Category Archives: boys basketball
Mr. Basketball 2021: A Notch Above
In a season with a lot of uncertainties, there was one certain: the constant, spectacular play of Sierra Canyon’s Amari Bailey. Today, the elite junior is named California Mr. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports, becoming the second straight honoree from the well-known San Fernando Valley private school power. Can he now become a two-time Mr. Basketball […]
Boys BB: More State Players of the Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2021 honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. State Team of the Year Corona Centennial has added a state player honor. With our Mr. Basketball being a junior, we also had to choose a senior of the year separately, and similar […]
Boys BB: More State Coaches of Year
Congratulations to all of the Cal-Hi Sports State Coaches of the Year for boys basketball for the 2020-21 season. We have one selected for each CIF division despite no state championships for the second straight season. We almost always honor the overall State Coach of the Year from a school that was in the Open […]
FINAL State TOP 40 Boys BB Ranks
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the shortened 2020-21 spring season. There is not too much movement from our previous weekly update among the Top 25 because there were no NorCal regionals, so many teams played their last game...
Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
Overall No. 1 Centennial of Corona leads Open Division teams, but we have No. 1 teams from five other divisions (the same five we’ve done for many years). Those final No. 1 nods go to St. John Bosco (D1), Jesuit of Carmichael (D2), Aquinas of San Bernardino (D3), University of San Francisco (D4) and Kingsburg...
Boys BB: All-State Primer
Here’s a quick-hitting list of transfers that impacted the now completed 2020-21 boys basketball season. These transfers impacted our state rankings all season and will effect our upcoming all-state team. It was arguably the most hectic off-season we can ever recall because of the COVID-19 Pandemic and because of the scheduled late start to the season. We offer a rundown […]
Boys BB State Team of Year 2021
After three straight years of Sierra Canyon finishing on top of the state, and in a season unlike any other with no official CIF state champions for the second straight year, this year’s selection is claimed by Centennial of Corona. The Huskies didn’t win a CIF SoCal Open Division title on Saturday night, but No. […]
Boys BB: State Ranks By Divisions
Historically, these have been done for many years according to the CIF’s and our own five divisions. For this year, we are combining the teams in the SoCal regional brackets (AA & A) into one division and then injecting where the NorCal teams would fit in based on our own criteria. There are at least […]
