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Clarity Please

People who are way smarter than me, please help me out.

CCS and NCS-All open teams advance to Norcals, plus the two finalists in D1-5? or do the semi-finalist make it as well?

SJS- No open, so the final four of D 1-5 make it to Norcals? If one of those teams gets pulled into the Norcal Open then a team like Folsom can still get in?

Thank you in advance

Menlo-Atherton @ Riordan

Found the gym after a bit of walking, should be worth the effort…

Terrific old fieldhouse-style gym, nice almost-new floor, with a seat just for me 3 rows behind the scorers’ table. :)

M-A is ranked #5 in the CCS with a 21-4 record.
Riordan is ranked #2, with a 19-6 record while facing a markedly tougher schedule than M-A’s.

These two faced each other back in December, with Riordan coming out on top by 13. Of course, a lot has happened since then…. I understand it was the last game that King Jisanni-While (sp???). played for the Crusaders. It has seemed like Riordan jelled more after King left, but who knows?

NCS D1/D3/D5 semifinal Picks

NCS D1

Monte Vista over San Leandro: Mustangs stay hot and reach the finals. MV is 14-3 in its last 17 games with the three losses coming to San Ramon Valley.

Granada over Logan: Logan won the regular season meeting 67-58. I'll say the Matadors turn the tables in the playoffs. Logan's last three wins have been by a combined 10 points.

NCS D3

Marin Catholic over Eureka: Marin Catholic makes the finals as the most complete team in the braket.

Pinole Valley over San Marin: Pinole Valley has been tested with eight of its nine losses to Top 20 teams. Should be some good guard matchups in this one

NCS D5

Upper Lake over Mt. Diablo: Upper Lake has won 20 in a row coming into this one agianst Mt. Diablo, which knocked off top seed Berean Christian.

San Domenico over University: University has three wins over San Domenico in holding them to less than 40 points in each game. I'll go with San Domenico to turn the tide in matchup #4
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SJS Semifinal Predictions

D1

Folsom over McClatchy: I think this Folsom team is the best one out of Sacramento in at least a decade and they keep rolling.

St. Mary's over Antelope: St. Mary's won this matchup at the WCJ and seem to be playing better by the week.

D2

Christian Brothers over Woodcreek: CBS is too much in this one led by league MVP Jada Hunter.

Whitney over Vista del Lago: One of the tougher picks for tonight, but I like the way Whitney has played recently so I will go with a mild upset.

D3

Vanden over Kimball: Vanden is a couple of levels above anyone else in this division.

Lincoln over East Union: Another good matchup. Lincoln is led by senior Katie Leeth and Maya Hodge. Taylor Snaer is a standout for East Union

D4

Colfax over Marysville: Colfax swept the regular season series and adds a third win tonight

Riverbank over Escalon: Riverbank ends Escalon's section run as a 10 seed. Riverbank has won 11 in a row

CCS Semifinal Matchups (D1-D5)

Division I (Thursday at Palo Alto)

Carlmont vs. Los Gatos
Palo Alto vs. Bellarmine

Division II (Thursday)

Christoher at Hillsdale
Valley Christian vs. St. Francis at Gunn

Division III (Thursday)

Burlingame at Aptos
Monterey vs. Jefferson at Mission College

Division IV (Thursday at Harker)

Scotts Valley vs. Half Moon Bay
Carmel vs. King's Academy

Division V (Thursday)

Summit Shasta vs. Oakwood at Santa Clara
St. Francis SCP at Priory

CCS Semifinal Matchups (D1-D5)

Division I (Thursday at Piedmont Hills)

Carlmont vs. Evergreen Valley
Los Altos vs. Menlo-Atherton

Division II (Thursday)

St. Francis at Hillsdale
Valley Christian vs. Christopher at Gunn HS

Division III (Thursday)

Soledad vs. Santa Cruz at Aptos
Notre Dame San Jose vs. Mills at Mission College

Division IV (Thursday at Menlo)

Notre Dame Belmont vs. Half Moon Bay
King's Academy vs. Menlo

Division V (Thursday)

Castilleja at Priory
Cristo Rey vs. Summit Shasta at Santa Clara

Pittsburg comes to CVC…

For many years, these two were in the old 8-team DVAL, played a home-and-home every year…

Anyway, CVC is 24-4, the top seed in NCS Division 1, and Pitt is 17-11 and came into the bracket seeded #12.

Pitt pulled off a first-round upset of Berkeley, then beat #13 seed James Logan at home.

CVC beat Mt. Eden and San Leandro to make it here.

Pitt has a 6’8” C named Jeremiah Collins…. Haven’t seen him play myself…. He’ll be interesting to see…. The stats at MaxPreps are incomplete, only having points, no other stats…. Would like to see what he’s been doing on the boards.

NCS OPEN predictions

Might as well get the thread/discussion started!

There is still a key game or 2 left to be played today.

PW vs CLET
SRV vs Monte Vista


By 8pm tonight we will have all the candidates final records in.

6 spots for 7 teams...

In alphabetical order:

Acalanes
BOD
Clet
CN
Heritage
Salesian
SRV

I will come back on tonight and give my prediction after the 2 games listed above are finished.
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So here's what my week looks like so far, after scrounging thru GoFan...

I'll make it to Riordan's gym for the first time ever tomorrow as they face Santa Cruz in one of the CCS Open Round Robin games.

My drive will be much shorter Tuesday as I go to the Pittsburg @ CVC game... That trip is all of 1.2 miles for me...

Of course, my Wednesday game will be at Campo as they face Cardinal Newman...

Thursday, Aidan Mahaney University v. UOP...

Friday, I'll be in some gym somewhere, as well as Saturday. :)

CCS Open - First Game Results

Mitty 93 Crystal 30. Morgan Cheli's return makes an already unstoppable juggernaut much much better. She had 22 pts 8 rebounds and only played half the game. Crystal has no one over 5'9. Mitty has 10 players over 6 feet. This won't be Mitty's only romp. Suspect better things ahead for Crystal.

Branham 46 Los Gatos 43. Los Gatos was missing its leading scorer and rebounder, Nicole Steiner. Mercury News says she is off at a volleyball tourney. Without her, they couldn't generate enough offense against Branham's zone, shooting less than 30% for the game. Alli Von Borloeven had 13 to lead Branham.

Pinewood 67 St Ignatius 41. Pinewood is peaking at the right time and had an easy time of it from the get go. It hit 12 of 26 three pointers and got Ava Uhrich's usual dominance (17 pts, 13 rbs) on the inside.

Palo Alto 68 SHC 51. Definitely the biggest surprise of the day. But maybe it shouldn't have been. Paly knocked off SHC in last year's open as well. Sr. Itzel Torres had a career game with 22pts 11 boards. Vienne Sheng hit for 19, including 5 threes. And Kaella Peters added 16. Paly's win throws their pool wide open, with their game against Pinewood on Monday taking on added importance
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