The CIF Southern Section Open Division could easily be re-named “upset central” with several ranked teams either biting the dust or barely escaping with a win against fellow ranked and non-ranked teams. Because of that, after the first eight spots in this week’s rankings, there has now been some major re-adjustments. A familiar face that...
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Long Beach Poly is this week’s only newcomer and goes in at No. 14 after upset win over previous No. 7 in CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. By Friday, if no upsets, it should be No. 1 Sierra Canyon vs. No. 3 Bishop Montomgery and No. 2 Chino Hills vs. No. 4 Mater Dei...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
By the time your eyes start to glide through these rankings it’s likely San Diego State-bound St. Mary’s (Stockton) senior star Naje Murray will either be playing against crosstown arch rival Lincoln or will have already played in her return from a knee injury suffered early last summer playing club ball. With her back, there’s...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
For the second consecutive week, there is only one newcomer to this week’s rankings at No. 20, but this time we pull up the next NorCal team instead of one from down South. Of the 16 teams in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, 11 are state-ranked and we break down Friday’s first round matchups...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
This is a week when the eyes and mind and ability to analyze makes human rankings the far superior kind when you have nuances. On example is Stockton St. Mary’s beating teams at full strength and then being decimated by injuries and dropping completely out after being national top five to start the season. Another...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Sierra Canyon tightens its grip on the No. 1 ranking after results from another memorable Nike Extravaganza, but still may have to get past defending CIF Open Division state champ Chino Hills in the CIF Southern Section Open Division. This week’s pecking order also sees a three-spot rise into the top 10 for both Sheldon...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
It isn’t often that a top 10 team drops out of the rankings the next week but that’s the situation this week as previous No. 9 St. Mary’s of Stockton, a team that was top five nationally to start the season, has to drop out after a series of losses including for the first time...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
There’s two newcomers to the rankings and some movement this week, as we start eyeing potential post-season scenarios, especially in the rugged CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs. The No. 1 team in the Central Section moves in but its coach is no stranger to winning or our state rankings, while the other new team...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20 Rankings
Stockton is becoming synonymous with knee injuries after State Freshman and State Sophomore of the Year Aquira DeCosta went down with a torn meniscus last week. Earlier in the week at the MLK Showcase, Sierra Smith, DeCosta’s former teammate now at Salesian, went down in a heap and later found out she tore her ACL....
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
Most of the state’s best teams won last week, as the highest-ranked team to lose, L.A. Westchester, did so by only three points in the state’s best overall rivalry game versus No. 8 L.A. Fairfax. There is some movement at the bottom of the rankings, however, and a lone newcomer which returns. If you can’t...
