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Boys Basketball: Gill St. Bernard's earns No. 1 seed for Somerset County Tournament

Lauren Knego
@laurenknego
Gill St. Bernard's takes on Rutgers Prep on Jan. 19, 2017 at Gill St. Bernard's.

The defending champion Gill St. Bernard's boys basketball team was named the No. 1 seed for the Somerset County Tournament on Wednesday night.

The Knights, which have won the title that last two seasons, earned a bye into the quarterfinals along with No. 2 Bridgewater-Raritan, third-seeded Rutgers Prep and fourth-seeded Immaculata.

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Fifth-seeded Bound Brook, No. 6 North Plainfield, No. 7 Montgomery and eighth-seeded Hillsborough all earned byes into the second round.

The first round is scheduled to be completed by Saturday, and the second is to be played by Tuesday, Feb. 14. The quarterfinals are Thursday, Feb. 16 and the semifinals are set for Saturday, Feb. 18 at Montgomery. The final is Saturday, Feb. 25 at Franklin.

Here is the bracket:

16-Somerset Tech at 9-Ridge, winner at 8-Hillsborough, winner at 1-Gill St. Bernard's

13-Pingry at 12-Franklin, winner at 5-Bound Brook, winner at 4-Immaculata

14-Somerville at 11-Watchung Hills, winner at 6-North Plainfield, winner at 3-Rutgers Prep

15-Manville at 10-Bernards, winner at 7-Montgomery, winner at 2-Bridgewater-Raritan.

Staff Writer Lauren Knego: lknego@gannettnj.com; on Twitter: @laurenknego