The funnel gets narrower and narrower as we drive towards the CIF Southern and Northern Regional playoffs and then eventually to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento for the state finals. With the ever changing playoff formats that seem to change in every CIF section in every year, the biggest change this year came in the CIF Central Section. There was one upset that changed things around this week and another minor upset that brought in one newcomer.
(Previous rating in parentheses; through games of Saturday, Feb. 18)
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