2013 ciac girls bracket print

2013 CIAC GIRLS

BASKETBALL

TOURNAMENT

Class LL1. Mercy

Bye

16. SH Academy

17. Newtown

8. Westhill

25. E. Catholic

9. E.O. Smith

24. Greenwich

4. Glastonbury

29. Fair. Warde

13. Nor. Fr. Acd.

20. Naugatuck

5. S. Windsor

28. St. Joseph

12. Southington

21. Newington

2. Lauralton Hall

Bye

15. Amity

18. E. Hartford

7. Danbury

26. Shelton

10. Stamford

23. W. Haven

3. Trumbull

Bye

14. Ridgefield

19. Fair. Lud.

6. Career

27. New Milford

11. Darien

22. Cheshire

State championship

game

1. Mercy 2. Lauralton Hall

3. Trumbull

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals

Class LL rankings, records

1. Mercy 19-12. Lauralton Hall 18-13. Trumbull 18-24. Glastonbury 18-25. South Windsor 18-26. Career Magnet 17-37. Danbury 17-38. Westhill 17-39. E.O. Smith 17-310. Stamford 16-411. Darien 15-512. Southington 15-513. Norwich Free Academy 14-514. Ridgefield 14-615. Amity 13-716. Sacred Heart Academy 13-7

17. Newtown 13-718. East Hartford 13-719. Fairfield Ludlowe 11-920. Naugatuck 10-1021. Newington 10-1022. Cheshire 9-1123. West Haven 9-1124. Greenwich 9-1125. East Catholic 9-1126. Shelton 8-1227. New Milford 8-1228. St. Joseph 8-1229. Fairfield Warde 8-12

First round: Feb. 26

Second round: March 1

Quarterfinals: March 7

Semifinals: March 11

Final: March 15 or 16Dates:

With just two area teams, both of which have to start on the road (Naugatuck in Norwich; Cheshire in Darien) this class is the least populated for area fans.

Top seed Mercy will try to get back to the championship game, where the Tigers have lost for three straight years, and rewrite the ending this time.

Class LL: Analysis

1. Bacon Acd.

Bye

16. Holy Cross

17. Brookfield

8. Ledyard

25. Masuk

9. Torrington

24. Crosby

4. Watertown

29. Wood. Acd.

13. NW Catholic

20. Joel Barlow

5. Wilton

28. Branford

12. Tolland

21. Lyman Hall

2. Pomperaug

Bye

15. Hand

18. Kennedy

7. Avon

26. Brist. Cent.

10. Farmington

23. Middletown

3. Berlin

Bye

14. Brist. East.

19. Guilford

6. RHAM

27. N. Haven

11. E.Lyme

22. Foran

State championship

game

Bacon Acd. Pomperaug

Berlin

Class L


Class L rankings, records

1. Bacon Academy 19-12. Pomperaug 19-13. Berlin 19-14. Watertown 19-15. Wilton 18-26. RHAM 18-27. Avon 18-28. Ledyard 17-39. Torrington 16-410. Farmington 16-411. East Lyme 15-412. Tolland 15-513. Northwest Catholic 14-614. Bristol Eastern 14-615. Daniel Hand 13-716. Holy Cross 13-717. Brookfield 13-7

18. Kennedy 13-719. Guilford 13-720. Joel Barlow 13-721. Lyman Hall 12-822. Foran 12-823. Middletown 11-924. Crosby 10-1025. Masuk 10-1026. Bristol Central 10-1027. North Haven 8-1228. Branford 8-1229. Woodstock Academy 8-12


Second round: Feb. 28


Semifinals: March 8

Final: March 15 or 16Dates:

Class L: Analysis

Pomperaug, a state semifinalist last year, is seeded second, but coming off a stinging loss to Notre Dame-Fairfield in the SWC semifinals.

The Panthers are part of a loaded bracket led by defending champion and top seed Bacon Academy, which was upset by Class LL Norwich Free Academy in the ECC championship game, but will be a tough out.

There are so many good teams in this field that NVL champion Torrington is seeded ninth. The Raiders open with a familiar foe, Crosby. A win there matches them against a tough Ledyard team that took Bacon to overtime in the ECC quarters. After that, Torrington would get a taste of Bacon itself.

Watertown, seeded No. 4, has a tough draw, too. After opening with Woodstock Academy, the Indians most likely have No. 13 Northwest Catholic waiting in the next round. No. 5 Wilton, the top regular-season team in the FCIAC, looms in the quarterfinals. Oh, yeah, there's also Class L runner-up Tolland in this part of the bracket.

The path isn't easy for Pomperaug, either. After a first-round bye, the Panthers see either Hand, of the tough SCC, or Kennedy in the second round. No. 7 Avon, tops in the NCCC in the regular season, awaits after that, and third seed Berlin, ranked No. 8 in the state and the best regular-season team in the CCC, tops the lower half of the bracket.

