Boys Hoop Overload

State your team’s case by emailing me (mmoran@gazettenet.com). All of this is through Wednesday’s games. Click here for a breakdown of the leading team leaders on offense and defense.
By the way, Friday will be one jam-packed evening of boys basketball. Every team except three will be playing.

But first ....
As promissed, if the season ended and the tournament started today, here are how the seeds would fall. This is NOT official but calculated. All three divisions will change when more teams qualify.

Walkertology
Division 1
1. Northampton
2. Sci-Tech
3. Minnechaug
4. East Longmeadow
5. Chicopee

Division 2
1. Hoosac
2. Drury
3. Taconic
4. Palmer
5. Wahconah
6. Mohawk
7. Belchertown

Division 3
1. Sabis
2. New Leadership
3. Frontier
4. Turners
5. Pioneer Regional
6. St. Joseph
7. Easthampton
8. Lee
9. Lenox

Power Poll (Last week)
1. Sabis (1)
2. East Longmeadow (2)
3. Northampton (3)
4. Sci-Tech (6)
5. Central (4)
6. Minnechaug (unranked)
7. Chicopee (5)
8. Hoosac Valley (7)
9. New Leadership (8)
10. Drury (9)

DIVISIONAL TOP 10s
Division 1 (Record, Last week)
1. East Longmeadow (11-3, 1)
2. Northampton (13-2, 2)
3. Sci-Tech (12-3, 5)
4. Central (9-6, 3)
5. Minnechaug (11-4, 6)
6. Chicopee (11-4, 4)
7. Commerce (9-6, 7)
8. West Springfield (8-7, 8)
9. Longmeadow (7-7, 9)
10. Westfield (6-9, unranked)

Division 2
1. Hoosac Valley (13-3, 1)
2. Drury (13-3, 2)
3. Taconic (11-4, 5)
4. Palmer (12-4, 3)
5. Mohawk Trail (10-5, 4)
6. Wahconah (10-6, 9)
7. Belchertown (11-6, 6)
8. Hampshire Regional (9-7, 8)
9. South Hadley (6-7, 7)
10. Mahar (8-6, 10)

Division 3
1. Sabis (14-2, 1)
2. New Leadership (13-2, 2)
3. Frontier Regional (11-4, 3)
4. Turners Falls (11-4, 5) - Here’s my dilemma. Turners split with Pioneer and Easthampton. Easthampton beat Pioneer but has lost 3-of-4.
5. Pioneer Regional (10-4, 6)
6. Easthampton (10-5, 4)
7. St. Joseph (10-5, 8)
8. Granby (8-7, 9)
9. Lee (11-5, 7)
10. McCann Tech (9-6, 10)

GazetteLand Power Poll
1. Northampton (1)
2. Frontier Regional (2)
3. Easthampton (3)
4. Belchertown (4)
5. South Hadley (5)
6. Hampshire Regional (6)
7. Hopkins Academy (9)
8. Granby (7)
9. Amherst Regional (8)
10. Holyoke Catholic (10)
11. Gateway Regional (11)
12. Smith Academy (12)
13. Smith Vocational (13)

GazetteLand Leading Scorers
1. Gary Grandonico, Frontier Regional, 19.5
Nick Bryda, Holyoke Catholic, 19.0
Brendan Rios, Easthampton, 19.0
Ben McCullough, Belchertown, 18.3
5. Jesse Coulon, Northampton, 17.3
Mike Prattico, Holyoke Catholic, 16.9
Branden Labrie, Hampshire, 16.5
Ellis Cooper, Northampton, 16.4
Scott DeLoach, Hampshire, 15.3
10. Chris Sulda, Smith Academy, 14.6
Kieffer Staples, Smith Vocational, 13.9
Ethan Cook, Gateway, 13.6
Matt Chamberlin, Frontier, 13.4
Erik Abramson, Frontier, 13.1
15. Dana Light, Granby, 12.9
Anthony Afflitto, Smith Academy, 12.5
Ben Brassord, Amherst, 12.4
Clinton Sapowsky, Granby, 12.3
Drew Sharpe, Easthampton, 12.2
20. Joe Courtney, Belchertown, 12.1
Pat Ramsey, Easthampton, 11.9
Brian Boudreau, Granby, 11.8
Zach Hunter, Hopkins, 11.8
Joey O’Connell, Smith Academy, 11.8
25. Dan Sullivan, Hopkins Academy, 11.7
Corey Mortimer, Smith Academy, 11.5
Ryan Hortsman, South Hadley, 11.4
Mike Sears, Belchertown, 11.1
Bill Hahn, Hopkins, 11.1
30. Miguel Santiago, South Hadley, 10.6
Trevor Hamel, Gateway, 10.6
Charles White, Amherst, 10.3
Gabe Craig, Gateway, 10.1

Boys Hoop Top 10s, team stats

State your team’s case by emailing me (mmoran@gazettenet.com). This is through Wednesday’s games.

