Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
As we begin the final drive to CIF section playoffs, one thing is pretty apparent. These rankings don’t fully coincide with what the computer spits out or in the case of the CIF Southern Section it uses a system that includes a weighted form of margin of victory. Regardless, we are going to continue to...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Individual standouts such as Tounde Yessoufou (St. Joseph) and Alijah Arenas (Chatsworth) have been getting most of the attention for their scoring exploits, but this week the focus will return to team results as the post-season comes into focus. The Trinity and Mission League results in the CIF Southern Section affect this week’s State Top...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
The first nine spots remain intact this week but after that there are a lot of changes with only one team in the next 21 spots holding onto the same spot it had in last week’s rankings. Having seen seven of the top 10 teams and 24 of the TOP 30 in live action, we...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
There were a couple of changes in the top 10 this week with Etiwanda and Archbishop Mitty flipping. The next three spots stayed the same but with Folsom getting upset the next four teams after the Bulldogs all moved up a spot with Fairmont Prep joining the top 10. The reality is once we get...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
After all the MLK Monday games are done, and the last one finished at approximately 10:15 pm, there is a new No. 1 in this week’s State TOP 30 boys basketball rankings as two-time defending CIF open champ Harvard-Westlake takes over the top spot. Read our award-winning rankings to see why the Wolverines replace season-long...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We do this week’s State Top 30 boys basketball rankings thinking about all those affected by the devastating SoCal wildfires. A handful of games were canceled and some won’t be played this week, but a vast majority of SoCal teams play on. Mater Dei of Santa Ana is back in the Top 20 after one...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
A whole lot has happened since the first regular season rankings were released for games through December 14. However, after just around three weeks of major tournament action since then, and a major injury in the California girls basketball community that pretty much occurred on the eve of these rankings being released, after all that...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
After the plethora of holiday tournaments and New Year’s events, the top five remain the same in our weekly State Top 30 boys basketball rankings. The big questions are is No. 6 JSerra as strong as the first five and can NorCal’s top clubs realistically compete with any of them? There are five newcomers led...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
The stars were shining bright at The Classic at Damien as Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth and Jason Crowe Jr. of Inglewood faced each other. They ended up trading the tourney single-game record on separate nights. They weren’t the only ones to get it going in that tourney, either. Brandon Benjamin of Anaheim Canyon had a...
