In perhaps the best CIF Open Division state finals played since the format began in 2013, Etiwanda edges Archbishop Mitty of San Jose on a put-back at the buzzer to win its first-ever state crown. The Monarchs just came up one play short in what would have been regarded as an upset. Central of Fresno […]
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NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
The funnel gets narrower and narrower as we drive towards the CIF Southern and Northern Regional playoffs and then eventually to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento for the state finals. With the ever changing playoff formats that seem to change in every CIF section in every year, the biggest change this year came in...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State Top 25 there are four newcomers, three from NorCal previously ranked, plus one SoCal squad entering for the first time this season that is slowly putting together a terrific resume. The rankings are dominated at top by the eight entrants to the CIF Southern Section Open Division, but...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
In this week’s new boys basketball State TOP 25 there are two newcomers for the second straight week from two of the state’s best leagues in JSerra of San Juan Capistrano and Dublin. The real questions are how do you balance league standings with recent results and take into account the injuries of Dougherty Valley’s...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
League play is either starting this week or in full swing around the state but the top teams still have some showcase games left. Some have questioned why there are not more teams from the CIF Southern Section in the rankings and so many from Northern California. The answer is competitive equity. The CIFSS teams...
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This second set of regular season rankings takes us through the holidays and the major tournaments before league action begins. There was no change in the first eight spots but after that we had some pretty significant movement with only one team out of the next 15 holding onto the same spot they held in...
NEW NorCal/SoCal CIF Bowl Projections
This is a big week for these projections since it’s the next to last one before late Saturday night when we’ll do one more run through after all results from section championship games are in. As usual, some of the toughest decisions for the CIF will be to perhaps match title teams from the same...
Preseason Girls BB State Ranks (1-20)
One week after our extensive boys basketball preseason state rankings, we do the same for the girls. With some teams starting in the CIF Southern Section on November 14 and some games in the CIF Central Section, adjustments to the original pecking order we planned had to be made to accommodate some of the results […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (16-40)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we are doing it with a preseason Top 40 of the best boys teams from all across the state. This group is led by No. 16 Clovis West and includes the rest of these teams down to No. 40 Rancho Cucamonga, plus a list […]
