One of the two Northern California alums in this year’s NBA Finals has been called “the missing link” for his team to go all the way. The other has become a key starter and was even the leading scorer in an Eastern Conference finals’ game for his team. How do Aaron Gordon and Gabe Vincent […]
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All-State Boys BB 2023: 2nd & 3rd Tms
Here’s the place to see all of the writeups for those who have been selected second team overall and third team overall on the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Teams. The teams feature a terrific crop of underclassmen who could make 2023-24 one of the best seasons in recent memory. For the all-time...
Boys BB: Divisional All-State 2023
The 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams roll on with the release of these honor squads according to the same six divisions in which this year’s CIF state championships were completed. The task of slotting all-state boys basketball into divisions gets more and more difficult (thanks to competitive equity seedings for playoffs), but […]
Boys BB: All-State Underclass 2023
The 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Boys Basketball Team announcements begin with honors for the most outstanding juniors, sophomores and freshmen in the state. While this is a Gold Club post, the one for all-state teams according to CIF divisions will be free and will be out in a few days later this week. Note:...
FINAL Boys BB All-State Nominations
This is an updated list of all-state nominees from the first list we did just before the CIF state championships in Sacramento. This is the one we’ll use to begin selecting all of the honorees for the 44th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams. The first teams for juniors, sophomores and freshmen (not recruiting lists) will...
State Coach of the Year: Mike Hansen
It all came together for the team this season at Dougherty Valley of San Ramon. For winning its first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division title and for rising up to compete at the highest levels of the state, head coach Mike Hansen has been named 2023 State Coach of the Year. This also is […]
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 2022-23 season. We have one selected for each CIF division and like the all-state teams the Open Division & Division I are bunched together.
FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 Rankings
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2022-23 season, the first season with no COVID-19 issues since 2018-19. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 25 update, as teams in strong leagues deserve to move up and more D2...
FINAL Boys BB Division State Ranks
Final end-of-season state rankings by divisions for boys basketball also goes back nearly 40 years. It’s just the number of divisions and formats that have changed. We remain committed to doing them no matter how complicated the CIF continues to make its playoffs. With these rankings needing to match the final, expanded overall State TOP...
