Archives for January 2012

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – The pairings for the 10^th BracketBusters were unveiled Monday evening and there were some intriguing – and potentially entertaining – matchups indeed.

Ultimately, I’m not sure how much any of those matchups will impact the at-large selections and seeding for the NCAA Tournament field of 68 when the bracket is unveiled on the evening of March 11.

But they should be enjoyable to watch, with some having a sort of “NCAA Tourney feel” to them.

*Murray State is the last of the unbeatens but the Racers will face their biggest challenge so far with their BB showdown with Saint Mary’s (Feb.

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Here are my updated Top 16 college team weekly ratings, selected for www.NBADraft.net

NCAA Power 16 Rankings

 

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LOS ANGELES – Highlighting the prep hoops action in Southern California this weekend is the fourth annual “Fairfax State Preview” – hosted by, logically, Fairfax High on Saturday.

The action gets underway at 10:30 a.m., with La Canada taking on El Camino of Oceanside.

The rest of the schedule:

Noon, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame vs. San Diego Francis Park;

1:30 p.m., Santa Monica vs. Mission Hills Alemany;

3, North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake vs. San Diego Torrey Pines;

4:30, L.A. Price vs. L.A. Windward;

6:30, L.A. Fairfax vs.

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By JAMES KERTI

LAS VEGAS, NV – The annual Bishop Gorman-Findlay Prep contest headlined the Big City Showdown held at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion on Saturday.

The star-studded matchup of two of the nation’s best teams drew a sold-out crowd, which included UNLV’s Stacey Augmon, former UCLA standout Ed O’Bannon, and Philadelphia Phillies’ outfielder Shane Victorino.

Legendary former coaches George Raveling and Jerry Tarkanian took in the action together from court-side seats.

Here’s what we saw:

* Playa del Rey, CA, St. Bernard 77, Los Angeles Ribet Academy 64: 6-8 sophomore center Idrissa Diallo contributed 16 points on several athletic dunks for Ribet Academy.

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Prep hoops happenings for the weekend in the West . . .

  *I’ll be in San Juan Capistrano, CA (just a few miles south on the 5 Freeway from where I live in Laguna Niguel) Friday night to watch the Trinity League confrontation between the state’s best team, Santa Ana Mater Dei, and host JSerra.

The host Lions (12-5 overall) have won three league games in a row after opening league with a tight loss at Bellflower St. John Bosco (which is led by brothers Isaac and Daniel Hamilton).

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