Connecticut
CCC Boys Basketball Tournament Pairings, Matchups, & Recent Championship History
It’s tournament time for high school basketball in Connecticut.
With the regular season concluding for most high school basketball teams over the weekend, conference tournaments will take place next week with the Naugatuck Valley League (NVL) Tournament having tipped off on Saturday.
Arguably the most talented conference for high school boys basketball in the state of Connecticut is the CCC (Central Connecticut Conference) and this year’s CCC Tournament is wide open with many talented teams. Four of the top 10 teams ranked in GameTimeCT’s latest boys basketball poll come from the CCC in No. 4 Windsor, No. 5 East Catholic, No. 9 Northwest Catholic and No. 10 East Hartford.
The first two rounds of the CCC Tournament will be played at higher seeds, with the opening round on Monday, Feb. 23, followed by the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Two semifinals games taking place at Bristol Central High School on Saturday, Feb. 28. The championship games will be played the following Monday at the University of Hartford.
Note: Dates are likely to change due to the incoming blizzard in Connecticut Sunday-Monday.
First-Round
(Monday, Feb. 23 @ higher seeds)
No. 1 Windsor vs. No. 16 Enfield
No. 2 East Hartford vs. No. 15 Farmington
No. 3 East Catholic vs. No. 14 Conard
No. 4 Northwest Catholic vs. No. 13 New Britain
No. 5 Platt vs. No. 12 Southington
No. 6 Newington vs. No. 11 E.O. Smith
No. 7 Hall vs. No. 10 Glastonbury
No. 8 Bloomfield vs. No. 9 Maloney
Quarterfinals
(Wednesday, Feb. 25 @ higher seeds)
Semifinals
(Saturday, Feb. 28 @ Bristol Central High School)
Championship Monday
(Monday, Mar. 2 @ University of Hartford, 8:00 p.m.)
Since 2010, both Windsor and East Catholic have won five CCC titles with each team three-peating as champions at certain times, displaying their dominance in the conference. East Catholic has finished as runner-ups the last two seasons. East Catholic has appeared in nine title games since 2010 as Windsor has appeared in six.
Here are the results of the CCC Champions since 2010:
2025: Northwest Catholic def. East Catholic 54-51
2024: Windsor def. East Catholic 63-61
2023: East Catholic def. Bloomfield 78-62
2022: Bristol Central def. Northwest Catholic 63-56
2021: D-I Bristol Central def. East Catholic 67-66 | D-II Farmington def. Hall 58-47 | D-III Plainville def. Conard 45-40 | D-IV Tolland def. Hartford Public 59-43
2020: East Catholic def. Northwest Catholic 55-47
2019: Windsor def. East Catholic 87-85
2018: East Catholic def. Windsor 95-81
2017: East Catholic def. Weaver 67-66
2016: East Catholic def. Simsbury 54-49
2015: Weaver def. Windsor 83-66
2014: Weaver def. Maloney 59-57
2013: Windsor def. Glastonbury 74-67
2012: Windsor def. Manchester 105-72
2011: Windsor def. Maloney 85-70
2010: Bloomfield def. Northwest Catholic 84-78
Three Rocky Hill firefighters were honored Monday night for their part in a rescue on the Connecticut River in March.
Emergency crews responded to Ferry Park in Rocky Hill on March 23 in response to a report of a vehicle in the river.
When they arrived, they found a woman in a Jeep about 35 feet out from the riverbank.
Crews broke a window and pulled the woman to safety after about 10 minutes, according to fire officials.
The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Monday evening, Captain William Kelly, Captain Roberto Leone, and Lt. Travis Gerace-Hicks were awarded the fire department’s valor award for their rescue efforts.
ROCKY HILL — A man from South Carolina is facing charges after cutting down light poles along the highway in Rocky Hill, Connecticut State Police said.
Lamont Carlson Tucker, 62, of Myrtle Beach, is charged with first-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree larceny, police said.
Police said troopers responded to reports of “an individual cutting light poles” around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Tucker was released on a $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at state Superior Court in New Britain June 12, police said.
The North Haven Police Department is continuing to investigate after a male was shot while riding a moped on Sunday night.
According to police, a 20-year-old male was shot in the area of Whitney Avenue near the Hamden town line.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
No other information has been released.
Police are continuing to investigate, and say that there will be a heavy police presence in the area of Whitney Avenue and Skiff Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Haven Police Department.
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