2026 NCCC Boys Basketball Tournament outlook, bracket, scoreboard

[ASFN Admin]

The 2026 North Central Connecticut Conference Boys Basketball tournament will tip off Tuesday, Feb. 24 with one play-in game at the higher seed.The quarterfinals will be Wednesday, Feb. 25 at the higher seed, the semifinals Friday, Feb. 27 at Suffield (5 p.m. and 7 p.m.) and the championship Monday, March 2 at Suffield (6 p.m.).

Tournament outlook​

• DEFENDING CHAMPION - Ellington
• TOP PLAYERS - Jack Curtis, Ellington, Jr., G/F; Reese Nichol, Ellington, Soph., G; Eric Jordan, Coventry, Jr., G; Colin Tozier, Stafford, Sr., G.; Andrew Czerwinski, Somers, Jr., G; Jake Teclaw, Granby, Jr., G
• FAVORITE - Ellington
• DARK HORSES - Stafford, Granby
• OUTLOOK - Ellington was able to prevent a fifth-straight league championship going to SMSA last year. Ellington won all three of its league tournament games last year by single digits. The Knights have won all of its NCCC contests by double digits and SMSA now plays in the Greater Hartford Conference. But Ellington comes in after having its 46-game winning streak snapped at Old Lyme. Still, it's hard to see anyone pulling off the upset here.
• MORELLI'S PICK - Ellington over Stafford.

Recent championship history​

• 2025 - ELLINGTON 48, SMSA 44
• 2024 - SMSA 53, Somers 41
• 2023 - SMSA 52, Ellington 48
• 2022 - SMSA 72, Granby 58
• 2021 - SMSA 58, Ellington 51
• 2020 - CANTON 56, Granby Memorial 49
• 2019 - GRANBY MEMORIAL 50, Ellington 39
• 2018 - CLASSICAL 50, Granby Memorial 47
• 2017 - SMSA 66, Classical 50
• 2016 - EAST WINDSOR 57, Canton 54
• 2015 - AVON 48, SMSA 44
• 2014 - EAST WINDSOR 41, Granby Memorial 36 OT
• 2013 - AVON 71, Granby Memorial 36

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Ellington's #2 Reese Nicol draws a foul between Coventry defenders #13 Collin Harrington, left, and #23 Gregor Bici during a CIAC high school boys basketball game at Coventry High School in Coventry, Conn., Friday, January 16, 2026. (Dave Zajac/Hearst Connecticut Media)


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