Author Archives: Ronnie Flores
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
One week of regional playoffs brought some big changes to our weekly boys basketball state rankings after a mixture of upsets and favorites advancing. The big winners this week are SoCal D1 finalist Damien of La Verne and long-time CIF state power Mater Dei of Santa Ana, which was left for dead going into the...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As the CIF has released its regional pairings for the final two weeks of play for the 2025-26 season, we have plenty of movement in our weekly boys basketball state rankings, but no new teams. We stick by our rankings, based on results, because there were some head-scratching moves when it came to placing teams...
CIFSS Boys: Sierra Canyon separates
The Open Division championship played on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Ontario wasn’t quite what what the state No. 1 Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth boys have been doing for the last few weeks. The win over Mission League rival Harvard-Westlake of Studio City was similar, though, to its recent defensive-oriented wins over other […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We finally reached week where there are major changes in our weekly boys basketball state rankings with the No. 2 and No. 3 teams both going down in the ultra-competitive CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. Both can still come back, however, in the CIF SoCal regional playoffs. We have plenty of movement involving those...
BB: Scholastic Live Period In North
The June Scholastic Live Period for high school basketball was first sanctioned through the CIF and NFHS in 2023 and in 2026 there will be a live period event hosted in Northern California for the second time. Boys California Live ‘26 for high school basketball will be held June 26-28, 2026 at the Hardwood Palace […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The playoffs are about to get started everywhere around the state, but the change we see in our boys basketball state rankings is caused by the big-time matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. Did the massive section invite too many teams to its open division? We now have three teams in a...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The playoff pairings for the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which contains the teams that dominate the boys basketball state rankings, are now out and there will be competitive matchups for the next two weeks. The playoff pairings in the massive section didn’t affect the state rankings much and there are some questionable placements...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Our new boys basketball state rankings this week had to be turned over quickly as the Mission League semifinals in the CIF Southern Section take place Monday evening and include four highly-ranked teams. Other league tournaments in the CIFSS take place this week and in some major news, the massive section is going to be...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Our special two-week edition of the boys basketball state rankings this week shows nice bumps upward for CIF Southern Section open contenders Santa Margarita and Corona Centennial, plus CIF Central Section front-runner St. Joseph of Santa Maria, which knocked off previous NorCal No. 1 Salesian. There are big matchups as early as Tuesday, led by...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Salesian of Richmond, St. John Bosco and Harvard-Westlake get a bump as a result of the Braves’ clutch double OT win over previous No. 3 Santa Margarita in the latest boys basketball state rankings for 2026. Top-ranked Sierra Canyon and the top tier of teams are clearly established, but there are many changes in the...
