California High School Boys Basketball News, Scores, Rankings, Videos

Notre Dame's Josiah Nance drives to the basket against JSerra at home Wednesday night.
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California CIF high school boys basketball playoff scores, stats, brackets, second-round matchups

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Notre Dame's Josiah Nance drives to the basket against JSerra at home Wednesday night.
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California CIF high school boys basketball playoff scores, stats, brackets, second-round matchups

Playoff scores from the CIF Southern Section's opening round Wednesday, including notable stats and notes from the top divisions.

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Lino Mark drives to the basket against JSerra in the opening round of the Open Division playoffs at home on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
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CIF Open Division: Notre Dame, Sierra Canyon edge out victories in first round of pool play

Lino Mark returns to help Notre Dame edge JSerra; Sierra Canyon beats Redondo Union in overtime.

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St. Joseph's junior Julius Price scoops the ball between Alvin Loving and Carlton Perrialliat en route to his 16-point night in the Crush in the Valley Showscase 1-24-25
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Top 15 Northern California High School Boys Basketball Rankings (2/11/2025)

It is time to start thinking about the playoffs. In just a few days time, the regular season for high school basketball in Northern California will be over and

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JSerra takes on Eastside Catholic.
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Top 5 CIF Southern Section boys basketball first-round playoff storylines, matchups

Big-time matchups, top scorers and other headlines to keep tabs on as we head into the first round of the playoffs.

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Harvard-Westlake forward Nik Khamenia scores against Salesian in the 2024 CIF State Open Division final on March 8, 2024 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. The Wolverines won their second straight state Open Division and enter as the favorite to win a third straight but must first attempt a Southern Section crown. Either way, they will advance after earning the top seed in the Open Division which plays in pool play starting this week.
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Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (2/10/2025)

Southern Section gets playoffs started, the rest of the state isn't far behind

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Chatsworth guard Alijah Arenas is one of the best high school basketball players in the country for the 2025 class.
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Best performances in California high school boys basketball (Feb. 3-8)

California's leading scorer, Dylan Goosen, continues his strong campaign after busting for 49 points in his latest game

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High School on SI playoff Pick 'Em
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'Pick 'Em' Challenge: CIF California high school basketball playoffs; compete with friends, pick the winner

Test your hoops knowledge! Sign up for free and predict the winners of the CIF Southern Section high school basketball playoffs.

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La Mirada guard Julien Gomez drives to the rim in the Classic at Damien.
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Fattal: CIF's 10-team Open Division basketball playoff gives fresh feel with new teams, format

Harvard-Westlake is the No. 1 seed in the 2025 Open Division playoffs, which will have more than eight teams since 2018.

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Harvard-Westlake's Joe Sterling shoots against St. Francis at the Intuit Dome on Feb. 1, 2025.
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Top 25 California Southern Section high school boys basketball final rankings (2/10/2025)

The final regular-season rankings for high school boys basketball in the CIF Southern Section.

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A memorial for San Ramon Valley assistant basketball coach Hans de Lannoy — his signature hat and roses — was left on the Wolves' No. 1 chair during the Wolves' 71-60 win over cross-town rival Monte Vista on Friday. De Lannoy, a beloved 40-year coach and teacher, died Wednesday due to complications from cancer.
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Divine intervention? San Ramon Valley channels Hans de Lannoy beats Monte Vista, claims EBAL outright title

Presence of beloved late longtime coach is felt as Wolves first knock off cross-town rival Monte Vista, then get help to win outright league regular-season title

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Loyola's Quincy Watson drives to the hoop against Chaminade at the Intuit Dome.
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How CIF Southern Section creates basketball playoff divisions with computer rankings (video)

'Competitive equity' has been used to determine the high school football players for four seasons, now it's being used in basketball.

