As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final Top 40 overall boys basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2016-17 season. The team getting a bump based on the CIF state finals is D2 state champ Esperanza of Anaheim. Did D3 champ Mission of San Francisco make the cut? Only one team...
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State Player of Year Finalists
We decided for this year that there will be six finalists for this season’s Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year honor and that there will be eight for Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. Winners will be announced near the end of next week. We have also included any McDonald’s All-American Game updates […]
Boys Hoops State Team of Year 2017
Bishop Montgomery of Torrance officially goes into the books as state’s best for 2016-17 season after winning CIF Open Division state title. Due to the teams that the Knights beat to finish at the top, such as nationally ranked Sierra Canyon, Mater Dei (twice) and Chino Hills, a case also could be made that they’re […]
Saturday Boys BB State Finals
California’s Knights of the roundball table and Kings of the court are from Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, which won in the first-ever CIF Open Division state final played at the Golden 1 Center over Woodcreek of Roseville. Look for Bishop Montgomery’s final coronation as State Team of the Year coming on Monday. In the D2 […]
Boys BB: Open-D1 State Predictions
It’s too hard to choose against the SoCal teams once again in this year’s top two games of the CIF State Basketball Championships, which will be held this weekend at Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. But there are unknowns. Bishop Montgomery didn’t exactly light the gym on fire when it opened the season in […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
After all the results from the various section championships around the state are analyzed, we have some movement in this week’s State Top 20, but are there any newcomers? The seeds don’t always match our rankings (which turned out quite well last week for us) and the dubious distinction of the most odd regional playoff...
Super 8 Boys BB State Ranks Update
We were alone with Bishop Montgomery at No. 1 last week ahead of Mater Dei and also were alone with Woodcreek as the No. 1 team from Northern California. Guess we do know what we are doing after all as both won featured games last Saturday. Mater Dei also almost fell to No. 3, but […]
CIFSS Boys Open: What We Learned
State No. 1 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance won the CIF Southern Section Open Division title with a 70-55 win over No. 2 Mater Dei of Santa Ana. With the win, the Knights secured the top seed in the SoCal Open Division regional playoffs. The top four seeds will be the four teams that advanced to […]
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...
NorCal Tip Off Classic Recap
Here’s the results and recap from the 10th Annual NorCal Tip-Off Classic at Newark Memorial (Newark, Calif.). State No. 15 Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland knocks off preseason boys hoops state No. 1 Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, 70-63, after trailing 17-1 early. Please make sure to check out GrassrootsHoops.net on Sunday evening for exclusive player rankings from the one-day, seven-game […]
