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)