Arts, which is just two years removed from a 1-win season, is in the SEC’s fourth division, the Independence, but no one will sleep on the Jaguars who are an extremely dangerous team to watch the rest of the way in the ECT and also in the upcoming NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 state tourney where the Brick City magnet school hoops program is the top spot as far as power points as February gets closer.

West Orange, with Watt and Caldwell as a strong backcourt combo, and Caldwell, with junior sharpshooter Addy Keenan and standout senior forward Tea Fiore leading the way, will be definite ECT title contenders.

And, the Chiefs, with come-from-behind home victories against both West Orange and Arts, should be anointed as the No. 1 seed during this Monday night’s ECT meeting where the coaches committee helps assemble the field.  

ECT Girls: Most Titles Won:
Shabazz 17
Columbia 6
Bloomfield 4
Clifford Scott 4
Immaculate 4
University 3
East Orange Campus 2
Newark Tech 2
Nutley 2
West Orange 2

Most Appearances In Final:
Shabazz 21
University 11
Columbia 9
Clifford Scott 8
Immaculate 7
Bloomfield 6
East Orange Campus 4
West Side 3
West Orange 3
Montclair 3
Newark Tech 3
 
The 50 ECT Girls Finals Year By Year:
2025: West Orange 43 Immaculate 41
2024: Immaculate 75 University 65
2023: Immaculate 60 University 54
2022: Immaculate 67 University 59
2021: no tourney due to covid-19
2020: University 61 Immaculate 34
2019: West Orange 36 Immaculate 25
2018: Newark Tech 71 University 62
2017: Newark Tech 55 West Orange 53 (in OT)
2016: East Orange Campus 42 Newark Tech 40
2015: East Orange Campus 51 Montclair 32
2014: Shabazz 54 Montclair 51
2013: Shabazz 61 East Orange Campus 46
2012: Shabazz 59 Montclair 33
2011: Shabazz 61 University 58
2010: Shabazz 67 Columbia 57
2009: Shabazz 61 University 50
2008: University 65 Shabazz 51
2007: Shabazz 64 University 58
2006: Shabazz 71 Bloomfield Tech 60
2005: Shabazz 70 Bloomfield Tech 55
2004: Shabazz 72 Orange 45
2003: Shabazz 81 East Orange Campus 45
2002: Shabazz 82 East Orange 31
2001: Columbia 59 Shabazz 55
2000: Bloomfield 41 West Side 26
1999: Columbia 57 Orange 45
1998: Columbia 64 Clifford Scott 52
1997: Bloomfield 53 Shabazz 47
1996: Columbia 49 Bloomfield 41
1995: Mount St. Dominic 57 Bloomfield 45
1994: Clifford Scott 59 Mount St. Dominic 53 (OT)
1993: Clifford Scott 46 Livingston 37
1992: Clifford Scott 55 West Side 36
1991: Shabazz 52 Clifford Scott 51
1990: Immaculate 51 University 48
1989: Bloomfield 58 Immaculate 46
1988: Bloomfield 65 University 50
1987: University 71 Shabazz 42
1986: Irvington 57 East Orange 50
1985: Shabazz 58 Irvington 57
1984: Shabazz 51 Belleville 46
1983: Shabazz 62 Clifford Scott 60
1982: Shabazz 61Clifford Scott 55
1981: Clifford Scott 51 East Orange 49
1980: East Orange 53 Barringer 45
1979: Columbia 38 Barringer 37
1978: Columbia 73 Glen Ridge 24
1977: Nutley 56 Columbia 34
1976: Nutley 55 Columbia 33
1975: West Side 55 West Essex 48                 

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