Category Archives: boys basketball
State Stat Stars of the Week
It’s another mad mix of standouts from five sports, with three of them already added to state record lists for most consecutive three-pointers made in a boys basketball game, most doubles in a softball game and most home runs in an inning in a baseball game. We’ve got details for all three performances plus two...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Our first week of the NorCal/SoCal Basketball Players of the Week for this season is kicking off a full month after the season should be over and done with. It also marks the first time ever we are presenting players of the week in four different sports in the same week — baseball and softball, […]
NEW State TOP 25 Boys BB Rankings
More NorCal teams are scheduled to tip-off in boys basketball this week, while teams in SoCal eye key wins with playoff seedings and placements in mind. As of now, most NorCal sections in the CIF are not holding postseason playoffs so league titles and key regular season games will be the focus for those teams....
State Stat Stars of the Week
For the first time in our history and thanks to the pandemic, this week’s stat stars encompasses all five sports that are the focus of this site: football, boys basketball, girls basketball, baseball and softball. We’re just glad it’s likely only going to be one week of it (unless someone does something insane in one...
Boys BB: 1st Reg. Season State TOP 25
Even though teams from most CIF NorCal sections haven’t played yet, a month has now passed since the first sanctioned game in Southern California and it’s time to release our first regular season boys basketball State Top 25. There are just as many important updates with regards to how the season may play out as...
Boys BB Primer: Top All-State Players
We broke down the state’s top teams last week heading into this much different spring season and this week we take a look at the top players from around California, including an early season or preseason all-state team. We also break down how the impacted season might impact post-season honors, such as all-state and Mr. […]
Boys BB: 2021 Preseason Primer
The boys basketball season in California is now getting underway, thanks to a lawsuit that made protocols for indoor sports feasible with restrictions a bit tougher than outdoor sports. We’re glad there is a season, but it will still be fragmented with NorCal sections already cancelling post-seasons and for the second straight year, no CIF […]
Boys BB: Middle Schoolers Comin’ Up
Twenty-three out of the 170 of the top middle school boys basketball players who attended the Pangos Junior All-American Camp last weekend in Utah get a shout out in this special. We don’t usually give much recognition to these youngsters since they haven’t even reached high school yet, but this event has proven to be […]
Hoops Gets Green Light For Reopening
According to coaches we’ve talked to, there are still questions about how testing will work and how all of these high school competitions can be held at the same time but now there is optimism that there will be a basketball season in California for boys and girls this spring. That came on Thursday and […]
“Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend” Doc Set
After many years of digging for game footage and conducting candid interviews, the highly-anticipated documentary film on the life and mysterious story of L.A. basketball legend Raymond Lewis is set to be released. The documentary about the 1971 Verbum Dei (Los Angeles) graduate and 1973 first round NBA Draft choice is set to be shown […]
