There’s still less than 500 players ever from California high schools to play in the NBA, which shows how hard it is to do it, but we have updated this list through the 2021-22 season so far. With nine players, Mater Dei of Santa Ana still has the most who have logged NBA minutes, but...
Latest News
Mr. Basketball 2020: California Dreamin’
In a season that didn’t have a definitive ending for many, the ending couldn’t have turned out better for Sierra Canyon’s Brandon Boston Jr. After moving to Southern California from Georgia, he is named California Mr. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports for the state’s top-ranked team. He’s actually the first Mr. Basketball State Player of the […]
Preseason Boys BB Ranks (1-15)
It’s time to launch our winter basketball content on CalHiSports.com and we’ll do it with our preseason boys basketball state rankings. The most tumultuous summer and fall we can ever recall in college and grassroots basketball has trickled down to the high school ranks in California and will undoubtedly impact the landscape. Even after all that has transpired with […]
One Year Of Bagley Will Have To Do
Sierra Canyon basketball star will reclassify to the Class of 2017, will likely play for Duke during the coming season and then enter the NBA Draft next spring. He’ll never be Mr. Basketball for California, but will count as being from California on all-time historical lists.
Boys BB: Final ’18 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 junior (2018) class. Our final 2018 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for the 2016-17 school year shows 13 newcomers since our winter edition. Our final 2016-17 rankings for the 2019 and 2020 classes will be...
Boys BB: All-State Best of Best
One year after Lonzo Ball was written up for this top group of 10 players, brother LiAngelo gets his turn and joins nine others as first team overall and headliners for the 39th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state boys basketball teams. These players are named regardless of year in school or CIF division and two of […]
More Boys BB State Players of Year
Here’s where to go to see the Cal-Hi Sports 2017 selections for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen and for each CIF division. Marvin Bagley (Sierra Canyon) wins in a close call over someone from the opposite end of the state among juniors while for sophomores it was more of a case of one teammate from […]
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 […]