Middletown High School Ranked in Top 10 in Preseason Boys Basketball Poll

Boys basketball kicks off the regular season Saturday for some Connecticut high schools, with most teams seeing action by Monday night, and the initial GameTimeCT/Register poll has been released.

Defending Class LL champion Hillhouse earned the top ranking, receiving 16 first-place votes among the 19 ballots cast by Connecticut sports journalists.

The top 10 teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, are:

1. Hillhouse (16)
2. Sacred Heart (3)
3. East Catholic
4. Notre Dame-West Haven
5. Weaver
6. Fairfield Prep
7. Middletown
8. Windsor
9. Notre Dame-Fairfield
10. Danbury

Also receiving votes: Bloomfield, East Hartford, Crosby, Hamden, Newington, Immaculate, Northwest Catholic, Bassick, Wilbur Cross, Fairfield Warde, Trinity Catholic, Ledyard, Holy Cross, Trumbull, New London, Norwich Free Academy, Bunnell, Waterford, Greenwich, Harding, Wilby.

Voters: Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin; Bill Bloxsom, HAN Network; Doug Bonjour, Connecticut Post; Jim Bransfield, Middletown Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Francesco Graziano, CPTV Sports; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Joe Palladino, Republican-American; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Derek Turner, GameTimeCT; Peter Wallace, Register Citizen; Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen