ESPNHS California: Salesian (Richmond)
Salesian H.S./ESPNHSMellis' team at Salesian could be even better next season.Going back to the legendary George Powles in the 1950s and Paul Harless in the 1960s at McClymonds of Oakland, the East Bay region of the CIF North Coast Section has continued to be blessed with some of the best boys basketball coaches anywhere.
The latest from the East Bay to be chosen as the State Coach of the Year is Bill Mellis from Salesian of Richmond. Mellis, in his 14th season with the Pride, guided this year’s team to a 33-2 record (on-the-court) and its second CIF Division IV state title in the last four years.
Willie Eashman/ESPNHSAmadi Udenyi of No. 10 De La Salle drives the key.Other highlights of this week’s expanded, final overall rankings include:
All 10 teams from the final Division IV state rankings get spots in the top 36 with nine of those 10 in the top 22.
Taft of Woodland Hills comes up since loss to Bullard doesn’t look as bad and because of that one win over Loyola.
Among those in expanded rankings are a group from Ventura County, led by Oak Park of Agoura Hills.
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For each division in the final rankings, we have expanded the number of teams by five and take a look at a few teams to watch for the 2012-13 season. The most changes for the final rankings were in Division III and Division V due to the outcome of the CIF state championship and due to a couple of head-to-head wins that were discovered from early in the season.
With help from Stockton office assistant editor Paul Muyskens, here are the ninth and final listings of the top-ranked boys teams in the state this season for each division (records listed after state championship games played on Saturday, March 24; previous ranking in parentheses):
CIF Division I
1. (1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 34-2
2. (2) Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 29-3
3. (4) Loyola (Los Angeles) 26-6
4. (3) Sheldon (Sacramento) 29-6
5. (5) Bullard (Fresno) 32-4
6. (7) De La Salle (Concord) 28-3
7. (9) Taft (Woodland Hills) 29-4
8. (6) Jesuit (Carmichael) 27-6
9. (8) Etiwanda 30-3
10. (10) Lutheran (Orange) 22-11
11. (11) Mission Viejo 28-5
12. (15) Crenshaw (Los Angeles) 24-6
13. (12) Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) 25-7
14. (13) McClymonds (Oakland) 19-11
15. (14) Dorsey (Los Angeles) 27-9
Drops: None.
Expanded Next 5 Teams: 16. Santa Monica 21-9; 17. Fairfax (Los Angeles) 20-10; 18. Westchester (Los Angeles) 22-9; 19. Deer Valley (Antioch) 28-9; 20. Palisades (Pacific Palisades) 17-11.
Honorable Mention: Bellarmine (San Jose) 18-12, Castro Valley 22-8, Clovis West (Fresno) 22-7, Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) 26-8, Foothill (Tustin) 24-6, Piedmont Hills (San Jose) 28-4, Upland 20-10.
Teams to Watch Next Season: Long Beach Poly, Mater Dei, Loyola, Sheldon, De La Salle, Woodland Hills Taft, Deer Valley.
With help from Stockton office assistant editor Paul Muyskens, here are the ninth and final listings of the top-ranked boys teams in the state this season for each division (records listed after state championship games played on Saturday, March 24; previous ranking in parentheses):
CIF Division I
1. (1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 34-2
2. (2) Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 29-3
3. (4) Loyola (Los Angeles) 26-6
4. (3) Sheldon (Sacramento) 29-6
5. (5) Bullard (Fresno) 32-4
6. (7) De La Salle (Concord) 28-3
7. (9) Taft (Woodland Hills) 29-4
8. (6) Jesuit (Carmichael) 27-6
9. (8) Etiwanda 30-3
10. (10) Lutheran (Orange) 22-11
11. (11) Mission Viejo 28-5
12. (15) Crenshaw (Los Angeles) 24-6
13. (12) Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) 25-7
14. (13) McClymonds (Oakland) 19-11
15. (14) Dorsey (Los Angeles) 27-9
Drops: None.
Expanded Next 5 Teams: 16. Santa Monica 21-9; 17. Fairfax (Los Angeles) 20-10; 18. Westchester (Los Angeles) 22-9; 19. Deer Valley (Antioch) 28-9; 20. Palisades (Pacific Palisades) 17-11.
Honorable Mention: Bellarmine (San Jose) 18-12, Castro Valley 22-8, Clovis West (Fresno) 22-7, Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) 26-8, Foothill (Tustin) 24-6, Piedmont Hills (San Jose) 28-4, Upland 20-10.
Teams to Watch Next Season: Long Beach Poly, Mater Dei, Loyola, Sheldon, De La Salle, Woodland Hills Taft, Deer Valley.
Open Division might be coming next season so here’s a look ahead if it happens and what teams could be in it.
At her last press conference during the CIF basketball championships, retiring executive director Marie Ishida said it was “a toss-up” whether the proposal to add an open division to the basketball championship event would pass when the CIF Federated Council votes on it in May.
To the uninitiated, a preferred total of eight teams in Northern California and eight teams in Southern California would be chosen for the open division after all of the section playoffs are complete. These teams would then compete for north and south open division titles and would then play each other for the open division state crown.
At her last press conference during the CIF basketball championships, retiring executive director Marie Ishida said it was “a toss-up” whether the proposal to add an open division to the basketball championship event would pass when the CIF Federated Council votes on it in May.
To the uninitiated, a preferred total of eight teams in Northern California and eight teams in Southern California would be chosen for the open division after all of the section playoffs are complete. These teams would then compete for north and south open division titles and would then play each other for the open division state crown.
Willie Eashman/ESPNHSTaylor Johns slams one home for Sacred Heart CathedralNote: All of the following writeups and selections are done with the highest level of respect to both teams and all coaches. We never use point spreads and, sure, some of the scores might be a bit more lopsided than we might think. But you also never know what might happen. After all, these are teenagers.
We had one of our worst years ever in last year’s CIF finals (boys and girls combined) with just six correct and four wrong. We were 7-for-10 in 2010 and were 9-for-10 in 2009.
The following writeups were completed by Ronnie Flores, Harold Abend, Mark Tennis, Paul Muyskens.
Boys Division I
(Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m.)
Cal-Hi Sports’ predicted score:
Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 77, Sheldon (Sacramento) 66
The marquee game of the 2012 CIF boys state championships could live up to its billing as both teams look for historic victories.
Mater Dei, the top-ranked team in the state and the No. 8 team in the country in the POWERADE FAB 50, is gunning for its second consecutive CIF state title. Sheldon is looking to become the first Sacramento-area Division I state champion ever.
With one game to go, Mater Dei (D1), Archbishop Mitty (D2), Alemany (D3), Salesian of Richmond (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame (D5) look to complete almost wire-to-wire runs atop their state divisions.
More highlights from this week’s lists include:
Our picks of which teams in the north and which teams in the south can still move up in the final rankings depending on which team wins in the CIF state championships.
With help from Stockton office assistant editor Paul Muyskens, here is the eighth and next-to-last listing of boys teams this season for each division (records listed after regional championship games played on Saturday, March 17; previous ranking in parentheses):
More highlights from this week’s lists include:
Our picks of which teams in the north and which teams in the south can still move up in the final rankings depending on which team wins in the CIF state championships.
With help from Stockton office assistant editor Paul Muyskens, here is the eighth and next-to-last listing of boys teams this season for each division (records listed after regional championship games played on Saturday, March 17; previous ranking in parentheses):
CIF state finals will be No. 1 vs. No. 6, No. 3 vs. No. 9, No. 5 vs. No. 11 and No. 2 vs. No. 8. Biggest riser of the week is Price of Los Angeles. Biggest dropper is De La Salle.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
*Bullard of Fresno latching onto a top 10 position due to its buzzer-beating victory over Long Beach Poly
*Lincoln of San Diego breaking into the honor roll as the only newcomer even with 10 losses on the season
*Mater Dei and Archbishop Mitty getting closer to preseason starting positions of No. 1 and No. 2.
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Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
*Bullard of Fresno latching onto a top 10 position due to its buzzer-beating victory over Long Beach Poly
*Lincoln of San Diego breaking into the honor roll as the only newcomer even with 10 losses on the season
*Mater Dei and Archbishop Mitty getting closer to preseason starting positions of No. 1 and No. 2.
Get all the details in the ESPNHS rankings tool.
Mark Tennis/ESPNHSCoach Don Lippi, who recently won his 700th game, poses with his son after 2011 team at St. Joseph Notre Dame won CIF state title.Highlights from Tuesday’s games included:
"Bullard of Fresno upsetting nationally ranked Long Beach Poly on 40-foot bomb
"Katin Reinhardt coming back for No. 1 Mater Dei and scoring 21 points in win over Loyola
"Alameda St. Joseph Notre Dame’s Don Lippi joining exclusive ESPNHS Cal-Hi Sports record book list by picking up 700th career triumph
"Mater Dei (D1), Archbishop Mitty (D2), Alemany (D3), Salesian of Richmond (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame (D5) remaining as No. 1 teams
Mater Dei’s chances for a repeat in Division I take a hit with Kaitin Reinhardt being lost with a thumb injury. Monarchs are still No. 1 in their division along with Archbishop Mitty (D2), Alemany (D3), Salesian of Richmond (D4) and St. Joseph Notre Dame (D5).
As the CIF state playoffs move into the regional quarterfinal round on Saturday night, the big news wasn’t an upset or any score for that matter from Thursday’s second-round.
During Santa Ana Mater Dei’s 66-47 win over Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta, standout 6-foot-4 guard Kaitin Reinhardt didn’t score and according to at least two game reports was battling “health issues.”
It was revealed on Thursday that Reinhardt’s issue is a thumb injury. It was placed in a cast and it has been reported that he’ll have to miss the rest of the season.
Reinhardt, who has signed with UNLV, has been arguably Mater Dei’s best player this season. He was averaging 18.2 points per game, including 35 against Christ The King of New York and 34 against Capistrano Valley of Mission Viejo.
The Monarchs can still win the CIF Division I state title without Reinhardt, but they’re not an especially deep team so any contest in which fouls are being called and coach Gary McKnight has to go deeper into the bench is where the loss of a player like Reinhardt would be felt the most.
With help from Stockton office assistant editor Paul Muyskens, here is the sixth listing of boys teams this season for each division
As the CIF state playoffs move into the regional quarterfinal round on Saturday night, the big news wasn’t an upset or any score for that matter from Thursday’s second-round.
During Santa Ana Mater Dei’s 66-47 win over Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta, standout 6-foot-4 guard Kaitin Reinhardt didn’t score and according to at least two game reports was battling “health issues.”
It was revealed on Thursday that Reinhardt’s issue is a thumb injury. It was placed in a cast and it has been reported that he’ll have to miss the rest of the season.
Reinhardt, who has signed with UNLV, has been arguably Mater Dei’s best player this season. He was averaging 18.2 points per game, including 35 against Christ The King of New York and 34 against Capistrano Valley of Mission Viejo.
The Monarchs can still win the CIF Division I state title without Reinhardt, but they’re not an especially deep team so any contest in which fouls are being called and coach Gary McKnight has to go deeper into the bench is where the loss of a player like Reinhardt would be felt the most.
With help from Stockton office assistant editor Paul Muyskens, here is the sixth listing of boys teams this season for each division
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It’s the calm before the storm as every ranked team except two has little difficulty in games played last week. Next week, changes should occur due to tough matchups in the CIF Southern Section.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
Pacific Hills of Los Angeles returns at No. 20 in only change of the week with Sacred Heart Cathedral falling out.
Salesian, De La Salle and Newark Memorial wrap up regular seasons and move into the CIF North Coast Section playoffs as D4, D1 and D2 strong favorites.
Lamond Murray Jr. and Jason Kidd Jr. both have strong outings for their state-ranked squads.
Get all the details in the ESPNHS rankings tool.
It’s the calm before the storm as every ranked team except two has little difficulty in games played last week. Next week, changes should occur due to tough matchups in the CIF Southern Section.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
Pacific Hills of Los Angeles returns at No. 20 in only change of the week with Sacred Heart Cathedral falling out.
Salesian, De La Salle and Newark Memorial wrap up regular seasons and move into the CIF North Coast Section playoffs as D4, D1 and D2 strong favorites.
Lamond Murray Jr. and Jason Kidd Jr. both have strong outings for their state-ranked squads.
Get all the details in the ESPNHS rankings tool.
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No. 1 Mater Dei starts the CIFSS Div. IAA playoffs as the top seed, but an even tougher bracket in that section could be Div. IVAA where No. 11 Serra of Gardena, No. 15 Bishop Montgomery, No. 16 La Verne Lutheran, No. 17 Price and No. 18 Windward all reside.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
De La Salle of Concord getting back into the top five with two more wins keyed by senior point guard Amadi Udenyi.
