Category Archives: boys basketball
Boys BB: Mater Dei Wins 23rd Title
State No. 4 Mater Dei of Santa Ana wins its first CIF Southern Section Open Division title since the Stanley Johnson era with a thrilling 55-53 victory over state No. 2 Sierra Canyon. With the win, Mater Dei will receive the top seed in the SoCal Open regional bracket set to be released Sunday afternoon. […]
Boys BB Open Division Projections
After all CIF section boys basketball champions are crowned by Saturday night, it’ll only take a few minutes before many in the media and some coaches will start to think about Sunday when the CIF state office will release its pairings for the upcoming Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. We start thinking seriously […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
We finally hit the week where the tougher competition in the playoffs causes some major changes in our weekly State Top 20, including at the very top. With Bishop Montgomery going down in the CIFSS Open Division playoffs, read on to see why Salesian of Richmond gets the nod as the new No. 1 in...
Individual Single-Game Highs (Boys)
As part of our continuing effort to maintain state records in boys basketball, we have to compile a list of single game highs toward the end of each season. We’ll be doing the same for girls on Sunday night. These are based on information in the MaxPreps database and on nominations that people have sent […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is now here for the entire state. There were no upsets in the big quarterfinal matchups in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, but one of the lower seeded teams did win one of the games. The only team outside the Southern Section’s top division to lose was Mission Bay of San Diego....
CIF Open Division Changes For 2018
It’s been a common joke whenever the CIF Southern Section has competitive equity playoffs in whatever sport that the team that loses in a No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed quarterfinal for its highest classification automatically becomes a favorite to win the CIF Division I state championship. Note: We hope you enjoy this free post […]
Big Mac: Jordan Brown’s All-American Journey
From Woodcreek of Roseville to Prolific Prep of Napa to America’s Most-Celebrated High School All-Star Game, Jordan Brown’s Stock Keeps Rising Story By STEVEN WILSON Jordan Brown’s meteoric rise to basketball notoriety took another leap in January when his name was included on the 2018 McDonald’s All-American roster for the renown All-Star contest March 28 […]
Boys BB: Updated ’20 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2020) class since we last updated our player rankings in October. There is an abundance of shooting guards in the Top 10 and three newcomers, but ultimately it will be the big men who...
