Hillhouse, the school everyone has been saying is far and away the favorite to be the No. 1 boys basketball team in the state, opens the year at the top spot as it received 18 of 19 first-place votes in the New Haven Register’s Preseason Top 10 poll.
St. Joseph, despite losing a number of players from last year’s Class LL championship team, is perhaps surprisingly No. 3 in the poll.
Ridgefield, considered the team to beat in the FCIAC, is 10th.
Thanks to the Register for permission to run the poll.
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Team
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Record
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Pts.
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LAST
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1
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Hillhouse (18)
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(26-2)
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568
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3
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2
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Windsor
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(25-2)
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500
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5
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3
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St. Joseph
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(25-1)
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410
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1 |
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4
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Fairfield Prep
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(22-4)
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354
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9
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5
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New London
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(24-3)
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337
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4
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6
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Hartford Public
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(23-2)
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300
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NR
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7
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Capital Prep
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(20-4)
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296
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NR
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8
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Watertown
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(24-4)
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247
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10
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9
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Career
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(27-2)
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198
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2
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10
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Ridgefield
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(18-7)
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187
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NR
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| Dropped Out: Northwest Catholic (6), Immaculate (7) and Waterford (8). | ||||
| Other teams receiving votes: Northwest Catholic (23-4), 182; Manchester (20-7), 149; Glastonbury (12-10), 132; Immaculate (26-1), 121; Valley Regional (20-6), 120; Bunnell (13-10), 102; Waterford (25-2), 99; Crosby (19-4), 93; Notre Dame-Fairfield (21-6), 89; New Britain (14-10), 77; Ledyard (20-7), 68; Wilby (21-5), 55; Trinity Catholic (19-7), 54; Wilbur Cross (13-11), 38; Bridgeport Central (12-10), 22; Norwich Free Academy (12-11), 16; Northwestern (20-5), 12; Bassick (20-6), 10; East Catholic (13-10), 9; Kaynor Tech (23-3) Kolbe Cathedral (20-4) and Stratford (12-12), 8. | ||||
| The following voted: Mary Albl, Minuteman Newspapers; Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin; Bill Bloxsom, Hersam-Acorn; Jim Bransfield, Middletown Press; Chris Brodeur, Danbury News-Times; Mike Cardillo, Connecticut Post; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Matt Doran, MSG Varsity; John Holt, WFSB-3; Sean Krofssik, Meriden-Record Journal; Ken Lipshez, New Britain City Journal/West Hartford News; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Joe Palladino, Waterbury Republican-American; Kevin Roberts, Register-Citizen; Dave Ruden, Stamford Advocate; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant; Jimmy Zanor, Shore Line Newspapers. | ||||
