As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final Top 40 overall girls basketball team rankings, this time covering the 2015-16 season. Teams getting a bump based on the CIF state finals are Sierra Canyon, Alemany and Cajon. St. Mary’s of Stockton also finishes second in a close call based on overall season...
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State Teams of the Year 2016
It’s time to get out the record books for the Chino Hills boys and Chaminade girls as they are officially named Cal-Hi Sports State Team of the Year in basketball. For Chino Hills, it’s also not too early to compare the Huskies to some of the greatest teams in state history. While Chaminade didn’t actually […]
Girls Open Division: Super 8s
After all of the Friday and Saturday section finals, here would be the eight girls basketball teams in Northern California and the eight in Southern California that we’d pick for the Open Divisions. The first five positions in the North and first two in the South should be easy, but even No. 3 in the […]
Girls 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 Girls BB State Top 20
It’s been a long time since Mater Dei has not had a spot in these state rankings, but after the Monarchs suffered two straight setbacks in the CIFSS Open playoffs with losses to Etiwanda and Santa Barbara they have to fall back. Will it be for good, however? They can still win a CIF state...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
Two CIF Southern Section Open Division teams drop out of this week’s rankings, but they’re replaced by two from the same bracket. The biggest upset last week saw previously unranked Etiwanda knock off Mater Dei of Santa Ana, ensuring that last year’s CIF Open Division state finalists won’t be back in the Open Division for...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It’s a bit of a shame this year as the playoffs approach is that it’s not looking like the top two teams in the state will play in the CIF Open Division title game. Usually this is because the top two are in the south, but this year the top three girls teams are in...
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It didn’t take a buzzer beater for previous No. 19 Santa Barbara to taste defeat, but it sure did for Pinewood of Los Altos Hills. Pinewood thus drops from No. 8 to No. 11 this week with San Diego teams plus Bishop O’Dowd going up. This week’s lone newcomer, meanwhile, is Oak Ridge of El...
Preseason Girls BB Ranks (1-15)
With all five starters back from a team that won the CIF Open Division state crown, St. Mary’s of Stockton is easy choice as preseason No. 1 for the state to start the 2015-16 season. It’s not even that hard to choose No. 2 and No. 3, either, as both Chaminade of West Hills and […]
No doubt about St. Mary’s girls at No. 1
Unlike the boys, there is no debate about which girls basketball team should be on top of the California preseason rankings. And unlike the boys, the St. Mary’s of Stockton girls also easily rank among the best in the nation. If we were still doing FAB 50 national girls rankings, in fact, they’d be preseason […]
