Is it too early to start thinking about being the No. 1 seed for this year’s CIF Northern California Open Division boys basketball playoffs? When a team is unbeaten, ranked nationally and No. 5 overall in the state, maybe not. Salesian of Richmond is that team and the Pride closed out the headline game of […]
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Girls BB: Pinewood keeps climbing
Los Altos Hills school wins Platinum Division at the West Coast Jamboree with a slug-it-out victory over Salesian of Richmond in title game matchup of two state top 10 squads. The elite division at one of the state’s top tournaments also concluded on Saturday with state No. 9 Carondelet of Concord taking third-place and with […]
Boys BB Open Division Projections
After all CIF section boys basketball champions are crowned by Saturday night, it’ll only take a few minutes before many in the media and some coaches will start to think about Sunday when the CIF state office will release its pairings for the upcoming Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. We start thinking seriously […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20
The postseason is upon us in some sections around the state, but don’t expect too much change until we get deeper in the playoff brackets. Of course, the 8-team CIF Southern Section Open Division bracket will have a big impact on that movement, but none of the teams would drop out if they lose in...
Boys BB Rankings By Divisions
As the section playoffs reach critical stages this week and teams stamp their tickets for the upcoming NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs, here’s a breakdown of how certain teams stack up in projected CIF state divisions. We also project which eight teams in the North and which eight teams in the South are on track […]
NEW State FB Rankings (Divisions)
There are two new No. 1 teams this week with Clayton Valley of Concord taking over in D2 and Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth doing the same in D4. Others still No. 1 are De La Salle of Concord (D1), Calabasas (D3) and Grace Brethren (D5). It’s a monster jump, meanwhile, for Moreau Catholic in D4...
NEW State FB Rankings (Divisions)
We’ve gone through each section again after doing a preseason version of these rankings and have reconsidered the placement of many teams. These new placements will be closer to possible CIF bowl divisions for some teams and also reflect input from many users about certain teams. No. 1 teams after the first week of the...
Final Top 20 State Rankings
We will expand these out to at least 40 deep later this week, but for now here’s our final Top 20 for boys and girls basketball. Risers for boys include Monte Vista, J.W. North, El Camino Real and Cathedral. Risers for girls were none, except for different team at No. 20. Check below for this […]
Expanded Girls BB State Top 20
Each team gets broken down in this post from No. 1 Long Beach Poly down through new No. 20 Camarillo. 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, Girls BB State Rank Updates
J.W. North boys didn’t play last week but jump up from No. 13 to No. 10 due to owning wins over three teams playing for CIF state titles this week. For the girls, we couldn’t quite get either Archbishop Mitty or Modesto Christian into the State Top 20, so one or both may have to […]
