At this stage of the season, with the CIF Southern Section playoffs already in full swing, and the other sections about ready to begin their playoff competition, the computerized seeding and rankings derived from them don’t really hold a lot of water moving forward. That’s because at this point all that really matters is head-to-head...
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NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
We start out this week with an intro to the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which will be 12 teams this season. Two of the 12 will be done for the season when the section playoffs are done even though those two teams will be vastly superior to many other teams moving on to...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
In the past we have mentioned we like to get out and see teams personally, and so far this season, despite having some medical issues, we’ve seen seven of the Top 10 teams and all five at the top. We’ve even announced games like the six we took the mic for at the Kay Yow...
Ontario Chr girls dominant in tourney
State’s preseason No. 1 girls hoops team looks like a national No. 1 team the way that it rolled to the Troy Warrior Way Hoops Classic title on Saturday. Preseason state No. 2 Sierra Canyon also was in the event, but is still missing State Junior of the Year Jerzy Robinson. Note: We hope you […]
Ontario Chr leads in 1st Girls BB Ranks
We know another group has ranked Archbishop Mitty No. 1 in the nation, but we’re going to be more cautious with the return of All-American McKenna Wolitczko from injury and we think the Monarchs should be behind Etiwanda to start as well. Ontario Christian should have its big two of Kaleena Smith & Tati Griffin […]
Girls of Summer: Tati’s tale & more
We started our annual Girls of Summer tour after the Cali Live 2025 event last month in Roseville with a stop last Saturday at the OGP Hype Her Hoops Cali Cup, but what happened the next day as we were driving north likely changed the course of the 2025-26 season in the state as big-time […]
FINAL Girls BB State TOP 40 Rankings
We can’t argue with the fact that our rankings are not totally in line with some state and national rankings. However, the one thing we have in our favor is in traversing up and down the state in the past five months, and covering dozens of teams and games, we have personally seen the first...
Girls BB: NEW Division State Ranks
New No. 1 teams are Windward of Los Angeles (D1), Marin Catholic of Kentfield (D3), Half Moon Bay (D4) and Rosamond (D5). Still No. 1 is Ontario Christian (Open) and Caruthers (D2). This is the second installment of these divisional state rankings, which are updated through the regional semifinals played Saturday. The third installment will...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Seeds, seedings and saplings. The CIF Regional playoffs are set, the seedings are out, and the action begins on Tuesday for lower divisions and on Wednesday for the Open Division. However, reflecting back on the section playoffs, and the CIF Southern Section in particular, the traditional perennial girls basketball powers are still not totally changed,...
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...
