The first of three NCAA July evaluation periods is now in the books and it was a busy time for California players with three events in Southern California alone. The Asics Double Pump Summer Tip-Off championship was captured by a team that included the CIF’s best returning player — while the event was dominated by...
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Boys HSBB: All-Star Game August 30
The Prep2Prep California All-Star Classic, a two-game boys basketball event that will feature 48 of state’s top prospects, will take place August 30 at Las Positas College in Livermore. It will be the first statewide hoops all-star game in 25 years.
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.
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.
All-State Boys BB: Underclass
The day has arrived when honors begin to be announced for the 37th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. We begin with the best of among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth leads the way with three honorees.
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 […]
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.
Mr. Basketball State POY Finalists
It’s down to six who can be considered finalists for prestigious honor that lists winners back for more than 100 years. Two juniors have joined four seniors. This year’s Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year will be announced on Monday, April 13.
Raymond Lewis Doc In The Works
The story of Raymond Lewis is one of the most unique in the history of California basketball. He was the youngest player ever drafted when in 1973 the Philadelphia 76ers took him in the first round out of Cal-State Los Angeles and Verbum Dei High School. A series of poor management decisions for Lewis’ career […]
