East Catholic Stays On Top, 2 New Entries Join Boys Hoop Top 10

CONNECTICUT — The top six teams in the latest Connecticut high school boys basketball poll remained unchanged, but some shuffling occurred in the bottom half of the rankings, with two new entries in the top 10.

East Catholic maintained its season-long perch atop the rankings, collecting 17 of 18 first-place votes. Northwest Catholic earned the other top nod to remain in second place.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other schools collecting votes.

1. East Catholic (lw: 1)
2. Northwest Catholic (lw: 2)
3. Sacred Heart (lw: 3)
4. Windsor (lw: 4)
5. Bristol Central (lw: 5)
6. Kolbe Cathedral (lw: 6)
7. Ridgefield (lw: 8)
8. Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: 7)
9. Notre Dame-West Haven (lw: N/R)
10. Prince Tech (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: West Haven, St. Joseph, Maloney, Morgan, Fairfield Prep, Wilton, Capital Prep, Staples, Immaculate, Middletown, Norwich Free Academy, Naugatuck, East Lyme, Wilbur Cross, New Canaan.

Voters: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal of Meriden; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal Inquirer; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O'Brien, Game Day CT Sports; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; Kevin Roberts, Waterbury Republican-American; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Chris Saunders, WATR-AM; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.
Compiled by Joe Morelli

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