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St. John Bosco’s Brandon McCoy throws down a windmill dunk against Mater Dei at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
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Top 10 California freshman high school boys basketball scorers (2/6/2025)

California Lutheran's Tyler Treder leads four 9th-graders averaging more than 20 points per game in the Golden State

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San Ramon Valley assistant coach Hans de Lannoy died after a seven-year battle with cancer on Feb 5, 2025
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Legendary California high school basketball, life coach Hans de Lannoy succumbs to cancer

The 'Pied Piper' of Bay Area coaches was beloved by at least two generations of students and players for being a 'Great coach, a great teacher and a better man'

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Harvard-Westlake's Nik Khamenia shoots a free throw in a game against St. Francis at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
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Harvard-Westlake gets 7th straight Mission League title, peace of mind ahead of playoff reveal

The No. 1 boys basketball team in California will get to rest easy heading into the weekend, but many coaches will have a hard time sleeping while awaiting their playoff fate.

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Portola's Connor Sheridan is the SBLive/Sports Illustrated NorCal boys basketball Athlete of the Week (2/4/2025)

The 6-foot-9 junior beats out 24 other candidates to win the coveted award

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Mira Costa celebrates after a narrow victory over Redondo Union to earn a share of the Bay League title on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.
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CIF basketball: Mira Costa's win over Redondo Union justifies thoughts of larger Open Division field

The closer we get to Saturday, Feb. 8, when the CIF Southern Section reveals playoff pairings and divisions, the more results support the notion for a larger Open Division field.

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St. Joseph's Tounde Yessoufou (24) dunks the ball during the first round of the Capitol City Classic at Willamette University on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Salem, Ore.
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Best performances in Northern California high school boys basketball (Jan. 27-31)

The final few weeks of the Northern California boys basketball season is here, and the push for the playoffs will soon intensify. As usual, there were some big

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Mater Dei and St. John Bosco go at it in the Trinity-Mission League showcase at Intuit Dome.
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Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (2/3/2025)

Intuit Dome event highlights competitive week between the state's elite, No. 3 St. Joseph's Tounde Yessoufou highlights personal achievement, makes bold prediction

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Crespi's Peyton White attacks the rim against Alemany at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
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CIF Southern Section high school boys basketball playoff computer rankings (2/3/2025)

The updated edition of the high school basketball computer rankings that determine the playoffs for the CIF Southern Section as of February 3, 2025.

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Campbell Hall's Isaiah Johnson handling the ball against Brentwood on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at the Intuit Dome.
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Top CIF high school basketball leagues will crown champions in last week of season

The CIF Southern Section will conclude its high school basketball regular season on Wednesday. The next three days will reveal league champions in major matchups.

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Tounde Yessoufou stands alone among all his teammates Saturday after breaking the California High School career scoring record for St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria.
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Mitch Stephens: Tounde Yessoufou's unique path, drive for mom, family vaults him to top of California's perch

St. Joseph senior, West African native and Baylor-bound star uses Kobe Bryant's Mamba Mentality, Russell Westbrook's relentlessness to break DeMarcus Nelson's state record for career scoring

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Brentwood’s AJ Okoh scores against Campbell Hall in a Gold Coast League contest at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
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Top 25 California Southern Section high school boys basketball rankings (2/2/2025)

Harvard-Westlake rises to No. 1, Rancho Cucamonga and Windward rise, St. Anthony and Santa Barbara re-join the fold after quality stretches.

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Tounde Yessoufou gives one last acknowledgement to crowd after he scored 30 points to break the California High School career scoring record Saturday at St. Joseph of Santa Maria High School. Following video tribute and speech from Yessoufou who now has 3,467 points to surpass Demarcus Nelson's 3,462. The class Nelson sent a video congratulations message to Yessoufou as well.
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Tounde Yessoufou live updates recap: Baylor signee breaks California state scoring record (2-1-2025)

St. Joseph of Santa Maria senior, McDonald's All-American enters Saturday game versus Weston Ranch-Stockton just 26 points shy of state career scoring record

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Tounde Yessoufou just before being introduce at Atascadero High School 1-31-2025
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Tounde Yessoufou closes in on California state scoring record: Baylor signee should set coveted mark Saturday

Packed Atascadero gym watches the St. Joseph star go for 29 in three quarters, then mob him for autographs, pictures, dabs

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Santa Margarita’s Kaiden Bailey.
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Kaiden Bailey leads Santa Margarita basketball to key league victory over JSerra

Star junior Kaiden Bailey scored 19 of his game-high 24 points in the second half.

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