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State’s 30 Greatest Teams (16-30)

Another of Mater Dei’s CIF state title teams leads off this group of all-time great units. We also have the first of the L.A. Crenshaw squads, but it might surprise you which one has landed among this bunch. Others earning all-time greatest writeups include our best from the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, two teams we wish...

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Boys BB State Team of Year 2019

It’s a second straight State Team of the Year finish for Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth. And the way in which the Trailblazers showcased all of their talent during their win against Sheldon of Sacramento causes them to join the mix as one of the historically great teams in California. But how high? We haven’t done […]

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Mr. Basketball 2016: Lonzo Ball

State’s top honor goes to point guard from Chino Hills whose statistical dominance is only matched by his team’s success. Becoming state’s all-time assist leader and leading the Huskies to the mythical national crown helps the UCLA-bound 6-foot-6 dynamo edge future college teammate T.J. Leaf.

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State Teams of the Year 2016

It’s time to get out the record books for the Chino Hills boys and Chaminade girls as they are officially named Cal-Hi Sports State Team of the Year in basketball. For Chino Hills, it’s also not too early to compare the Huskies to some of the greatest teams in state history. While Chaminade didn’t actually […]

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Boys BB: Final ’15 Player Rankings

We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2015) class. Our final 2015 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows eight new players, a majority of whom excelled late into the post-season. Our final 2014-15 rankings for the 2016, 2017 and 2018...

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HSBB: All-American Roundup

With the NCAA lifting its two-game all-star game limit for graduating seniors in 2014, the state’s best boys basketball players participated in a myriad of all-star games across the country. We take a quick look at how the state’s elite fared and at the honors some of the top players received by GrassrootsHoops.net.

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All-State Boys BB: Best of Best

It’s finally time to present the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state elite boys basketball teams. These are the teams selected regardless of CIF division or year in school. Every player is written up and profiled. It’s a group with 22 seniors, seven juniors and one sophomore.

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All-State Boys BB: By Divisions

After the underclass picks, up next in our parade of 2014-15 all-state boys basketball honors is our breakdown of honorees for each CIF division, although the Open Division is not considered separately. CIF Open Division champ Bishop O’Dowd gets three onto the Division III team while runner-up Mater Dei gets three in Division I and […]

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Mr. Basketball 2015: Ivan Rabb

The 6-foot-11 center didn’t need to make a game-winning free throw in the CIF Open Division state title game to become the winner of one of the state’s most prestigious honors, but it sure helped. Rabb is the first Mr. Basketball from the CIF North Coast Section and East Bay since Jason Kidd in 1992 […]

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More State Boys Players of the Year

We choose honorees for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. The most difficult was for Division IV since two of our Mr. Basketball finalists both fall into that classification. Two of this year’s winners also had to be picked twice.

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