Our first portion of the 2013-14 all-state teams for boys basketball (which marks the 36th year we’ve been doing them) highlights the best among juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Two families – the Thompsons and the Balls – should be especially happy about them.
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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. Bishop O’Dowd’s Ivan Rabb actually is on top for two classifications while for the third straight year, the frosh honoree is from the San Fernando Valley.
NEW Divisional Boys BB Rankings
Mater Dei and Bishop O’Dowd stay on track for Open Division state final showdown – but just barely. Most surprising regional finalist on Saturday is Drake of San Anselmo. These rankings include results from Wednesday and a projection for each CIF state final....
Expanded Boys BB State Top 20
Each team gets broken down in this post from No. 1 Mater Dei down through new No. 20 Cathedral of Los Angeles. A list of teams on the bubble is added as well. Get your Gold Club membership today to check it out if you haven’t done so yet....
Boys BB: Mater Dei downs Chino Hills
Top-rated Mater Dei of Santa Ana locks up the No. 1 seed in the SoCal Open Division regional by defeating upset-minded Chino Hills to capture the Southern Section’s first-ever open division title. Stanley Johnson leads way with 28 points and 15 rebounds as Monarchs win 22nd section title under Gary McKnight. Chino Hills also doesn’t […]
Boys BB: Updated ’16 Player Rankings
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a look at the state’s top college prospects in the sophomore (2016) class since we last updated our player rankings in early October. The top three remain the same, but our winter 2016 Cal-Hi Sports Top 65 shows some considerable change thereafter from our...
Boys BB: CIFSS Open Predictions
We breakdown the 16 teams in boys basketball that should be selected (and yes, we think 16 should be chosen) for the massive CIF Southern Section’s new open division. It’s a loaded field that includes 14 teams ranked in this week’s Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20. Fourteen of the 16 slots seem like no-brainers and […]
Mr. Basketball Top 10 Tracker
Stanley Johnson of Mater Dei remains the clear leader to be the 2014 Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year, but there are four new players that have moved up into the Top 10.
Boys, Girls BB State Rank Updates
Serra of Gardena and El Cerrito get jumps this week into the Top 20 among boys teams. For the girls, another clutch outing from Jordin Canada helps Windward beat Long Beach Poly and push the Wildcats up to No. 2. Check below for this week’s new list of the State Top 20 boys and girls […]
Boys BB: Fairfax State Preview results
State-ranked boys basketball clubs Compton, Chino Hills and Loyola of Los Angeles record impressive wins at the Fairfax State Preview one-day showcase at Fairfax of Los Angeles. Compton defeats a reeling Bishop Montgomery team that now has lost three of its last four games since Monday’s loss to J.W. North of Riverside at the MLK […]
