Category Archives: Boys Basketball Blog
Hoophall West: Monarchs impress
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame created a spinoff of its annual Massachussetts-based event in Phoenix — the Spalding Hoophall West. The state’s top-ranked boys basketball team, Mater Dei of Santa Ana, and Orange Lutheran participate in two-day event.
NorCal Tip-Off Classic results
Here’s the results from the 7th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Newark Memorial. Please make sure to check out our sister site StudentSportsBasketball.com for complete recaps and player rankings.
Boys BB: St. John Bosco upset
In the semifinals of the Pacific Shores Tournament, upstart Mayfair of Lakewood records its second consecutive quality win with a big upset of state No. 3 and nationally-ranked St. John Bosco of Bellflower. Mayfair will take on host and No. 11 Redondo Union in Saturday’s final.
Boys BB: Pac Shores semis set
One upset so far as bubble club Mayfair of Lakewood upsets preseason No. 8 Compton in the quarterfinals of the 62nd Annual Pacific Shores Tournament. Mayfair will take on nationally-ranked St. John Bosco in one semifinal with state No. 11 and host Redondo Union taking on No. 4 Westchester in the other semifinal contest.
Top 10 UofA hoopers from CA
With Aaron Gordon from Archbishop Mitty of San Jose off to a strong start in his freshman season this week at the University of Arizona and with Mater Dei’s Stanley Johnson announcing on Friday he’ll be playing next in Tucson as well, we thought it would be a good time to write up the 10 […]
Boys BB: Top prospect to Arizona
Mater Dei’s Stanley Johnson, the state’s Mr. Basketball front-runner whose led the Monarchs to three consecutive CIF state titles, chooses Arizona. He college choice is not a big surprise.
Boys BB: Inside the state rankings
We take a deeper at the preseason state rankings released earlier this week from a regional perspective. We also take a look at four teams that were seriously considered for the top 35 but just missed the cut.
Boys BB: Rankings on the horizon
We took in two showcases on the eve of releasing our 2013-14 preseason state rankings and give a quick rundown of the events. Our preseason top 35 will be released Tuesday, November 12 at 8pm.
Boys BB: 2013-14 transfer rundown
Here’s a quick-hitting list of transfers likely to impact this year’s preseason state rankings. Our preseason top 35 will be released Tuesday, November 12 at 8pm.
CIFSS adding Open Division in hoops
The list of schools that will play in an open division this upcoming season in boys and girls basketball at the section level just got a lot bigger as the CIF Southern Section announced on Thursday it will begin conducting such a division for the upcoming season.