1. Cromwell

32. Classical

16. Rocky Hill

17. Stonington

8. Plainfield

25. Woodland

9. Kolbe

24. Wolcott

4. Nonnewaug

29. Sacred Heart

13. Ellington

20. Sheehan

5. Granby

28. Kaynor Tech

12. Weaver

21. St. Paul

2. ND Fairfield

31. N. Branford

15. Coginchaug

18. Bull.-Havens

7. Montville

26. Plainville

10. Trinity Cath.

23. E. Haven

3. Hadd.-Kill.

30. Suffield

14. Northwestrn

19. Immaculate

6. Lewis Mills

27. New London

11. Ansonia

22. Prince Tech

State championship

game

Class M


Class M rankings, records

1. Cromwell 20-02. Notre Dame-Fairfield 17-33. Haddam-Killingworth 16-44. Nonnewaug 16-45. Granby Memorial 15-56. Lewis Mills 15-57. Montville 15-58. Plainfield 15-59. Kolbe Cathedral 14-510. Trinity Catholic 14-611. Ansonia 14-612. Weaver 14-613. Ellington 14-614. Northwestern 14-615. Coginchaug 13-716. Rocky Hill 13-717. Stonington 13-718. Bullard Havens 12-8

19. Immaculate 11-820. Sheehan 11-921. St. Paul Catholic 11-922. Prince Tech 11-923. East Haven 10-1024. Wolcott 10-1025. Woodland 10-1026. Plainville 10-10

27. New London10-10

28. Kaynor Tech 8-1129. Sacred Heart 8-1230. Suffield 8-12

31. North Branford8-12

32. Classical8-12

First round: Feb. 26Second round: March 1Quarterfinals: March 7

Semifinals: March 11Final: March 15 or 16

Class M: Analysis

There are coaches in the Berkshire League who think their conference is superior this year to the Naugatuck Valley League. One first-round matchup and one likely second-round matchup ought to provide some clues as to whether they're right.

No. 4 Nonnewaug hosts No. 29 Sacred Heart on Tuesday night. The Chiefs enter the game off a lackluster outing against Lewis Mills in the BL tournament, but they already own the scalp of one NVL team, having dominated St. Paul in a nonleague regular season game.

Sacred Heart, beset by injuries all season, barely snuck into the tournament, but does have its best player, Dionne Parker, back and shouldn't be overlooked.

Whichever team wins will likely face a red-hot Ellington team, the NCCC tournament champion, in the next round.

Meanwhile, No. 6 Lewis Mills, a BL runner-up, and No. 11 Ansonia, an NVL semifinalist, ought to meet in the second round in Burlington, if form holds. It will be an intriguing matchup of the Spartans' size inside vs. the Chargers' athletic guards.

Top seed Cromwell is the lone remaining unbeaten team in the state.

1. Capital Prep

Bye

16. Old Saybrk

17. Parish Hill

8. Wind. Tech

25. Housatonic

9. Putnam

24. Valley Reg.

4. Morgan

Bye

13. O’Brien Tech

20. University

5. Bolton

Bye

12. St. Bernard

21. E. Hampton

2. Cheney Tech

Bye

15. Coventry

18. Canton

7. Platt Tech

26. Wind. Locks

10. E. Windsor

23. Acd Hly Fm.

3. Thomaston

Bye

14. Lyman Mem.

19. Terryville

6. Somers

27. Litchfield

11. Good. Tech

22. Hyde

State championship

game

Capital Prep

Morgan

Bolton

Cheney Tech

Thomaston

Class S


Class S rankings, records

Dates:

1. Capital Prep 18-22. Cheney Tech 18-23. Thomaston 18-24. Morgan 16-45. Bolton 16-46. Somers 15-57. Platt Tech 15-58. Windham Tech 15-59. Putnam 15-510. East Windsor 13-711. Goodwin Tech 13-712. St. Bernard 12-813. O'Brien Tech 12-814. Lyman Memorial 12-815. Coventry 11-916. Old Saybrook 11-9

17. Parish Hill 10-1018. Canton 10-1019. Terryville 10-1020. University 10-1021. East Hampton 10-1022. Hyde Leadership 10-1023. Acad. of the Holy Family 10-1024. Valley Regional 9-1125. Housatonic Regional 9-1126. Windsor Locks 9-1127. Litchfield 9-11


Second round: Feb. 28


Semifinals: March 8

Final: March 15 or 16

Class S: Analysis

It's a good to be the Thomaston girls basketball team. The Golden Bears are Berkshire League champions for the third time in four years, laid waste to everyone at the BL tournament and are among the top seeds in the Class S state tournament that opens tonight.

Best of all: As Thomaston scans its bracket, there are no Shoreline Conference teams standing in the way of the state championship game at Mohegan Sun Arena. Shoreline teams, after all, have long been the Bears' bugaboo.

Worst of all: If the Bears do make it to the Sun, they will most likely run into Capital Prep, the No. 1-ranked team in the state, and dominating center Kiah Gillespie. Capital Prep, the No. 1 seed in Class S, obliterated No. 2 seed Cheney Tech, 81-38, while winning the CSC for the sixth straight year. Gillespie had 25 points and 16 rebounds.

Of course, No. 3 Thomaston, which gets a first-round bye, has some challenges before it can worry about Capital Prep, the biggest one being No. 6 Somers of the always tough NCCC in the quarterfinals.

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2013 ciac girls bracket print