As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2023-24 season. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 35 update, as CIF Southern Section teams that didn’t make the regional playoffs deserve to move up over some NorCal and SoCal D1...
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Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
These divisional rankings can only be done three times now in this era of competitive equity when no one knows the divisions teams will be in until the CIF regional playoffs start. Still, we have them as final in our archives for every season and here are the final rankings for boys hoops for the...
Boys BB State Team of the Year 2024
Harvard-Westlake officially added to the all-time list of State Teams of the Year that goes back more than 120 years. It’s the second straight selection, but doing that is not unusual at all in historical terms. Doing it without any transfers, however, we think has only been done two other times since first official CIF […]
Boys BB Saturday CIF State Finals
Harvard-Westlake completes its mission of winning CIF Southern Section Open Division & CIF Open Division state titles with a victory over Salesian of Richmond. It wasn’t easy, though, as the Pride had the lead in the fourth quarter with less than two minutes left. Also earning CIF state titles on Saturday were Monterey (D4) and […]
Boys BB CIF State Previews & Picks
It was sub-par year for us doing predictions of state finals last year at 9-3 after a 11-1 showing from 2022. It’s time to take a crack at the 2024 lineup of games for boys basketball that will be played this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. We do this with respect to […]
Boys BB All-State Nominees (Part 1)
CIF state championships are about to be decided so it is a perfect time to get the process going for the annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams for boys basketball. These honors have been done by us for well more than 40 years. These lists of honorees were first posted on March 2 and are the […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 35 Rankings
The regional finals are set for Tuesday and for the second time in two weeks, it will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the Boys Basketball State Top 35 facing off and this time it’s in the SoCal open final. No. 1 Harvard-Westlake is one of six San Fernando Valley teams participating in a...
Boys BB: NEW Division State Ranks
These have been updated through Saturday night’s regional semifinals. New No. 1 teams are St. John Bosco (D1) and Alemany of Mission Hills (D3). Still No. 1 is Harvard-Westlake (Open), Heritage Christian of Northridge (D2), Cleveland of Reseda (D4) and Athenian of Danville (D5). FOR THE SECOND GIRLS HOOPS DIVISION RANKINGS, CLICK HERE. Note: This...
State Stat Stars of the Week
This feature serves as our statewide collection of milestone achievements in California high school sports. More than lists and numbers, we can provide historical context since we’ve maintained state records in California for more than 40 years. This week we have a mix of boys & girls hoops with the first writeups of the spring...
Boys BB: Divisional State Rankings
We don’t do divisional state rankings until the CIF does its regional pairings and then we have to wait until the first round of the regional playoffs is complete to do the first one. This is why they don’t match our State TOP 35 rankings from earlier this week. We just like to take our […]