Click here for a PDF of offensive and defensive team statistics.

Week 4 Power Poll (Week 3)
1. Sci-Tech (2)
2. East Longmeadow (5)
3. Northampton (6)
4. Central (1)
5. Chicopee (3)
6. Sabis (4)
7. Hoosac Valley (8)
8. Drury (n/a)
9. New Leadership (10)
10. Mohawk Trail (9)

DIVISIONAL TOP 10s
Division 1 (Record, Week 2)
1. Sci-Tech (7-1, 2)
2. East Longmeadow (6-3, 4)
3. Northampton (8-1, 5)
4. Central (5-4, 1)
5. Chicopee (7-2, 3)
6. West Springfield (5-3, 6)
7. Minnechaug (5-3, 10)
8. Longmeadow (4-4, 7)
9. Commerce (5-4, 8)
10. Cathedral (3-5, n/a)

Division 2
1. Hoosac Valley (8-1, 1)
2. Drury (8-1, 5)
3. Mohawk Trail (6-3, 2)
4. Palmer (6-3, 3)
5. Belchertown (7-2, 4)
6. South Hadley (5-3, 6)
7. Taconic (4-3, 7)
8. Wahconah (6-4, 9)
9. Hampshire Regional (5-4, 8)
10. Mahar (3-4, 10)

Division 3
1. Sabis (9-0, 1)
2. New Leadership (5-1, 2)
3. Frontier Regional (7-2, 6)
4. Easthampton (7-2, 3)
5. Pioneer Regional (6-2, 5)
6. Turners Falls (5-2, 4)
7. Lee (9-1, 7)
8. Granby (3-4, 8)
9. Lenox (5-3, 9)
10. Ware (5-4, n/a)

GazetteLand Power Poll
1. Northampton (1)
2. Frontier Regional (2)
3. Belchertown (3)
4. South Hadley (4)
5. Easthampton (5)
6. Hampshire Regional (6)
7. Granby (7)
8. Amherst Regional (9)
9. Hopkins Academy (8)
10. Holyoke Catholic (10)
11. Gateway Regional (11)
12. Smith Academy (12)
13. Smith Vocational (13)

GazetteLand Leading Scorers (updated)
1. Ben McCullough, Belchertown, 20.3
Gary Grandonico, Frontier Regional, 19.7
Nick Bryda, Holyoke Catholic, 19.0
Scott DeLoach, Hampshire, 18.3
5. Ellis Cooper, Northampton, 17.2
Brendan Rios, Easthampton, 16.1
Branden Labrie, Hampshire, 16.0
Jesse Coulon, Northampton, 15.3
Mike Prattico, Holyoke Catholic, 15.1
10. Brian Boudreau, Granby, 14.6
Drew Sharpe, Easthampton, 14.3
Chris Sulda, Smith Academy, 14.0
Ethan Cook, Gateway, 13.9
Kieffer Staples, Smith Vocational, 13.6
15. Anthony Afflitto, Smith Academy, 12.9
Dana Light, Granby, 12.7
Erik Abramson, Frontier, 12.6
Mike Sears, Belchertown, 12.6
Corey Mortimer, Smith Academy, 12.4
20. Ben Brassord, Amherst, 12.0
Joe Courtney, Belchertown, 12.0
Pat Ramsey, Easthampton, 11.7
Dan Sullivan, Hopkins Academy, 11.7
Matt Chamberlin, Frontier, 11.6
25. Miguel Santiago, South Hadley, 11.0
Clinton Sapowsky, Granby, 11.0
Trevor Hamel, Gateway, 10.9
Joey O’Connell, Smith Academy, 10.6
Kaine Vasquez, Smith Vocational, 10.6
30. Bill Hahn, Hopkins Academy, 10.5
Ryan Hortsman, South Hadley, 10.4
Bryan Eldridge, Belchertown, 10.1
Gabe Craig, Gateway, 10.1

Boys Hoop Top 10s and more

On to the Power Poll and Top 10s. State your team’s case by emailing me (mmoran@gazettenet.com). This is through Tuesday’s games. Below you will also find GazetteLand Leading Scorers. Be sure to check out Thursday's paper for a high school notebook, the latest news about the Amherst Regional pool issue and a preview on the upcoming ski season.