McDonald’s All-American Grant Jerrett and Eric Cooper Jr. both shine for La Verne Lutheran in overtime win against Price.
Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco does not drop after losing overtime thriller to higher-ranked Archbishop Mitty
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No. 1 Mater Dei starts the CIFSS Div. IAA playoffs as the top seed, but an even tougher bracket in that section could be Div. IVAA where No. 11 Serra of Gardena, No. 15 Bishop Montgomery, No. 16 La Verne Lutheran, No. 17 Price and No. 18 Windward all reside.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
De La Salle of Concord getting back into the top five with two more wins keyed by senior point guard Amadi Udenyi.
McDonald’s All-American Grant Jerrett and Eric Cooper Jr. both shine for La Verne Lutheran in overtime win against Price.
Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco does not drop after losing overtime thriller to higher-ranked Archbishop Mitty
Get all the details in the ESPNHS rankings tool.
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No new No. 1 teams this week, but Gardena Serra is a new No. 2 in Division IV. Westchester also is coming on strong in Division I.
A staple of the Cal-Hi Sports rankings system for more than 30 years is the divisional breakdown of teams leading into the CIF state basketball championships.
Here is the second listing of boys teams this season with analysis and bubble teams for each division (records listed after games of Feb. 4 with some teams that have results included for this week):
CIF Division I
1. (1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 22-2
2. (2) Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 21-1
3. (3) Etiwanda 24-1
4. (5) De La Salle (Concord) 20-2
5. (6) Taft (Woodland Hills) 22-3
6. (4) Loyola (Los Angeles) 20-4
7. (7) Sheldon (Sacramento) 18-5
8. (13) Westchester (Los Angeles) 19-5
9. (10) Jesuit (Carmichael) 19-5
10. (11) Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) 21-3
11. (NR) Oxnard 23-2
12. (9) Buchanan (Clovis) 20-3
13. (NR) Piedmont Hills (San Jose) 21-1
14. (NR) Santa Monica 16-8
15. (8) Lutheran (Orange) 14-10
Drops: Previous No. 12 Fairfax (Los Angeles); No. 14 Mission Viejo; No. 15 J.W. North (Riverside).
Bubble: Central (Fresno) 17-6, Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) 21-5, Fairfax (Los Angeles) 17-9, Foothill (Tustin) 19-5, Mission Viejo 21-3, Palisades (Pacific Palisades) 15-10
Comments: The team to watch in this division is Westchester of Los Angeles. Coach Ed Azzam’s club moved up five spots in this division this week and is looking more and more like it can give Taft of Woodland Hills or any other team in the L.A. City Section a real run for its money right now. The Comets, of course, have a tremendous history of success that can only make the players that much more confident. They have won six CIF Division I state crowns and have never lost in a state final.
No new No. 1 teams this week, but Gardena Serra is a new No. 2 in Division IV. Westchester also is coming on strong in Division I.
A staple of the Cal-Hi Sports rankings system for more than 30 years is the divisional breakdown of teams leading into the CIF state basketball championships.
Here is the second listing of boys teams this season with analysis and bubble teams for each division (records listed after games of Feb. 4 with some teams that have results included for this week):
CIF Division I
1. (1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 22-2
2. (2) Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 21-1
3. (3) Etiwanda 24-1
4. (5) De La Salle (Concord) 20-2
5. (6) Taft (Woodland Hills) 22-3
6. (4) Loyola (Los Angeles) 20-4
7. (7) Sheldon (Sacramento) 18-5
8. (13) Westchester (Los Angeles) 19-5
9. (10) Jesuit (Carmichael) 19-5
10. (11) Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) 21-3
11. (NR) Oxnard 23-2
12. (9) Buchanan (Clovis) 20-3
13. (NR) Piedmont Hills (San Jose) 21-1
14. (NR) Santa Monica 16-8
15. (8) Lutheran (Orange) 14-10
Drops: Previous No. 12 Fairfax (Los Angeles); No. 14 Mission Viejo; No. 15 J.W. North (Riverside).
