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...
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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...
SJS D1: Huge Lincoln win not expected
State No. 22 Trojans were too quick on defense and in transition for No. 24 Monterey Trail of Elk Grove in CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 quarterfinals, 77-43. The team will now play three-time defending SJS D1 champ Modesto Christian (No. 18) in next week’s semifinals. The other semi will feature No. 19 Inderkum of Sacramento […]
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...
Boys BB: All-State Underclass 2024
It’s time to start getting out the honors for the 45th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. This first set of teams is for the most outstanding juniors, sophomores and freshmen in the state. While this is a Gold Club post, the next one for all-state teams according to CIF divisions will be free....
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...
A Day/Night At Golden 1 Center
CIF section basketball finals played on a Wednesday are not the norm, but the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and Golden 1 Center got it done so that this year’s finals could still be played at the NBA arena. Big winners among the six championships decided during the day & night were Modesto Christian (D1 boys) and […]
All State Records Ready For ’23 Season
All of the categories we have for our exclusive state football records are updated and ready to go before the start of the 2023 season. For this post, we go over some of the elite wide receivers added to all-time lists (more than one still playing but at new schools). We didn’t have a longest […]
