Everything you need to know heading into the 2016-17 season
We've made it to Opening Day for the 2016-17 boys basketball season
We've been building this season preview for about a week, and it's complete at last. At the top are key preseason analyses information and statewide outlooks. Below that are some select looks at regions, conferences and individual teams.
Opening Day special
• Opening weekend must-see games
• 13 burning questions entering 2016-17
Key preseason links
• Preseason Top 20
• Where are they now? The state of the 20156-16 sectional champs
• Divisional alignments for all 15 conferences
• Bourama Sidibe of St. Benedict's commits to Syracuse
Key returners
• A look at the top returning scorers
• A look at the top returning rebounders
• A look at the top returning 3-point scorers
Teams to watch
• Non-Public A teams to watch
• Non-Public B teams to watch
• Group 4 teams to watch
• Group 3 teams to watch
• Group 2 teams to watch
• Group 1 teams to watch
Players to watch
• Non-Public A players to watch
• Non-Public B players to watch
• Group 4 players to watch
• Group 3 players to watch
• Group 2 players to watch
• Group 1 players to watch
Select team features
• Rumson tries to continue winning culture created by Brendan Barry
• Defending TOC champs St. Anthony in unfamiliar territory
• Elite Hudson Catholic squad looking for balance on D
• Clayton's Tornado System will be in full force
• Woodstown won't sneak up on anyone
Select regional outlooks
• SJT-area teams to watch, dates to keep
• SJT-area players to watch
• Hunterdon County dates to keep
• Times of Trenton-area teams to watch, dates to keep
• Times of Trenton-area players to watch
• Trenton-area preview notes: Princeton looks to start fast
• HCIAL team previews Part 1 | Part 2
Select team capsules
• Bernards
• Bergen Catholic
• Brick Memorial
• Bogota
• Bound Brook
• Carteret
• Delaware Valley
• Donovan Catholic
• East Brunswick
• Edison
• Freehold Borough
• Glen Ridge
• Hanover Park
• Hunterdon Central
• Jackson Liberty
• Kinnelon
• Lenape Valley
• Madison
• Mendham
• Middletown North
• Millburn
• Marlboro
• Montclair Kimberley
• Morris Catholic
• Morris Knolls
• Mountain Lakes
• Newark Central
• Newark Collegiate
• New Providence
• North Hunterdon
• North 13th Street Tech
• Parsippany
• Passaic Valley
• Paterson Eastside
• Pequannock
• Piscataway
• Rahway
• Roselle Park
• Sayreville
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood
• Somerville
• South Amboy
• South Brunswick
• South Hunterdon
• South River
• St. John Vianney
• St. Joseph (Hamm.)
• Sterling
• Toms River North
• Union
• Union City
• Voorhees
• Wallkill Valley
• Watchung Hills
• Wayne Hills
• Wayne Valley
• Westfield
• Whippany Park