2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships

The 2017 Federation Tournament of Champions took place at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls on March 24, 25 and 26. Federation championships were awarded in the AA, A and B classifications. Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn won the Class AA championship.[1] Donald Cannon-Flores of Abraham Lincoln was named the Class AA tournament's Most Valuable Player.[2]

Class AA

Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class AA were as follows:

Participating teams
Association Team Record Appearance Last appearance How qualified
CHSAA Cardinal Hayes (Bronx) 21-8 3 2007 Defeated Archbishop Molloy (Briarwood), 64-62[3]
NYSAISAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) 22-3 29 2016 Only Class AA school in association[4]
NYSPHSAA Mount Vernon 23-4 11 2012 Defeated Fairport, 59-48[5]
PSAL Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) 29-3 12 2013 Defeated Thomas Jefferson Campus (Brooklyn), 82-64[6][7]

Results
Semifinals
March 24 		Championship Game
March 25
      
NYSPHSAA Mount Vernon 57
NYSAISAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) 67
NYSAISAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) 63
PSAL Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) 80
PSAL Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn) 56
CHSAA Cardinal Hayes (Bronx) 47

Abraham Lincoln finished the season with a 31-3 record.[8][9] It was Abraham Lincoln's fifth state title, the most of any PSAL team.

Individual honors

The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:[10]

Most Valuable Player
  • Donald Cannon-Flores, Abraham Lincoln

All-Tournament Team

Class A

Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class A were as follows:

Participating teams
Association Team Record Appearance Last appearance How qualified
CHSAA Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island) 21-6 1 (first) Defeated Chaminade (Mineola), 55-47[11][12]
NYSAISAA Albany Academy 15-5 5 2016 Only Class A school in association[13]
NYSPHSAA Irondequoit 25-1 1 (first) Defeated Our Lady of Lourdes (Poughkeepsie), 54-43[14]
PSAL Walton Campus (Bronx) 27-4 2 1993 Defeated Brooklyn Law and Technology, 58-57[15]

Results
Semifinals
March 25 		Championship Game
March 26
      
NYSPHSAA Irondequoit 45
NYSAISAA Albany Academy 54
NYSAISAA Albany Academy 76
PSAL Walton Campus (Bronx) 46
PSAL Walton Campus (Bronx) 46
CHSAA Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island) 42

Albany Academy finished the season with a 17-5 record.[16][17]

Individual honors

The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:[18]

Most Valuable Player

All-Tournament Team
  • Brandon Abrams, Monsignor Farrell
  • Gerald Drumgoole, Irondequoit
  • Louis Florimon, Walton Campus
  • August Mahoney, Albany Academy
  • Derek Smith, Walton Campus

Sportsmanship Award
  • C.J. Mulvey, Albany Academy

Class B

Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class B were as follows:

Participating teams
Association Team Record Appearance Last appearance How qualified
CHSAA La Salle Academy (NYC) 25-2 2 1997 Defeated St. Mary’s (Lancaster), 80-52[19]
NYSAISAA Dwight (NYC) 20-4 4 2015 Defeated Packer Collegiate Institute (Brooklyn), 43-40[20]
NYSPHSAA Westhill (Geddes) 25-1 5 2015 Defeated Canton, 80-62[21]
PSAL Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom (Bronx) 28-1 2 2013 Defeated South Bronx Prep, 61-55[22]

Results
Semifinals
March 24 		Championship Game
March 25
      
NYSPHSAA Westhill (Geddes) 72
NYSAISAA Dwight (NYC) 58
NYSPHSAA Westhill (Geddes) 67
CHSAA La Salle Academy (NYC) 80
PSAL Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom (Bronx) 47
CHSAA La Salle Academy (NYC) 61

La Salle Academy finished the season with a 27-2 record.[23][24]

Individual honors

The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:[25]

Most Valuable Player

All-Tournament Team
  • Isaiah Allen-Smith, La Salle Academy
  • Zechariah Brown, Westhill
  • Sean Dadey, Westhill
  • Tyree Morris, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom
  • Dajuan Piper, Dwight

References
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