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California (CIF) San Diego Section high school boys basketball playoff brackets updates, matchups, (2/21/2025)

First-round play is done in all divisions but the Open, which starts Friday when all other divisions play quarterfinal games

Mitch Stephens

Mater Dei Catholic (left) and Mission Bay played a San Diego Section playoff game on Feb. 20.
Mater Dei Catholic (left) and Mission Bay played a San Diego Section playoff game on Feb. 20. / Photo: Rudy Schmoke

The CIF's San Diego Section has unveiled its 2025 boys basketball brackets in seven divisions. A round has been completed in every division except the Open, which begins Friday, Feb. 21, the same day second round play gets completed in the other divisions.

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. Also all scores are from first-round play.

2025 SDS BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKETS

Open Division
Pick 'Ems

First-round games

No. 8 Francis Parker at No. 1 Montgomery

No. 5 Torry Pines at No. 4 Mission Bay

No. 3 San Marcos at No. 6 Cathedral Catholic

Nol 7 Santa Fe Christian at No. 2 Carlsbad

Division 1
Pick 'Ems

No. 1 La Jolla Country Day 80, No. 16 Hoover 54

No. 8 Rancho Buena Vista 76, No. 9 University City 66

No. 5 Mission Hills 52, No. 12 Mater Dei Catholic 49

No. 4 Victory Christian Academy 64, No. 13 Del Norte 51

No. 6 Sage Creek 61, No. 11 Vista 47

No. 3 San Diego 52, No. 14 Scripps Ranch 48

No. 7 El Camino 62, No. 10 La Costa Canyon 55

No. 2 St. Augustine 80, No. 15 Lincoln 39

Division 2
Pick 'Ems

Division 3
Pick 'Ems

Division 4
Pick 'Ems

Division 5
Pick 'Ems

Division 5-AA
Pick 'Ems

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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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