Sunday’s CIF announcement of pairings by the CIF for the regional playoffs also has been included where it is applicable. Check these recaps below for key info from many title games across the state this weekend except for the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and CIF Southern Section for girls. We will have divisional state rankings based […]
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Beam-Worthy Champs in SJS
The beam outside of the Golden 1 Center doesn’t get lit for high school games, but the teams that earned CIF Sac-Joaquin Section boys/girls basketball titles on Thursday & Friday are all worthy of being in the spotlight. The Folsom boys and McClatchy girls capped the schedule with D1 titles on Friday and both look […]
Boys BB All-State Nominees (NorCal)
It’s time to get started working on the 46th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams for boys basketball. This is the first list of nominees on our board for teams that will be selected. These cover the CIF sections in Northern California (including the Central Section). We welcome all input and additional nominations. We also have […]
Boys BB: Thoughts on Open Division
As the first of the major CIF section boys basketball championships are about to get going on Friday, here’s where we think we stand in terms of which teams in the north and which ones in the south will be going to the Open Division. A lot can still change depending on any upsets for […]
State Basketball Players of the Week
With many teams in action on Tuesday night this week in crucial CIF section contests, it’s a challenge to get all of our weekly content out early in the week but we’ve done it with players of the week now done after both new boys and girls state rankings. One of our winners for this […]
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
For the second consecutive week, there is plenty of change in the bottom half of the latest State Top 30 boys basketball rankings, and once again it’s the results of the CIFSS D1 playoffs that have teams shuffling around. There is also a new state No. 1 after Harvard-Westlake goes down for the first time...
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
We begin with another look at boys state career scoring leaders as junior Jason Crowe Jr. of Inglewood has his season end in a tough loss in the CIF Southern Section playoffs. New record holder Tounde Yessofou still likely has three to four games left. We also have a new state freshman record for three-pointers...
State Basketball Players of the Week
We’ve reached that point in the season in which CIF section playoffs are going on everywhere in the state, which means choosing players of the week from winning teams still in action gets more challenging. Regardless, we have four more very worthy honorees. The spotlight is on those from Rocklin and Merced in Northern California […]
State’s All-Time NBA All-Star Alums
[/caption] California’s 50th player to appear in an NBA All-Star Game was Klay Thompson in 2015. In honor of that total, we decided to start a new NBA All-Star Alumni list for our exclusive state record book. It has now been updated through the 2024 All-Star Game....
State Stat Stars & Record Updates
There are several players moving up the all-time boys hoops scoring list even with Tounde Yessofou and Jason Crowe Jr. near the top. The list includes Carlsbad’s Jake Hall (43 points on Wednesday night) and Chatsworth’s Alijah Arenas (63 points on Wednesday night). Malibu’s Dylan Goosen also ends the season with 36.8 ppg average, but...
