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California (CIF) North Coast Section high school boys basketball playoff brackets, matchups, game times (2/17/2025)

Top seeds in each divisions are De La Salle (Open), Dougherty Valley (Division 1), Moreau Catholic (D2), Branson (D3), Piedmont (D4), International (D5) and St. Bernard's (D6)

Mitch Stephens

Salesian's Carlton Perrilliat (21) goes baseball en route to his 20 point night. The Pride, the defending NCS Open Division champions, are seeded No. 2 behind De La Salle.
Salesian's Carlton Perrilliat (21) goes baseball en route to his 20 point night. The Pride, the defending NCS Open Division champions, are seeded No. 2 behind De La Salle. / Photo: Greg Jungferman

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

The playoffs begin Tuesday in three divisions (D1, D3, D5), continues Wednesday with first-round games in three more divisions (D2, D4, D6) and final first-rouond games being Thursday in the coveted 6-team Open Division bracket.

The top teams move to the Open and all of those teams advance to the Northern California regional in two weeks regardless of NCS results.

The rest of the divisions feature 12-16 teams and the top three placers advance to the regional. This season, a third-place game between semifinal losers will decide the third spot.

Top seeds in each divisions are De La Salle (Open), Dougherty Valley (Division 1), Moreau Catholic (D2), Branson (D3), Piedmont (D4), International (D5) and St. Bernard's (D6).

Defending champions are Salesian (Open), Dougherty Valley (D1), Benicia (D2), University (D3), Justin-Siena (D4), Head-Royce (D5) and Cornerstone Christian (D6).

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

2025 NCS BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKETS

Open Division
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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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Division 6
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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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