Syracuse, N.Y. — It doesn’t feel like that long ago since the Marcellus boys basketball team was celebrating a state championship at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton.

But that was eight months ago, and now a new season is underway with every team in Section III preparing to make their own runs for section and state titles.

Bishop Ludden-Grimes, Westhill, Marcellus and Cooperstown are all defending section champions and are the No. 1 teams to begin the season.

Nottingham and Madison are the other No. 1-ranked teams in their respective classes.

The early part of the Section III basketball season will bring plenty of excitement with plenty of top-five teams facing off with one another.

Perhaps the headliner of the bunch is the matchup between defending Section III Class A ch

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