJ)

6:40 Christian Brothers Academy (NJ) vs Chatham HS (NJ)

8:20 Seton Hall Prep (NJ) vs Columbia HS (NJ)

Boys - Sunday - December 16, 2007 - Seton Hall University

1:00 St. Benedict's HS (NJ) vs Bloomfield HS (NJ)

2:40 Linden HS (NJ) vs St. Joe Montvale HS (NJ)

4:20 Paterson Catholic (NJ) vs St. Raymonds HS (NY)

6:00 St. Anthony's HS (NJ) vs The Hun School (NJ)

7:20 St. Patrick's HS (NJ) vs Newark's Science HS (NJ)

1:00 Bloomfield Tech (NJ) vs Absegami HS (NJ)

2:40 Malcolm X Shabazz HS (NJ) vs Bishop Kearney HS (NY)

4:20 University HS (NJ) vs St. Elizabeth HS (DE)

6:00 Trenton Central HS (NJ) vs Teaneck HS (NJ)

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