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JC playoff pairings are out

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The pairings and seedings are out for the community college playoffs. It should be no surprise that San Bernardino Valley is No. 1 The Wolverines will have a bye and play on Saturday against the winner of Wednesday’s game between Los Angeles Pierce and Moorpark.

SBVC (28-2) ran the table in the Foothill Conference and that’s not easy to do. It has won 18 straight games with the last loss coming more than two months ago.

Chaffey drew the No. 11 seed and will be on the road Friday at No. 6 Saddleback. Don’t count out Coach Jeff Klein’s Panthers.

On the women’s side SBVC got the No. 7 seed and drew a home game on Friday with Palomar. Coach Sue Crebbin’s team played the Comets in the first game of the season on a neutral floor and won.

Here is the rundown . . .

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Wednesday’s games
No. 17 Moorpark at No. 16 Los Angeles Pierce
No. 20 Miramar at No. 13 Antelope Valley
No. 19 Mira Costa at No. 14 Los Angeles Valley
No. 20 Santa Ana at No. 15 L.A. Trade Tech

Friday’s games

No. 9 Southwestern at No. 8 Bakersfield
No. 12 Cerritos at No. 5 Mt. SAC
No. 11 Chaffey at No. 6 Saddleback
No. 10 Mt. San Jacinto at No. 7 Cuesta

Saturday’s games
Moorpark-L.A. Pierce winner at San Bernardino Valley
Santa Ana-LA Trade tech winner at No. 2 Citrus
Mira Costa-L.A. Valley winner at No. 3 Riverside
Miramar-Antelope winner at No. 4 Irvine Valley

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Wednesday’s games
 No. 17 Los Angeles Southwest at No. 16 Santa Barbara
No. 18 Cypress at No. 15 Santa Monica

Friday’s games
No. 9 Antelope Valley at No. 8 Grossmont
No. 10 Palomar at No. 7 San Bernardino Valley
No. 14 Mt. San Jacinto at No. 3 Mt. SAC
No. 13 Irvine Valley at No. 4 Pasadena

Saturday’s games
LA Southwest-Santa Barbabra winner at No. 1 Fullerton
Cypress-Santa Monica winner at No. 2 Ventura
No. 11 Canyons at No. 6 Los Angeles Trade Tech

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CCAA men’s basketball race gets tighter

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In the last two years the CCAA men’s basketball tournament didn’t mean much to the local teams. Both Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino had pretty much already secured a berth in the regional tournament so their finish wasn’t going to make much of a difference alhtough Cal State won it last year for good measure!

That won’t be the case this year. There are four games left and four teams are in the hunt for a conference title. In fact, they separated by a total of one game. But all four aren’t likely to make the West Regional.

The four would include Cal State, Cal Poly, Humboldt State and Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Dominguez is probably the best team of the four. It started the season 0-7, then got four player eligible. It has gotten better with each game and seem to have the most balance. The Toros beat the Coyotes 86-84 in overtime Friday, then celebrated as if they had won an NBA championship.

The Toros did not lead at any point in regulation. The Coyotes didn’t play poorly. The Toros just knocked down all the big shots, many of which were well defended. The Coyotes just misfired on a couple of crucial plays where they could have put the game away.

The Coyotes are at Cal State los Angeles tonight and face a must-win scenario.

Meanwhile the Broncos easily disposed of Cal State Los Angeles, 68-54. The Broncos play at Dominguez on Saturday and that hasn’t been a good matchup for them the last couple of years.

Humboldt State beat Cal State Stanislaus – just barely. Stanislaus had a whopping 31-11 lead at the half. Then the Lumberjacks started knocking down 3’s. They won 51-49, blocking three Stanislaus shots on a last possession.

Stanislaus is at Chico State tonight. The Wildcats are tough but the Lumberjacks already got their wakeup call. I don’t see them losing this one.

So the local teams have their work cut out for them. And this year’s CCAA semifinals and finals are at Humboldt State, like their job isn’t tough enough.

Both need wins tonight. Then they play their last two games next weekend at home. We’ll see how it all plays out.

 

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SBVC men lose No. 1 ranking

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A pair of easy victories were not enough to keep the San Bernardino Valley College men’s basketball team in the No. 1 spot in the state poll. For the second time this season the Wolverines lost their No. 1 status without losing.

This time it is Ohlone (20-4), out of northern California, that has jumped ahead of the Wolverines (26-2), who have won 16 straight games with the last loss coming on Dec. 18 to Irvine Valley.

But Ohlone totaled 231 points, just one more than SBVC. Rounding out the top 10 are Citrus (188), San Francisco (186), San Jose City (167), Cosumnes River (167), Mt. SAC (165), Saddleback (160), Riverside (156) and Sequoias (156).

Chaffey (17-8), which lost in overtime to Rio Hondo on Friday, fell four spots to No. 17.

No doubt the Wolverines will be back in first next week, This poll has been inconsistent all season.

On the women’s side SBVC (22-5) fell from eighth to ninth despite winning both games last week in comfortable fashion.

 

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