pacific shores tournament bracket

What:	50th Annual Pacific Shores Tournament
When:	Nov. 26 -- Dec. 1
Where:	Redondo Union HS
Who:	16 Top SoCal Region Teams

A coupel of days ago, we posted a brief blurb about the 50th Annual Pacific Shores Tournament, giving you all kinds of information, but most of it generalized stuff. Now we can start getting down to the nitty-gritty. Who's playing who, where, and when. And again, just so you're suitably excited about this, there will be 16 top teams with tons of top prospects included, with familiar names such as Redondo Union (Adam Zahn, Paul Meynen, Walter White, Keith Ellison, etc); Fairfax (UCLA commit Evan Burns, Alex Bausley, Kevin Bell, Cal Poly commit Fernando Sampson, and a phenomenal freshman who has the potential to be the best player ever to come out of Fairfax....); Bishop Montgomery (Fred Washington, Gavin Lee and some new faces); Crossroads (sans Isaiah Fox, it's a new day); San Diego Horizon (Nate Carter); Luezinger (Derrick Clark); Hawthorne; Long Beach Jordan; Narbonne; Valencia; Locke; St. Monica (Hampton Nunley); and Gardena.

The tournament semifinals in the Championship bracket will take place on Thursday, November 29, and the Championship game is Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. All games are at Redondo Union HS, which is located at 631 Vincent Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 (clicking on the link will take you to Mapquest, where you can enter your own data to find the best route to the tournament).

The first round of the tournament is a "play-in" "play-out" which means that the winners of each first round game will go into the Championship, upper half of the bracket, and the losers of the first game will drop into the bottom half, Consolation side of the bracket. The first round games are as follows:

3:00 p.m.	Crossroads v. Morningside	Game 1
4:30 p.m.	SD Horizon v. Hawthorne	Game 2
6:00 p.m.	LB Jordan v. Palisades	Game 3
7:30 p.m.	Redondo v. Jefferson	Game 4

3:00 p.m.	Narbonne v. Valencia	Game 5
4:30 p.m.	Leuzinger v. Locke	Game 6
6:00 p.m.	Bishop Montgomery v. St. Monica	Game 7
7:30 p.m.	Fairfax v. Gardena	Game 8

From there, here's where each team will be headed, depending upon whether they win or lose:

Upper Half Championship Bracket (First Round Winners)
Sat. 12/1	Fri 11/30	Wed. 11/28	Thurs 11/29	Sat. 12/1
Winner Game W15 N. Gym 5th Place 3:00 p.m. Winner Game W16	Loser Game W9 N. Gym Game W15 4:30 p.m. Loser Game W10	W-4 N Gym 7:30 p.m. Game W9 W-3	Winner Game W9 N Gym Semifinal Game 13 7:30 p.m. Winner Game W10	Winner Game W13 Championship Game N. Gym 7:30 p.m. Winner Game W14
		W-2 N Gym 4:30 p.m. Game W10 W-1
	Loser Game W11 N. Gym Game W16 3:00 p.m. Loser Game W12	W-8 N Gym 6:00 p.m. Game W11 W-5	Winner Game W11 N. Gym Semifinal Game W14 6:00 p.m. Winner Game W12
		W-7 N Gym 7:30 p.m. Game W12 W-6
Loser Game W15 N. Gym 7th Place 3:00 p.m. Loser Game W16				Loser Game W13 N. Gym 3rd Place 3:00 p.m. Loser Game W14
Lower Half Consolation Bracket (First Round Losers)
Sat. 12/1	Thurs 11/29	Wed. 11/28	Thurs 11/29	Sat. 12/1
Winner Game W15 N. Gym 13th Place 10:30 a.m. Winner Game W16	Loser Game L9 N. Gym Game L15 4:30 p.m. Loser Game L10	L-4 S Gym 7:30 p.m. Game L9 L-3	Winner Game L9 N Gym Semifinal Game L13 7:30 p.m. Winner Game L10	Winner Game L13 Consolation Championship N. Gym 4:30 p.m. Winner Game L14
		L-2 S Gym 4:30 p.m. Game L10 L-1
	Loser Game L11 N. Gym Game L16 3:00 p.m. Loser Game L12	L-8 S Gym 6:00 p.m. Game L11 L-5	Winner Game L11 N. Gym Semifinal Game L14 6:00 p.m. Winner Game L12
		L-7 S Gym 7:30 p.m. Game L12 L-6
Loser Game W15 S. Gym 15th Place 10:30 a.m. Loser Game W16				Loser Game W13 N. Gym 11th Place Time???. Loser Game W14

The only odd part of the bracket that we were provided that we really can't figure out is the slot for the 11th place game. The printed bracket we have shows that the 11th place game is supposed to be played "Wed. 7:30 p.m." in the N. Gym. Which of course conflicts with the game we've identified as "L-12" which is the second round matchup of the losers of the first round matchups between Bishop Montgomery v. St. Monica, and Fairfax v. Gardena. Normally the 11th place game would be a game between the losers of the games shown as L13 and L14 on the bracket above, and since those two games aren't being played until Thursday, we're positive the bracket we received has an error, and that instead that 11th place game is supposed to take place on Saturday. The only thing we don't know is the time, but we're betting it's supposed to be at either 12:00 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. because every other slot in the North Gym is filled on Saturday. Sheesh, this stuff can be so complicated sometimes....