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Hoops galore in Anaheim today

March 2, 2013 By Frank Burlison Leave a Comment

ANAHEIM, Ca. – Six boys’ CIF Southern Section championship hoops games are on tap today in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.

I’m here all morning, day and much of the night – courtside – to watch and analyze the games for you.

So, be sure to hit my twitter account — @FrankieBur – for up-to-the-minute updates and comments on each of the game.

I’ll also post a rundown on the entire day’s proceedings on this website.

The schedule:

*10 a.m. Bellflower St. John Bosco vs. West Hills Chaminade (3A); noon, La Verne Lutheran vs.

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Anaheim no magic kingdom for shooters Thursday

March 1, 2013 By Frank Burlison 3 Comments

ANAHEIM, Ca. – The first set of CIF Southern Section boys’ basketball championship games were played Thursday night in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.

They might have meant a lot of things to a lot of folks in the building – remember, three teams went home with titles; the others left with the frustrating of coming oh-so-close to bagging that championship hardware.

But one thing the three contests had in common was that they were anything but offensive “works of art”.

Depending on your perspective – sort of the hoops’ version of “the glass if half full or half empty” kind of deal – the games were either examples of defense at its best or shooting at something well short of that.

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Whopper prep hoops showdown set for LB Poly

February 26, 2013 By Frank Burlison 5,669 Comments

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. –  The three best teams in Southern California are among the four hooking in up in CIF Southern Section 1AA semifinals Tuesday night at Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly high schools, respectively.

And the fourth of those squads certainly is plenty potent as well.

The Etiwanda Eagles, led by terrific junior point guard Jordan McLaughlin, and future major college seniors in Sheldon Blackwell (unsigned and the best perimeter defender in Southern California) and Tim Myles (a 6-foot-7 transfer from Eastvale Roosevelt who signed with the University of New Mexico in November), visit the LBC for their 7 o’clock tilt with the host Jackrabbits.

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Talented and bright youngsters show skills at Pangos

February 25, 2013 By Frank Burlison 13 Comments

REDONDO BEACH, Ca. – Some of the players will have major impacts on the high school scene as soon as nine or so months from now.

Others may not make their marks as preps until two, three, four or more years later.

Whatever the case may be for the 200 or so players, currently in fourth to eighth grades, on display Saturday and Sunday, the first-ever Pangos Junior All-American Camp was mostly a terrific playing and viewing experience for those who showed up at Redondo High either or both days.

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SJB holds off Ocean View in a wild semifinal

February 23, 2013 By Frank Burlison 11 Comments

BELLFLOWER, Ca. – Of course there as good reason why, of all of the options, I elected to attended Huntington Beach Ocean View’s 3A semifinal at St John Bosco Friday night.

I had a hunch it could be the most exciting of the CIF Southern Section playoffs being contested.

That hunch, I confidently suggest, proved correct.

The host and top seed Braves got 43 points from McDonald’s All-America guard Isaac Hamilton and needed every one of those to hang on – literally – for an 89-87 victory over a club that strafed their defense with 35 shots from behind the 3-point arc.

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Frank Burlison is a well-regarded basketball writer who was inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2005. His opinions on the potential of high school and college players are widely respected and sought by college coaches and NBA scouts, personnel directors and general managers from coast to coast. Oh, yes – he can offer plenty of thoughts on movies, television and pop music. Yes, he can rank those, too. Hint: He’s a big The Godfather, Larry Sanders, The Wire and The Beatles loyalist.

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I’ve known Frank for at least 35 years and have the utmost respect for his writing as well as his understanding of, and insight into, basketball. His ability to evaluate basketball prospects is almost impeccable. Most coaches and scouts watch a player and can tell you how good he is NOW. What separates Frank from the others is that he can watch the same player and tell you how good he can be two or three years down the line.

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Winningest coach (892-81) in California boys’ basketball history during his 29 seasons at Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei

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