Check out the statewide girls basketball preview.
The start of the New Jersey girls basketball season is Friday, Dec. 16.
We've been building this season preview for about a week, and we're only holding a couple of pieces for Opening Day. Check the links below for statewide outlooks. Also below are some select regional previews, team features and team-capsule previews.
Key preseason links
• The NJ.com Preseason Top 20
• 2 N.J. teams ranked in national poll
• Divisional alignments for all 15 conferences
• WOBM Holiday Classic to feature wide-open field
• Key dates for the 2016-17 season
Top returners
• A look at the top returning scorers
• A look at the top returning rebounders
• A look at the top returning 3-point scorers
Players to watch
• Non-Public A
• Non-Public B
• Group 4
• Group 3
• Group 2
• Group 1
• Preseason NJ.com Player of the Year watch
Teams to watch
• Non-Public A
• Non-Public B
• Group 4
• Group 3
• Group 2
• Group 1
Still to come
• Games to watch during opening weekend
• 10 burning questions entering 2016-17
Select regional outlooks
• 2 teams emerge as threats to Notre Dame's CVC dominance
• South Jersey Times-area players to watch
• South Jersey Times-area teams to watch
• Times of Trenton-area teams to watch, dates to keep
• Times of Trenton-area players to watch
Select team features
• With key transfer, Gloucester Catholic set for another promising era
• No. Hunterdon returns 5 seniors from team that finished strong
Select team-capsule previews
• Absegami
• Bayonne
• Belleville
• Bishop Ahr
• Carteret
• Cedar Grove
• Chatham
• Delaware Valley
• Edison
• Freehold Township
• Gill St. Bernard's
• Hanover Park
• Hunterdon Central
• Immaculata
• Kinnelon
• Linden
• Manalapan
• Manchester Regional
• Manville
• Marlboro
• Marist
• Matawan
• Mendham
• Millburn
• Montville
• Morris Knolls
• Mountain Lakes
• Newark Central
• Newton
• North 13th Street Tech
• North Hunterdon
• North Warren
• Oak Knoll
• Pascack Valley
• Paterson Kennedy
• Patrick School
• Perth Amboy Tech
• Pequannock
• Phillipsburg
• Pingry
• Piscataway
• Piscataway Tech
• Point Pleasant Boro
• Pope John
• Ridge
• Rumson-Fair Haven
• Secaucus
• Somerville
• South Amboy
• South Hunterdon
• South River
• St. Rose
• Summit
• Toms River East
• Villa Walsh
• Voorhees
• Wayne Hills
• Wayne Valley
• West Morris
• Westfield
• Westwood
• Whippany Park
• Woodbridge
• Wood-Ridge
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