CIF Central Section 2023 boys basketball playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times

Clovis West, Bakersfield Christian, Mt Whitney, Golden Valley, Garces Memorial and Central Valley Christian are defending champions

The brackets for the 2023 CIF Central Section boys basketball playoffs have been finalized. First-round matchups start Feb. 15 and conclude Feb. 24-25.

You can follow all of the action on SBLive with bracket updates, scores and more.

Defending section champions are Clovis West (Open), Bakersfield Christian (Division 1), Mt. Whitney (D2), Golden Valley (D3), Garces Memorial (D4) and Central Valley Christian (D5).

There is no Open Division in 2023. Instead, those top teams are all part of a loaded Division 1 field that includes top seed Clovis West, followed by No. 2 Clovis North, No. 3 St. Joseph-Santa Maria and No. 4 Centennial-Bakersfield. 

Here are the CIF-CS boys basketball brackets for all six divisions, with matchups and game times:

CIF-CS DIVISION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKET

CIF-CS DIVISION 2 BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKET

CIF-CS DIVISION 3 BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKET

CIF-CS DIVISION 4 BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKET

CIF-CS DIVISION 5 BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKET

CIF-CS DIVISION 6 BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKET


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Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.