Bubble: Central (Fresno) 17-6, Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) 21-5, Fairfax (Los Angeles) 17-9, Foothill (Tustin) 19-5, Mission Viejo 21-3, Palisades (Pacific Palisades) 15-10
Comments: The team to watch in this division is Westchester of Los Angeles. Coach Ed Azzam’s club moved up five spots in this division this week and is looking more and more like it can give Taft of Woodland Hills or any other team in the L.A. City Section a real run for its money right now. The Comets, of course, have a tremendous history of success that can only make the players that much more confident. They have won six CIF Division I state crowns and have never lost in a state final.
Taft of Woodland Hills gets rewarded with No. 9 ranking after beating Loyola of Los Angeles at the Nike Extravaganza.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
La Costa Canyon, Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco re-join the mix after being ranked earlier in the season
Two CIF divisional state champs from the last two years play each other this weekend when Price of Los Angeles faces La Verne Lutheran.
Sheldon wins at the buzzer against Jesuit of Carmichael, then gives No. 3 Salesian a battle to the wire one night later
Get all the details in the ESPNHS rankings tool.
Other highlights of this week’s rankings include:
La Costa Canyon, Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco re-join the mix after being ranked earlier in the season
Two CIF divisional state champs from the last two years play each other this weekend when Price of Los Angeles faces La Verne Lutheran.
Sheldon wins at the buzzer against Jesuit of Carmichael, then gives No. 3 Salesian a battle to the wire one night later
Get all the details in the ESPNHS rankings tool.
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First run-through of teams as the playoffs draw near shows Mater Dei, Archbishop Mitty, Alemany, Salesian of Richmond and St. Joseph Notre Dame in No. 1 positions.
A staple of the Cal-Hi Sports rankings system for more than 30 years is the divisional breakdown of teams leading into the CIF state basketball championships.
Here is the first listing of boys teams this season with analysis and bubble teams for each division (records listed after games of Jan. 28 with some teams that have results included for this week):
CIF Division I
1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 19-2
2. Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 18-1
3. Etiwanda 22-1
4. Loyola (Los Angeles) 18-3
5. De La Salle (Concord) 18-2
6. Taft (Woodland Hills) 19-3
7. Sheldon (Sacramento) 16-4
8. Lutheran (Orange) 14-7
9. Buchanan (Clovis) 19-2
10. Jesuit (Carmichael) 18-4
11. Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) 20-2
12. Fairfax (Los Angeles) 15-8
13. Westchester (Los Angeles) 15-5
14. Mission Viejo 20-2
15. J.W. North (Riverside) 17-4
Bubble: Bakersfield 16-7, Foothill (Tustin) 19-4, Oxnard 21-2, Piedmont Hills (San Jose) 19-1.
Comments: Defending CIF state champ Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly could meet in the CIF Southern Section Div. IAA final. Loyola also would be in the CIFSS Div. IAA bracket. If both win section titles, De La Salle and Sheldon project to be the top seeds for the Northern California playoffs.
First run-through of teams as the playoffs draw near shows Mater Dei, Archbishop Mitty, Alemany, Salesian of Richmond and St. Joseph Notre Dame in No. 1 positions.
A staple of the Cal-Hi Sports rankings system for more than 30 years is the divisional breakdown of teams leading into the CIF state basketball championships.
Here is the first listing of boys teams this season with analysis and bubble teams for each division (records listed after games of Jan. 28 with some teams that have results included for this week):
CIF Division I
1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 19-2
2. Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 18-1
3. Etiwanda 22-1
4. Loyola (Los Angeles) 18-3
5. De La Salle (Concord) 18-2
6. Taft (Woodland Hills) 19-3
7. Sheldon (Sacramento) 16-4
8. Lutheran (Orange) 14-7
9. Buchanan (Clovis) 19-2
10. Jesuit (Carmichael) 18-4
11. Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) 20-2
12. Fairfax (Los Angeles) 15-8
13. Westchester (Los Angeles) 15-5
14. Mission Viejo 20-2
15. J.W. North (Riverside) 17-4
Bubble: Bakersfield 16-7, Foothill (Tustin) 19-4, Oxnard 21-2, Piedmont Hills (San Jose) 19-1.
Comments: Defending CIF state champ Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly could meet in the CIF Southern Section Div. IAA final. Loyola also would be in the CIFSS Div. IAA bracket. If both win section titles, De La Salle and Sheldon project to be the top seeds for the Northern California playoffs.
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