Category Archives: boys basketball
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
It turned out to be the perfect week to do Oak Park’s Riley Battin for this feature since he only needs two rebounds in Friday’s game to reach 1,500 for his career and thus join a very select group of just three others in all of California prep history to have more than 2,500 points […]
Boys BB: Updated ’19 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the junior (2019) class since we last updated our player rankings in late September. Our winter 2019 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 10 newcomers, including fast-ring forward Jonathan Salazar and his St. John Bosco of Bellflower teammate Josh...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is upon us in some sections around the state, but don’t expect too much change until we get deeper in the playoff brackets. Of course, the 8-team CIF Southern Section Open Division bracket will have a big impact on that movement, but none of the teams would drop out if they lose in...
Boys BB: Updated ’18 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2018) class since we last updated our player rankings in September. Our winter Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows 11 newcomers from our post-summer edition. Our final rankings for the 2018 class will be...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
Tulare High in the CIF Central Section has another record-breaker this winter after Kazmeir Allen lit up Friday nights during the football season. Now it’s Kiara Brown of the girls basketball team, who had 46 points and 30 rebounds for one game last week. In addition to Brown as our NorCal Girls POW, our other […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The big Westchester-Fairfax rivalry in Los Angeles causes changes in this week’s boys basketball State Top 20. There are also two newcomers this week after teams from two of the toughest leagues in the state go down. With last weekend’s Nike Extravaganza in the books, the major showcases are now done for the season as...
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Scoring 48 points in a game earlier this season at The Classic at Damien has helped Tevian Jones of Culver City get even more attention from D1 colleges and now he gets SoCal Player of Week accolades with two 30-point outings out of his last three games. Also selected this week are players from Bakersfield, […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
SoCal No. 1 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance and NorCal No. 1 Salesian of Richmond both record big showcase wins over the weekend while the team Salesian beat is the only one to fall out of the boys basketball state Top 20 this week. The lone newcomer is a NorCal club that is still unbeaten in...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
For the second consecutive week, results in the competitive Trinity League in Southern California cause changes in the state rankings. No. 1 Bishop Montgomery, meanwhile, continued to put its clamps on the No. 1 ranking with another showcase win. More boys basketball CIF Open Division favorites in the South and North also are beginning to...
Column: Watered down CIF divisions?
Competitive equity seeding of all teams in the CIF regional boys and girls basketball playoffs is coming soon for the first time and if you look at what happened in girls volleyball recently, a lot of very good teams will be missing from the lower divisions. A lot of teams and players who previously would […]
