Notre Dame-West Haven Cracks Top 5 In Boys Basketball Poll

WEST HAVEN, CT — There was very little change in the top 10 of the latest Connecticut boys basketball top 10 rankings, with minor shuffling in the middle of the list and just one new entry at the bottom.

Sacred Heart, East Catholic, Windsor and Bassick retained the top four spots in the most recent balloting of sports media members.

Notre Dame-West Haven moved up a spot, placing fifth in the voting.

Here are the top 10, with first-place votes and last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams receiving votes.

1. Sacred Heart (15) (lw: 1)
2. East Catholic (3) (lw: 2)
3. Windsor (1) (lw: 3)
4. Bassick (lw: 4)
5. Notre Dame-West haven (lw: 6)
6. Waterford (lw: 7)
7. East Lyme (lw: 9)
8. Trumbull (lw: 6)
9. East Hartford (lw: 8)
10. Newtown (lw: NR)

Also receiving votes: Hamden, Manchester, Brookfield, Cromwell, Weaver, Hillhouse, Immaculate, Farmington, Wamogo, Fairfield Warde, Wilton, Ridgefield, Danbury, Old Lyme, Holy Cross, Simsbury, Notre Dame-Fairfield, Norwich Free Academy.

Voters: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Dave Grant, WATR-AM; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O'Brien, Game Day CT Sports; Joe Palladino, Republican-American; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; John Pierson, WTNH; Marc Robbins, CT Sports Now; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle; Joe Zone, WFSB.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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