Click here for offensive and defensive team statistics. It's a PDF file.

Power Poll (Week 2)
1. Central (1)
2. Sci-Tech (4)
3. Chicopee (n/a)
4. Sabis (7)
5. East Longmeadow (9)
6. Northampton (3)
7. West Springfield (2)
8. Hoosac Valley (6)
9. Mohawk Trail (n/r)
10. New Leadership (n/r)

DIVISIONAL TOP 10s
Division 1 (Record, Week 2)
1. Central (4-3, 1)
2. Sci-Tech (6-0, 3)
3. Chicopee (6-1, 4)
4. East Longmeadow (5-2, 5)
5. Northampton (5-1, 6)
6. West Springfield (4-2, 2)
7. Longmeadow (3-3, 9)
8. Commerce (4-3, 7)
9. Holyoke (3-3, n/r)
10. Minnechaug (3-2, n/r)

Division 2
1. Hoosac Valley (7-1, 1)
2. Mohawk Trail (4-2, 2)
3. Palmer (5-1, 4)
4. Belchertown (5-2, 6)
5. Drury (5-1, 5)
6. South Hadley (3-2, 3)
7. Taconic (4-2, 7)
8. Hampshire Regional (4-2, 10)
9. Wahconah (5-3, n/r)
10. Mahar (2-2, n/r)

Division 3
1. Sabis (6-0, 1)
2. New Leadership (3-1, 5)
3. Easthampton (6-1, 10)
4. Turners Falls (4-1, 4)
5. Pioneer Regional (4-2, 3)
6. Frontier Regional (4-2, 2)
7. Lee (7-1, 8)
8. Granby (2-3, 6)
9. Lenox (4-2, 9)
10. Hopkins Academy (3-4, 7)

GazetteLand Power Poll
1. Northampton (1)
2. Frontier Regional (2)
3. Belchertown (4)
4. South Hadley (3)
5. Easthampton (9)
6. Hampshire Regional (6)
7. Granby (5)
8. Hopkins Academy (7)
9. Amherst Regional (8)
10. Holyoke Catholic (10)
11. Gateway Regional (12)
12. Smith Academy (11)
13. Smith Vocational (13)
 

GazetteLand Leading Scorers
1. Ben McCullough, Belchertown, 20.3
Scott DeLoach, Hampshire, 20.0
Nick Bryda, Holyoke Catholic, 18.2
Jesse Coulon, Northampton, 18.2
5. Brendan Rios, Easthampton, 18.0
Gary Grandonico, Frontier Regional, 17.8
Drew Sharpe, Easthampton, 16.2
Mike Prattico, Holyoke Catholic, 15.7
Branden Labrie, Hampshire, 15.7
10. Ellis Cooper, Northampton, 15.5
Brian Boudreau, Granby, 15.2
Anthony Afflitto, Smith Academy, 13.9
Ethan Cook, Gateway, 13.8
Erik Abramson, Frontier, 13.5
15. Miguel Santiago, South Hadley, 13.2
Chris Sulda, Smith Academy, 12.9
Ben Brassord, Amherst, 12.7
Pat Ramsey, Easthampton, 12.7
Joe Courtney, Belchertown, 12.6
20. Dan Sullivan, Hopkins Academy, 12.3
Dana Light, Granby, 11.8
Mike Sears, Belchertown, 11.7
Kieffer Staples, Smith Vocational, 11.6
Matt Chamberlin, Frontier, 11.5
25. Trevor Hamel, Gateway, 11.2
Ryan Hortsman, South Hadley, 11.0
Corey Mortimer, Smith Academy, 11.0
Clinton Sapowsky, Granby, 10.4
Charles White, Amherst, 10.3
30. Gabe Craig, Gateway, 10.2
Mike Seklecki, Hampshire, 10.2