After one round of games in the CIF Southern Section open pool play format, we still don’t have solid evidence based on the game results that, outside of NorCal No. 1 Sheldon, any of the state’s other top playoff teams should be ranked ahead of those eight. That could change starting next week, however, as...
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NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
Sierra Canyon is still No. 1, but from a national perspective CIF teams take it on the shorts nationally over MLK weekend. So just how good are our teams this season? While there isn’t much change at the top, there are plenty of results that cause change in the middle of the pack of this...
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. It was another hectic summer and fall with player movement, and there were some players still moving in and out of the state in early November. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth has plenty of hype around its program […]
FINAL Boys BB State Top 40
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2018-19 season. With Sheldon of Sacramento losing in the CIF State Open final, we adjust some open division teams with Rancho Christian and San Diego open champ Torrey Pines getting upward bumps....
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Our new boys hoops rankings are done at the usual time after a short week due to the Monday MLK holiday from the previous week. Despite that, there is plenty of movement, especially as a result of the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Two new teams join the fray this week that...
Salesian holds on to NorCal summit
Is it too early to start thinking about being the No. 1 seed for this year’s CIF Northern California Open Division boys basketball playoffs? When a team is unbeaten, ranked nationally and No. 5 overall in the state, maybe not. Salesian of Richmond is that team and the Pride closed out the headline game of […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (Part 2)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 Corona Centennial and includes the rest of teams down to No. 40 Archbishop Mitty of San Jose, plus […]
Winners/Losers in CIF Open Brackets
We go over each of the two boys and girls Open Division playoff brackets (both north and south) released on Sunday and present our breakdowns of which teams fared well and which teams did not. As the Open Division continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see if the CIF Southern Section will ever...
