Boys Basketball Tournament Pairings: Hartford/Tolland Counties

A total of 128 Connecticut high school boys basketball teams will attempt to realize a goal of playing at the Mohegan Sun Arena for a state championship, as brackets for the CIAC tournaments were released Wednesday.

Notre Dame-Fairfield, the reigning Division I champion, is the only one of last year's five champions to have a chance to defend its actual title; the other four titlists (Immaculate, Waterford, Kolbe Cathedral and Cromwell) have all moved up at least one division.

Here is the schedule of games for schools in Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

DIV. I
All games 3/4, 7 p.m. except where indicated

• No. 1 East Catholic, bye
• No. 6 Windsor, bye
• No. 8 Simsbury, bye
• No. 11 East Hartford, bye
• No. 19 Weaver at No. 14 Norwich Free Academy

DIV. II
All games 3/4, 7 p.m. except where indicated

• No. 2 Glastonbury, bye
• No. 29 Kennedy at No. 4 Manchester
• No. 28 Wethersfield at No. 5 Amity
• No. 27 E.O. Smith at No. 6 New Britain
• No. 23 Northwest Catholic at No. 10 Stamford
• No. 21 Darien at No. 12 Newington
• No. 20 Enfield at No. 13 Waterbury Career Academy
• No. 18 Kolbe Cathedral at No. 15 Southington
• No. 17 Hartford Public at No. 16 Brookfield

DIV. III
All games 3/5, 7 p.m. except where indicated

• No. 2 Prince Tech, bye
• No. 3 Farmington, bye
• No. 8 Berlin, bye
• No. 24 SMSA at No. 9 Amistad
• No. 22 Capital Prep at No. 11 Newtown
• No. 19 Staples at No. 14 Hall
• No. 18 Tolland at No. 15 Fitch

DIV. IV
All games 3/4, 7 p.m. except where indicated

• No. 2 Classical Magnet, bye
• No. 3 Granby, bye
• No. 27 Woodland at No. 6 Ellington
• No. 24 Aerospace at No. 9 Old Saybrook
• No. 22 Lewis Mills at No. 11 Canton
• No. 18 Suffield at No. 15 Lyman Memorial

DIV. V
All games 3/5, 7 p.m. except where indicated

• No. 2 Somers, bye
• No. 26 MLC at No. 7 Parish Hill
• No. 25 East Granby at No. 8 Windham Tech
• No. 24 Cheney Tech at No. 9 HMTCA
• No. 17 Achievement First at No. 16 Coventry

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