Brackets Released For CIAC Boys Basketball Tournaments

CONNECTICUT — Brackets for the CIAC boys basketball tournaments were released Wednesday morning, and 40 teams from schools in Hartford and Tolland counties are still keeping their dreams of a state championship alive.

Among the five divisions, the lone top seed from Hartford County is Bristol Central, which has earned a first-round bye in Div. II. Northwest Catholic (Div. II) and SMSA (Div. V) are seeded second.

Here are the opening round matchups for all teams from the region. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

DIV. I
All games 3/8, 6:30 p.m.

• No. 6 Windsor, bye
• No. 8 East Catholic, bye
• No. 9 Farmington, bye
• No. 22 Glastonbury at No. 11 Manchester
• No. 18 New Britain at No. 15 Danbury
• No. 17 East Hartford at No. 16 Wilbur Cross

DIV. II
All games 3/7, 6:30 p.m.

• No. 1 Bristol Central, bye
• No. 2 Northwest Catholic, bye
• No. 3 Conard, bye
• No. 6 Prince Tech, bye
• No. 25 Enfield at No. 8 Waterford
• No. 21 Newington at No. 12 St. Joseph
• No. 20 Avon at No. 13 Newtown
• No. 18 Greenwich at No. 15 Simsbury

DIV. III
All games 3/8, 6:30 p.m.

• No. 5 RHAM, bye
• No. 25 E.O. Smith at No. 8 Berlin
• No. 24 Norwalk at No. 9 St. Paul
• No. 19 Classical Magnet at No. 14 East Lyme
• No. 17 Lewis Mills at No. 16 Ansonia

DIV. IV
All games 3/7, 6:30 p.m.

• No. 4 Granby, bye
• No. 6 Bloomfield, bye
• No. 7 Somers, bye
• No. 9 Canton, bye
• No. 21 Montville at No. 12 Ellington
• No. 20 Old Lyme at No. 13 Cheney Tech
• No. 18 Rockville at No. 15 Platt Tech

DIV. V
All games 3/8, 6:30 p.m.

• No. 2 SMSA, bye
• No. 3 Weaver, bye
• No. 27 Westbrook at No. 6 Capital Prep
• No. 26 East Granby at No. 7 Old Saybrook
• No. 24 Aerospace at No. 9 Stafford
• No. 23 Oxford at No. 10 Achievement First
• No. 22 Goodwin Tech at No. 11 Northwestern Regional
• No. 21 Norwich Tech at No. 12 Suffield
• No. 20 Windsor Locks at No. 13 East Hampton
• No. 18 Wolcott Tech at No. 15 University
• No. 17 Coventry at No. 16 Portland