Friday’s games at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento highlighted by the D1 finals, which saw the Huskies and big man Onyeka Okongwu capture their second CIF state title in three years. The Serra girls also won second CIF state title in their third championship appearance in six years. Other state championships earned on Friday […]
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CIF Basketball Picks & Previews
Here are the predicted scores, what to watch for and more for each of the 12 CIF boys and girls basketball state championship games coming up this weekend in Sacramento. We will focus most on the Open Division and Division I, but also have the picks for each of the other divisions too. With more […]
Boys BB: Division State Ranks (3rd)
Chino Hills, Crossroads of Santa Monica and View Park of Los Angeles go up into No. 1 positions in Division I, Division II and Division IV leading into this weekend’s CIF state championships in Sacramento. Still on top are Pleasant Valley of Chico (D3) and Santa Clarita Christian (D5). The lowest ranked state finalist is...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth retains its No. 1 ranking and will face Sheldon of Sacramento in the CIF Open Division state championship game on Saturday evening in Sacramento. Find out how high Sheldon moved up in this week’s State Top 20 after defeating previous No. 5 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland in the NorCal Open Division...
Sierra Canyon, Sheldon Open-bound
With a player like Duke’s Marvin Bagley, it was supposed to be last year’s team at Sierra Canyon going to the CIF Open Division state final. The Trailblazers booked their ticket to this year’s final with a come-from-behind win over Etiwanda. In the CIF NorCal Open title game, Sheldon of Sacramento won its second regional […]
Boys BB: Regional Finals (Divisions)
Here are writeups and breakdowns of the two Division I boys regional championship games played on Saturday night at Long Beach State and the University of Santa Clara. Read on as well for scores and briefs from the other CIF regional finals in other divisions.
Boys BB: Regional Final Quick Picks
Good luck to all teams playing in CIF regional finals on Saturday. We will focus our coverage on the games played at Long Beach State (Open, D1) with coverage from Ronnie Flores and on the games played at Santa Clara University (Open, D1) with coverage from Harold Abend. Editor Mark Tennis will be editing everything […]
Final Fours For CIF Open Hoops Set
For the boys, new state No. 1 Sierra Canyon goes overtime for the second time in a little more than two weeks to beat No. 2 Bishop Montgomery. Etiwanda, Bishop O’Dowd and Sheldon also move on. For the girls, there won’t be a No. 1 vs. No 2 state matchup in the NorCal final as […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
Previous No. 1 and No. 2 went down and what did it create? A No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown this week in the SoCal Open semifinals between two teams that have already split games this season. All four SoCal D1 teams still alive are now ranked, but did any NorCal D1 team make it...