Category Archives: Boys Basketball Blog
HSBB Discovery Camps in NorCal/SoCal
The Prospect’s Discovery Camps, executed by Student-Athlete Camps and midmajorhoopsreport.com, will be held this weekend at Merritt College in Oakland and next weekend (June 6-7) at Lynwood High School. These camps are designed to create exposure for high school-aged boys basketball players (graduating seniors are welcomed). Each participant is guaranteed to play in three games. […]
HSBB: All-American Roundup
With the NCAA lifting its two-game all-star game limit for graduating seniors in 2014, the state’s best boys basketball players participated in a myriad of all-star games across the country. We take a quick look at how the state’s elite fared and at the honors some of the top players received by GrassrootsHoops.net.
Goal-Setting Through Visualization
Note to coaches & parents: Please check out the MyGoalMine web site and app today to see how your teams can benefit from an integrated goal-setting program that is operated from your phone. For info, CLICK HERE. Note: This post has repurposed from an article published many years ago in Student Sports Magazine written by […]
Final FAB 50 Boys BB Highlights
Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland ended with highest national ranking ever for a NorCal team. Mater Dei, Bishop Montgomery, Fairfax, Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon also were in the final rankings, produced this year for the first time by our partners at GrassrootsHoops.net.
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the year for boys basketball. One of them is 82 years old and two of them are from the same league. Here is the rundown for each CIF division (note that Open Division coaches were considered for the CIF divisions their teams would have played […]
Ivan Rabb Headed to CAL
Mr. Basketball front-runner Ivan Rabb of Oakland Bishop O’Dowd chooses CAL over Arizona on Monday night at his mother’s restaurant in Oakland. Rabb, a 6-foot-10 power forward, led O’Dowd to CIF Open Division state title in late March and is Cal’s best recruit in over 10 years.
Same League, Two State Champs
There was a chance that the Baseline League of the CIF Southern Section would win two boys basketball state titles on Friday night in Berkeley. Damien of La Verne got it done in the Division III final with a win against Campolindo of Moraga, but Chino Hills fell short with its double-overtime loss to San […]
CIF Hoop Predictions: Just Scores
Here are the predicted scores of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championships that will be played on Friday and Saturday at the University of California’s Haas Pavilion.
Want to make all-state next season?
One of the best ways to help any athlete attain greater honors is to use goal-setting and the new goal-setting app from MyGoalMine.com. Here is an example of how the general goal of “I want to become an all-state player next season” can be attained through establishing proper sub-goals.
BB: Mater Dei-Fairfax Preview
It’s going to be the CIF Southern Section’s best vs. the L.A. City Section’s best when Mater Dei of Santa Ana takes on Fairfax of Los Angeles in the SoCal Open Division Regional Final. After taking in both team’s regional semifinal wins and seeing both teams multiple times throughout the season, here’s what to expect […]