In a season that wasn’t complete due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more coaches than ever were able to win their last game but more coaches than ever were also unsatisfied with how the season ended for their seniors. One boys basketball coach who didn’t win his last game of the season, but came away more […]
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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 2019-20 season. We have one selected for each CIF division despite not being able to finish the season with state championships. We almost always honor the overall State Coach of the Year from a school that was in […]
Boys BB: FINAL Division State Ranks
Go through this post for the final rankings for every CIF state division for the 2020 season. Declaring co-champions for each of the cancelled state finals could still be done by the CIF, but we will continue to not have ties in any of our state rankings. With respect to the teams that may have...
Boys BB All-State Nominations Part 1
While continuing to pay attention to the current public health crisis and help spread the word about statewide high school sports advisories, we’re also going to soldier on with all of our usual postseason basketball honors. These Class of 2020 seniors really deserve the recognition in light of things they may be missing in coming […]
Mr. Basketball State POY Finalists
As is our custom, we like to release at least four and often more finalists among those who are being considered the most strongly for the annual Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year selection. And no, players from prep schools are not eligible for high school competition honors. Never have been, never will be. […]
Boys BB State Team of Year 2020
It’s a third consecutive State Team of the Year finish for Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, but because of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, the Trailblazers are the first boys basketball State Team of the Year to not officially win a CIF state title since L.A. Westchester in 2004. Sierra Canyon understands the ramifications of the situation […]
Salute to Saturday CIF Finalists
There were 11 teams that for sure were supposed to have played on Saturday at the Golden 1 Center in the CIF state basketball championships. There also was a 12th that would have played as NorCal Open Division champion (but that title game wasn’t played either). As a salute to the teams and players we […]
Salute to Friday CIF Finalists
These 12 teams were supposed to have played on Friday at the Golden 1 Center in the CIF state basketball championships. As a salute to the teams and players we won’t get to see due to the event’s cancellation (we have gone to every CIF state championship since the event began in 1981), here is […]
CIF Cancels Boys/Girls BB Finals
For the first time since the CIF began to crown boys and girls basketball state champions in 1981, the final event of the state’s season is cancelled as a result of the worldwide coronavirus crisis. The CIF made the announcement in a Thursday morning media release. There will be no state champions and only regional […]
