Flip Flop At the Top In Boys Basketball Poll

CONNECTICUT — Very little changed in the latest weekly state high school basketball poll, but the matchup between the top two teams last Tuesday produced an epic battle which ended East Catholic's 69-game regular season winning streak and elevated Windsor to the top of the rankings, in unanimous fashion.

The Warriors collected all 19 first-place votes to trade spots with the previously top-ranked Eagles. All other positions in the top 10 remained the same as the previous poll.

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

1. Windsor (lw: 2)
2. East Catholic (lw: 1)
3. Sacred Heart (lw: 3)
4. Notre Dame-West Haven (lw: 4)
5. Norwich Free Academy (lw: 5)
6. Immaculate (lw: 6)
7. Hillhouse (lw: 7)
8. Prince Tech (lw: 8)
9. Northwest Catholic (lw: 9)
10. Naugatuck (lw: 10)

Also receiving votes: Fitch, Old Lyme, Fairfield Ludlowe, Middletown, Ridgefield, Tolland, Holy Cross, SMSA, Staples, Xavier, Trinity Catholic, Wilbur Cross, St. Joseph, Jonathan Law, Crosby, Fairfield Warde, Canton, Somers.

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; 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; John Pierson, WTNH-8; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; Kevin Roberts, Republican-American; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3. Compiled by Joe Morelli.