The action doesn’t start until this Saturday but CIF Southern Section Open Division seedings were released last Friday and it’s hard to argue that it’s not the best basketball playoff bracket in the nation. While those seedings always seem to be a little different than our rankings they’re close. If you look at their criteria,...
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NEW Girls BB State Top 20
At this point of the season in the who beat who syndrome, getting a win doesn’t always automatically elevate one team over another team it just beat. Competitive equity has to be factored with teams that seem to be headed to the CIF NorCal or SoCal Open Division. We also have to place just as...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
There is a change at the top, as defending CIF Open Division champion Bishop Montgomery takes over as the state’s No. 1 ranked team. There is a bunch of other movement in the rankings too as the results of MLK showcase games around the state cause some hopping and lead to two newcomers this week....
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
After all of the major holiday tournaments, there are of course a lot of changes in the rankings and many factors at play in determining this week’s new order. This includes who-beat-who, stinker losses, who played national level competition for two straight weeks and who did not plus transfers becoming eligible this week and upcoming...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
As the major holiday tournaments come to a close, we ring in the New Year with our updated our boys basketball state rankings. The results of those tournaments were about as random and unpredictable as we can remember in quite some years. After all of that, there are five newcomers for this week’s but Mater...
NEW Girls VB State Top 20
Defending CIF Open Division champion Archbishop Mitty makes a Labor Day weekend trip to Orange County and the results of those matches cause some changes. The Monarchs couldn’t beat either state No. 1 Mater Dei or Torrey Pines of San Diego (now up to No. 6) but they did beat Canyon Crest Academy, which despite […]
Girls BB: All-State Underclass
After wrapping up all of the boys hoops all-state teams last Thursday night, we jump right into the girls, which we’ve now done for 38 straight years. It begins with the best of the best for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. This also can be a preview of the next season so here are the schools...
NEW Baseball State Top 20
Buchanan stays on top following victory over another State Top 20 team earlier this week in a tournament championship. Previous No. 2 Chatsworth, however, has to drop after falling to unbeaten Harvard-Westlake in a different tourney final. New teams going in this week in rankings that are counting scores from earlier this week are Bellarmine […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
With earlier wins over Sacred Heart Cathedral and Cardinal Newman at almost full strength, we know that the St. Mary’s of Stockton girls will be a force in the NorCal Open Division now that the Rams are getting back to total full strength due to injuries. Still, they are going to have to win twice...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
By the time your eyes start to glide through these rankings it’s likely San Diego State-bound St. Mary’s (Stockton) senior star Naje Murray will either be playing against crosstown arch rival Lincoln or will have already played in her return from a knee injury suffered early last summer playing club ball. With her back, there’s...
