We begin this week with some explanations from the CIF and our own thoughts on Sunday’s release of pairings for both the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs. We also have a big change at the top as Sierra Canyon has to move up to No. 1 after beating previous No. 1 Ontario Christian in the...
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NEW Girls BB State TOP 30 Rankings
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...
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
Here’s the rest of our look at the preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from across the state. This group is led by CIF Sac Joaquin Section favorite and No. 16 Folsom and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 Clovis North plus a list of 15 more teams that […]
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...
NEW Top 65 Class of ’27 Player Ranks
Our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club VIPs continues with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class. The sophomore class (2027) is a class with good size and is coming along nicely. We expand our 2027 rankings from 25 to 65 for this installment with 13 newcomers to the original 25...
Ontario Christian tops Etiwanda
Preseason state No. 4 Knights take down No. 1 Etiwanda, 74-66, on Saturday night in Studio City to win Harvard-Westlake Invitational. First slate of games shows just how much of an impact incoming freshman Sydney “Bean” Douglas is going to have this season, especially paired with scoring phenom Kaleena Smith. We also had a big […]
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
We kick off the first week of the 2022 season with Southern California in full swing but in Northern California the CIF North Coast Section and CIF Central Coast Section were not. We also have two entries into the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book right out of the box in our first week, with a […]
Boys BB: Divisional All-State 2018
It took us a couple of years to adjust our annual divisional all-state teams in basketball to the CIF having an Open Division. Now they’ve changed things again with competitive equity based divisions and team placements. If competitive equity means that the Open Division and Division I is that much stronger than the other divisions, […]
Winter/Spring Spirit of Sport Winners
Student athletes from San Diego, Los Angeles, El Dorado and Santa Cruz counties were named earlier this week by the CIF as honorees of the prestigious CIF Spirit of Sport Award for the 2018 Winter and Spring quarters respectively.
