Frank Burlison

HENDERSON, NV – Players representing the four boys’ basketball teams that could sit atop the pre-season CIF Southern Section ratings split their openers on Friday’s first day of The Border League at Coronado High.

Since the California State Federation office is playing hard (basketball)ball this fall, state section programs aren’t allowed to participate in “fall” competition under the names of their high schools.

But the players are not in “club” situations but are playing with all of their respective high school teammates and being led by their respective coaches.

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COLORADO SPRINGS – The three-day, USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Minicamp wrapped up early Sunday evening with a display of just how tough it is for some of the best freshmen and sophomores in the country to hang tough against guys just one and two years older.

In the final competition, the Class of 2025 and ’26 camp team that came out in top of the three days of scrimmaging knock off its ’27 and ’28 counterpart in a 10-minute showdown, 24-10, at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center.

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Saturday’s second day in the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Minicamp provided four and a half hours of some of the better high school players in the country to display their skill and feel for the game in front of USA BB coaches, NBA scouting personnel and media/scouting service-types.

And here are the non-Western-based athletes, in each of the classes, that most impressed me Saturday during the two sessions (the first for players in the Classes of 2028 and ’27; the second for ’26 and ’25) at the U.S.

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Some of Southern California upper-tier boys’ prospects, spread across all four high school classes, were among the approximately 75 players taking part in opening drills and scrimmaging Friday during the first day of USA Basketball’s annual Junior National Team October Minicamp.

The action, held in two gymnasiums on the campus of the USA Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, continues Saturday with 2:30 p.m. MT (athletes from the classes of 2028 and ’27) and 4:45 (’26 and ’25) workouts.

Sunday’s final day of play is split into 9 and 11 a.m.,

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INGLEWOOD – The new home of the Clippers will be the site of a Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches clinic on Sunday.

The Intuit Dome will be the site of the clinic – free to SCIBCA members – which is set to begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 1 in the afternoon.

A strong collection of speakers; panel discussions (including explanation of the CIF Southern Section’s new computer-based playoff system) and tour of the arena are on the agenda.

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