Here is the Boston Herald’s preseason Eastern Mass. Top 25 boys basketball rankings. Please note all records in parentheses are from the 2023-24 season.
1. Attleboro (14-9)
2. Malden Catholic (16-9)
3. Lowell (16-7)
4. Newton North (15-7)
5. Somerset Berkley (21-3)
6. Mansfield (20-5)
7. North Andover (16-6)
8. Needham (14-8)
9. Wareham (23-3)
10. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (18-4)
11. Andover (16-6)
12. Central Catholic (14-8)
13. St. Mary’s Lynn (15-8)
14. Holland School of Technology (19-5)
15. Bourne (23-2)
16. Franklin (25-2)
17. Methuen (12-10)
18. Apponequet (12-10)
19. Norwell (20-3)
20. Oliver Ames (7-15)
21. Catholic Memorial (19-5)
22. Latin Academy (14-7)
23. Old Rochester (21-5)
24. Charlestown (23-2)
25. Milford (10-11)
ON THE BENCH: Xaverian (17-7), BC High (15-8), Winchester (13-9), Marshfield (11-11), Hanover (13-8), North Quincy (6-14), Newburyport (19-4), Abington (18-6), Lynn English (16-6), Wakefield (14-8)