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California (CIF) Central Coast Section high school boys basketball playoff brackets, matchups, times (2/20/2025)

Defending champions are Riordan (Open), Los Gatos (D1), Valley Christian (D2), Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3), Carmel (D4) and Oakwood (D5)

Mitch Stephens

Junior guard Andrew Hilman has started for a third straight season for Riordan's juggernaut Northern California squad. The Crusaders have their second straight Open title and third in four years.
Junior guard Andrew Hilman has started for a third straight season for Riordan's juggernaut Northern California squad. The Crusaders have their second straight Open title and third in four years. / File photo: Greg Jungferman

The CIF's Central Coast Section has unveiled its 2025 boys basketball brackets in six divisions.

The playoffs begin Friday in all divisions with the championship games taking place Feb. 28 and March 1. Besides the Open Division, which will two sets of four-team pool action, the other divisions will utilize a single-elimination bracket format.

All the champions along with all eight teams selected to the Open Division advance to the CIF State regional tournament.

Top seeds in each divisions are Riordan (Open), Palo Alto (D1), Christopher (D2), Aptos (D3), King's Academy (D4) and Priory (D5).

Defending champions are Riordan (Open), Los Gatos (D1), Valley Christian (D2), Sacred Heart Cathedral (D3), Carmel (D4) and Oakwood (D5).

Below are the links to each Central Coast Section 2025 brackets by division and a Pick 'Em link that allows you to predict every game throughout the two-week tournament.

2025 CCS BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKETS

Open Division

Division 1
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Division 2

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Division 3
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Division 4
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Division 5
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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

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.

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