Christian Adams, center, and the Hillhoue boys basketball team remain No. 1 in the latest GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 poll. (Catherine Avalone/New Haven Register)
Undefeated Wilton makes its first appearance in the top 10.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. HILLHOUSE |
11-0 | 18 | 596 | 1 | LL |
Results: Def. Springfield Central (Mass.) 70-63; def. Fairfield Prep 79-42; def. Hamden 62-58.
Bottom line: The Academics will now have to manage the rest of the regular season without senior guard Joey Kasperzyk, who suffered a fractured wrist.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. NOTRE DAME-WEST HAVEN |
10-0 | 1 | 556 | 2 | LL |
Results: Def. East Haven 80-30; def. Bergen Catholic (N.J.) 70-69.
Bottom line: Tremont Waters hit the deciding three-point shot to give Notre Dame the win over Bergen Catholic.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. SACRED HEART |
9-0 | 1 | 516 | 3 | L |
Results: Def. Crosby 83-69; def, Benjamin Cardozo (NY) 70-69; def. South Shore (N.Y.) 47-45.
Bottom line: Rasheem Solomon had the deciding three-point shot in the win over Cardozo.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. EAST CATHOLIC |
8-1 | 0 | 462 | 6 | LL |
Results: Def. South Maloney 65-52; def. East Hartford 68-51.
Bottom line: Mike Veretto had a career-high 23 points in the win over East Hartford.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. WEAVER |
9-2 | 0 | 444 | 5 | LL |
Results: Def. Hall 63-52; def. Bulkeley 88-67.
Bottom line: Jaecee Martin had 20 points and nine assists in the Beavers’ victory over Bulkeley.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. EAST HARTFORD |
8-1 | 0 | 376 | 4 | LL |
Results: Lost to East Catholic 68-51.
Bottom line: East Catholic held Isaiah Williams to 12 points after he had 28 points in the last matchup against the Eagles.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. MIDDLETOWN |
9-2 | 0 | 362 | 8 | L |
Results: Def. Wethersfield 60-45; def. Rocky Hill 78-56.
Bottom line: Blue Dragons made 12 three-pointers against Rocky Hill.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8. WILTON |
9-0 | 0 | 302 | NR | L |
Results: Def. St. Joseph 62-61; def. Fairfield Warde 75-65.
Bottom line: The lone remaining unbeaten in the FCIAC vaults into the top 10 for the first time.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9. SOUTH WINDSOR |
9-1 | 0 | 241 | 10 | LL |
Results: Def. Manchester 75-53; def. Southington 50-48.
Bottom line: A Friday CCC showdown at East Catholic looms for South Windsor.
| Team | Record | 1st Place | Points | Last | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10. FAIRFIELD WARDE |
9-1 | 0 | 238 | 7 | LL |
Results: Def. Westhill 95-76; Lost to Wilton 75-65
Bottom line: Warde hosts Danbury Friday night in a huge FCIAC contest.
Dropped out: Windsor (9).
First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.
Others receiving votes
Notre Dame-Fairfield (9-1), 209; Bassick (9-1), 177; Holy Cross (9-1), 133; Windsor (7-3), 130; Norwich Free Academy (10-1), 117; Kennedy (9-1) and Trumbull (10-1), 61; Crosby (8-3), 38; Ledyard (8-2), 22; Bethel (9-1), 10; Westbrook (8-1), 9; East Hampton (10-1), 8; New London (7-3) and Wilbur Cross (8-3), 7.
The following voted
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; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal; Mike Madera, Elm City Newspapers; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Joe Palladino, Republican-American; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; Marc Robbins, Vantage Sports; 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.
Correcting: Warde’s opponents from last week.
Bethel getting votes over Danbury who beat them by 40? Do some homework people!
baseball fan very interesting post.Not taking nothing away from Bethel but a 40 point loss to Danbury and a overtime win vs SCC bottom team Foran.SMH
Probably because Bethel hasn’t lost since, and Danbury has barely had their full team together for more than a game, and hence has lost a few times since then, including a really bad loss where they were blown out @ Staples.
