Danbury Improves Standing In Boys Basketball Poll

DANBURY, CT — The top two teams remained intact and pair of top 5 teams switched positions in the most recent high school boys basketball poll of state sports media members.

Sacred Heart collected 15 of 20 first-place votes to keep its perch atop the rankings, while East Catholic received the other five top votes to retain second. Notre Dame-West Haven and Bassick flip-flopped spots in the third and fourth positions.

Danbury High School moved up a spot from last week, placing ninth in the most recent balloting.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams getting votes.

1. Sacred Heart (lw: 1)
2. East Catholic (lw: 2)
3. Notre Dame-West Haven (lw: 4)
4. Bassick (lw: 3)
5. Windsor (lw: 5)
6. Waterford (lw: 6)
7. Trumbull (lw: 7)
8. Manchester (lw: 8)
9. Danbury (lw: 10)
10. Cromwell (lw: NR)

Also receiving votes: Wamogo, Glastonbury, Old Lyme, Newtown, East Hartford, Prince Tech, East Lyme, Immaculate, Classical Magnet, Farmington, New Canaan, Jonathan Law, Simsbury, Wilton, St. Bernard.

Voters: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Dave Grant, WATR-AM; Larry Kelley, Norwich Bulletin; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O'Brien, Game Day CT Sports; Joe Palladino, Republican-American; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; John Pierson, WTNH; Marc Robbins, CT Sports Now; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle; Joe Zone, WFSB.

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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