Two Mission League teams lost in the opening round of the loaded CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs and one of them dropped out in this week’s State Top 20 rankings for boys basketball. This upcoming week there figures to be a lot more movement as the open division playoffs in the CIFSS will have...
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NEW Boys BB State Top 20
In SoCal, section playoffs are beginning in the massive Southern Section and the L.A. City Section and by next week we’ll have reached the point of the season where state-ranked teams actually face each other, particularly in the CIFSS Open Division playoffs. Two newcomers crack the rankings this week, one from NorCal and one from...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
State and national No. 1 Chino Hills rolls again in a showcase game, but where do Foothills Christian and De La Salle fall after losing big games at the Nike Extravaganza? Damien of La Verne cracks the top 10 and one new team cracks the Top 20. Note: There are not going to be separate...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
It’s official. It will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the state affair when top-ranked Chino Hills takes on second-ranked Bishop Montgomery this Saturday at Cerritos College. Do the Knights have a chance versus RUN GMZ? There are seven other solid games at the Fairfax State Preview, but that game trumps all others...
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The big four stays the same in the latest boys basketball state rankings, with Foothills Christian moving up into the top five despite a loss to No. 1 Chino Hills. Redondo Union and Folsom crack the top 10 because of losses by Corona Centennial and L.A. Fairfax. Did L.A Westchester now move in front of...
Super Tuesday: Regional Semis
We wish the CIF would continue to separate the Open Division games with the other divisions in its regional/state playoffs, but everybody played in Tuesday’s semifinals (other than two teams) and we break down what happened in the Open Division and in Division I.
Bracket Breakdowns (Open)
We went 16-for-16 in recommending teams for the NorCal and SoCal Open Division boys basketball playoffs, including Foothills Christian of El Cajon. Bishop O’Dowd and Bishop Montgomery, meanwhile, grabbed the No. 1 seeds in the Open Division. For the girls, The NorCal Open Division could have been picked in a number of different ways after […]
New State 20 Boys BB (Expanded)
Here’s more on every change made after the first set of games for the CIFSS Open Division. Every team in this post gets broken down, we have added more images than ever before and this is where you can see a list of bubble teams. If you are not a Gold Club member and cannot...
NEW Boys BB Division State Ranks
Teams on the move include La Mirada and Foothills Christian of El Cajon. We also make a pitch for the CIF not to move up still unbeaten Half Moon Bay into the NorCal Open Division (unless of course the Cougars were to win the CCS Open Division title). Please check out and bookmark our new...
CIF Girls BB State Finals Predictions
We’re going with Long Beach Poly for the win in the Open Division, which could cap a long weekend for NorCal girls other than the first game. On the other hand, we’ve picked much gloom and doom for the North before and it wasn’t that bad. Note: Full post containing analysis of each game for...
