Every week throughout the 2025-2026 basketball season, MassLive will release updated boys basketball power rankings for the Bay State Conference.

Here are the rankings going into the first week of the season.

Newton North

Brookline

Needham

Wellesley

Milton

Braintree

Walpole

Natick

Weymouth

Framingham

Although Newton North graduated its top two players in Teagan Swint and Nick Spinelli, the Tigers have enough of their core returning to earn a spot at the top of the preseason Bay State Conference rankings.

Jake Lyons and Julian Zakak return in addition to captains Matthaois Stamm and Luke Washek. Sophomore Bryson Mercedes could also be a difference-maker for the program this winter.

Brookline had a strong 16-7 season last winter powered by seniors like Alan Shi, Aaron Viola and

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