The three most recent national championships are represented in the second game of this year's Jimmy V doubleheader in New York (BYU meets Clemson, a key game for the Tigers, in the opener). Give a small edge to UConn in its Madison Square Garden home away from home.

Some will argue that the Big East configuration, which included UC, Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia, plus the mainstays Connecticut, Villanova, Georgetown, St. John’s, Marquette and Providence, was one of the better basketball conferences. But the Cardinals, Panthers and Orange opted for the ACC and the Mountaineers entered the Big 12.

Douglass, Madison Central and Bryan Station are among the contenders for the 11th Region crown and berth in the 2025-26 Boys’ Sweet 16.

Here are 10 girls basketball players to watch in the CHSL at the start of the 2025-26 season. Signed with Western Michigan, Rodriguez became the second player in school history to score 1,000 points last year and still has another year left. Averaged 14.3 points, 3.8 assists and 2.8 steals a game last year.