Bethel ranked 20th? And no mention of Danbury who beat them by 40? Hmmm
Yeah Bethel is no where near as good as their record suggests. I heard they were soundly beaten in an early season scrimmage by a Wamogo team that’s #2 in BL (not exactly a power conference but a good S school). SWC is top heavy as it is and they’ve had the easy side of the schedule so far.
I like seeing smaller conference teams get some love in the polls. Be nice if they did a poll like soccer based on size LL/L and M/S. East Hampton, Canton, Lewis Mills, Wamogo, Westbrook, etc getting votes from the small conferences would be a nice touch.
Or how about a top five for every division?
My two cents – the ND win at NJ powerhouse should push them to #1
You think that after hillhouse beat the #1 team in New York and the #1 team in western Massachusetts I think beating two #1 teams out ways beating 1 #1 team plus they just won 3 games in a row without there best player I would like to see how ND would do without there best player
Wait, according to all the other blogs, the PG is their best player.
Nails….No, Joey K is best player in state, and Douglas is best PG in the state. Don’t get the House rankings wrong.
LOL. You don’t believe that, so why say it????? stop the nonsense, because when people see stuff like this, they don’t even take you serious……….. If you really believe that their is a better player, bar none in CT. BETTER THAN TREMONT WATERS, I SEE WHY THE BIG 5 COACHES NEVER SHOW UP ON SHERMAN AVE. you are delusional……
Tremont is the best player in the state but after that the next 4 slots is all House players and Bergen was #4 in nj don’t try to hype it up let’s remember to he played four years of prep basketball and he’s older than all of house kids tyreek perkins was 19 his senior year an had to transfer to Putnam to play take tremont off this team and there not even ranked take joey out an there still #1
Thank you for that honesty of the first part of statement. I do agree with you that Hillhouse is undoubtedly the deepest team in the state, and may arguably have the best personnel man for man after Tremont, and i won’t arue that point, but im sure many a coach will, such as, the East Cathoilic coach is going to say his kid, Mcguirl is next in line, and Kansas state which is considered a high major program is there to vouch for that. I think Hillhouse has the most D1 prospects collectively, but unfortunately, no high majors.
I don’t think tremont was recruited from Notre Dame at Westhaven I don’t even think those coaches know Where that school is next time one of them is in the building someone take a pic and post it please thanks
Serious… Relax, I was just repeating what the HH fanatics have been posting. Of course Waters is the best player in the state. Quinnipiac Coach was at House/Hamden game last week, so someone is getting D 1 looks, but maybe it was for Hamden.
Hahahaha you should do stand up comedy your a funny guy maybe it was for Hamden that was a good one
Why wouldn’t they be there for Hamden cj going d1 and Ronnie will go if he keeps his head straight
First thing Hamden parent why come to new haven if Hamden high is right around the corner verbal and signing are two different things and when that game was over what locker room were the coaches at talking to the kids?????how many games did there best player foul out off he can score on one end but can’t defend without fouling Ronnie is good his future could be bright but if there’s ifs now could be ifs later
Ain’t no Hamden parent buddy I’m a Hillhouse parent he is being recruited by a a few schools y’all act like no one else could be talented enough to go d1 in the state only your guys
It would have to be something wrong with anyone who thinks there is a player in the state better than tremont because there’s not well the seven footer at Cheshire Academy if you want count that but other that there’s no one better than that kid you right he is older then any other kid playing high school basketball and that does give him an edge over the other kids he’s playing against but he put a lot of work in too that no can discredit as well.. but ND is not a better team than hillhouse and I believe hillhouse will beat ND in the scc championship game and hillhouse is the #1 team in the state hands down the same way any everybody look at tremont as the best player in state that mean you have some sense so use that same sense and look at hillhouse team as the #1 team in the state
No question Hillhouse is #1 but ND game will be a very good one. By the way BB – you either need to slow down and take a breath and use spell checker
I hate to see any kid get hurt. JK from Hillhouse will be out for a long stretch. Hope he keeps in condition for his return. There are no punk teams out there this year. Final four for LL should be a doozy. Hillhouse, Notre Dame, E. Catholic, Warde would be good. E. Hartford, Weaver, Danbury, and several others have shot to be in the mix. Could even be a huge surprise…E. Catholic, Warde, Danbury and Wilbur Cross. It is going be crazy come tourney time!