Boys
Class LL
Xavier is the top seed in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament and will be the No. 2 seed in the Class LL field when the seedings are officially announced on Friday.
Greenwich will be the top seed and will receive the only first-round bye. The Cardinals could face Fairfield Prep, last year’s finalist, in the second round. Xavier will likely draw Bridgeport Central in the opening round.
Amity is the No. 8 seed and could host No. 9 Norwich Free Academy in the second round if seeding holds to form. Shelton and Guilford should be seeded 11th and 14th, respectively, and get first-round home games.
Class L
There are three unbeaten teams in Class L — Naugatuck, Barlow and University/Prince Tech, the top three seeds here. Torrington is the No. 4 seed at 15-1.
Hand and Branford will be seeded 11th and 12th, respectively. Both will play first-round home games and have to win on the road in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals against one another for the third time this season.
Platt Tech will get a first-round home game. If the Panthers advance, they will have to face one of the top two seeds on the road in the second round.
Class M
Sheehan will be the top area seed in this division at no higher than the No. 10 seed. Suffield is currently the top seed and lone unbeaten in this division with one regular season game left today.
Class S
Old Saybrook is not only the top seed in the Shoreline Conference tournament, but also in this division. Cromwell, Valley Regional and Classical Magnet will be seeded third through fifth, depending on how the pairings shake out, and Seymour will either be 10th or 11th.
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Girls
Class LL
Suffield is undefeated with one game left while Glastonbury and St. Joseph finished at 15-0-1. Mercy is next as the No. 4 seed.
Cheshire is ranked seventh and could face either Glastonbury or St. Joseph in the quarterfinals if seeding holds to form. Amity will get a home game while Hand will have to travel, likely to Ridgefield, for its opener.
Class L
Immaculate, last year’s Class S champion, is playing in Class L this season and is unbeaten. But the Mustangs will be the No. 2 seed because RHAM finished 15-1 and has a higher winning percentage than Immaculate at 14-0-2.
Branford will be seeded at No. 3 while Guilford could be the No. 4-7 seed depending upon how the tiebreakers are determined. Both Branford and Guilford will receive first-round byes. Sacred Heart Academy will be at No. 12 and host a first-round game.
Class M
Lewis Mills will be the top seed here, followed by Waterford and Tolland. Woodland and Haddam-Killingworth are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively.
Lauralton Hall is at No. 11 and will host a first-round game.
Class S
Coginchaug will be the No. 3 seed in Class S and receive a first-round bye.
