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

Top seeds in every divisions are Montgomery (Open), La Jolla Country Day (D1), Olympian (D2), Southwest SD (D3), Tri-City Christian (D4), Pacific Ridge (D5), Cambridge School (D5-AA)

Mitch Stephens

UC San Diego commit Jake Hall just cleared the magical 3,000-point career mark. He leads Carlsbad as the second seed in the San Diego Section's Open Division.
UC San Diego commit Jake Hall just cleared the magical 3,000-point career mark. He leads Carlsbad as the second seed in the San Diego Section's Open Division. / File photo: Justin Fine

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

The playoffs begin Tuesday in all but the Open Division, which tips off Friday. Each are 16-team single elimination divisions except for 5-AA (with 12 teams) and the Open, which features eight teams.

The champions in each division advance to the CIF South Regional and the all eight teams in the Open — considered the top eight teams in the section — advance as well.

Top seeds in every divisions are Montgomery (Open), La Jolla Country Day (D1), Olympian (D2), Southwest SD (D3), Tri-City Christian (D4), Pacific Ridge (D5), Cambridge School (D5-AA).

Defending champions are Carlsbad (Open), Mission Bay (Division 1), University City (D2), Olympian (D3), Mount Miguel (D4), Del Lago Academy (D5), Tri-City Christian (D5-AA).

Below are the links to each San Diego Section bracket by division and a Pick 'Em link that allows you to predict every game throughout the two-week tournament.

2025 SDS 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 5-AA
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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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