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 […]
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.
NorCal Girls: St. Mary’s prevails
State No. 1 Rams win first NorCal Open Division title by making shots in the first half to build solid lead and go on to beat Miramonte of Orinda 67-52. Go inside here for recaps of all of the NorCal girls championship games both from Sacramento and American Canyon. Other winners were McClatchy (D1), Archbishop […]
Open Division Openers
Shocker of the night was the margin of victory by Serra of San Mateo boys over state No. 12 Moreau Catholic of Hayward. We have recaps of Folsom-El Cerrito and Bishop Montgomery-St. Augustine plus breakdowns of the two regional boys and girls divisions.
CIF Regional Playoff Picks (Boys)
After all of Saturday’s CIF section basketball championships are in the books throughout the state, we break down the teams that should be chosen on Sunday for the regional playoffs. For special updated State Top 20 rankings (boys & girls), CLICK HERE. For CIF regional playoff picks for girls teams, CLICK HERE. FINALLY, IF YOU […]