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Playoffs? No, Just The CIF SS Division
I-AA & I-A Placements--(Jan. 3, 2000)

With the impending start of the "real" high school season today (ok, so some leagues already started in December. . . ) , given the large number of misconceptions we see about which divisions each school in the Southern Section is really in, we thought we'd try to clear this up once and for all.  League competition has nothing to do with "Divisions", and in the Southern Section, more often than not, you'll find leagues with teams from two, sometimes three and possibly even four different playoff divisions.

The playoffs and the brackets which will be announced on Sunday morning, February 13,  2000 may seem like a long way off, but it's only six weeks from now.  When that happens, based largely upon league finish and placement (in a five or six team league, the top three go, in a seven or eight team league, it's the top four), the only thing that will then matter is what division each school will be competing in so that the competition can be assessed.  That's why "divisions" are important.  It's only about the playoffs, nothing more and nothing less.  Of course throughout the season there are polls put out by SCIBCA (the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Assn.), which rank the top 10 teams in each of the Divisions, and while the poll is nice for everyone's ego during the season, it's real importance is in helping to determine seeding for the playoffs.  So, Division standing does have importance even during the regular league season. . .

In order to get a real idea though of where each team fits in the grand scheme of things, you have to know about the Divisions.  Forget everything you know about "leagues," we're talking playoffs here.  The CIF published Southern Section Division lists in late November, 1999,  before the "move up" date (December 15 was the last day when schools could opt to "move-up" from their regular enrollment division, or elect to stay where their enrollment kept them), and thus, this is the "early" list, and it's possible that some of these schools listed will in fact move up into a higher enrollment division (i.e., like Artesia, which is really II-A, but which moves up each year to D-IAA) or stay put.   It's also important to note that when a school moves up a full division, it must play in the higher end of the new division.  In other words, a jump from II-A to I, requires that the school play in I-AA not I-A).

In any event, we'll post the lists up alphabetically, rather than by enrollment figures (the CIF sent us two different lists, but alphabetical is the only really useful one for our purposes). If we miss a school, or there's one missing from the list, well, blame the CIF Southern Section office not us. We don't make 'em up, we just report them 

We'll start with Division I-A and I-AA.     Overall, D-I has schools with enrollments of 1500 and above.  Ony in the Southern Section are there two subdivisions within the Division, and that's just because of the large number of teams.  The theory has been that more opportunity for more teams, will equal greater satisfaction, more self-esteem for more student athletes, and a greater chance to make money for the CIF and the schools with the increased playoff receipts.  In short, everyone wins, and in fact, there's a push to create three divisions in D-I, D-II and D-V in order to give even more players the chance to play in the playoffs.  Some say that it will "water down" the resulting titles, but those who say that are becoming voices in the wilderness.  We're willing to bet that by next year you'll see even more divisions than the presently existing 9 (actually down from 10 because D-III was combined into a single division this year).  The exact mechanics for entries into the State Tournament will need to be worked out, but by and large, we think it's probably a great idea, whose time is long overdue.  There are more teams in Division I alone than in most other Sections of the CIF (e.g., more than all of San Diego, Central, North Coast, Northern, etc), and to allow only 32 teams to compete in post season play when in these other sections virtually half the teams compete is, to many, not what the sport is all about. 

Ah, but we digress. . . . In any event, Division IAA is for schools with enrollments of 1785 and up, and I-A is for 1500 to 1784, at least for this year. . . and keep in mind these are statewide numbers, i.e., 1500 is the D-I number across California. By the way, the enrollment figures used are those from last year, not the 1999-2000 enrollment figures, at least that's what the CIF said they were going to use back in October, and we think that's what they've done.    Why the SS-CIF office chose to do that probably has more to do with economics and getting the divisions set early more than anything else.  Anyway, here's Southern Section Division I:

CIF Southern Section 1999-2000 Boys' Basketball
Division I (1500 and above)

Division I-AA Enrollment Division I-A Enrollment
Alhambra
Aliso Niguel
Alta Loma
Arcadia
Arroyo Grande
Ayala
Bell Gardens
Camarillo
Canyon Springs
Capistrano Valley
Century
Chaffey
Channel Islands
Chino
Coachella Valley
Colton
Crescenta Valley
Dana Hills
Diamond Bar
Downey
Eisenhower
El Rancho
El Toro
Esperanza
Etiwanda
Fontana
Fountain Valley
Glendale
Glendora
Hawthorne
Highland
Hoover
Irvine
Jordan
Lakewoood
Leuzinger
Los Alamitoos
Lynwood
AB Miller
Millikan
Moontclair
Montebello
Murrieta Valley
Ontario
Oxnard
Paramount
Peninsula
Long Beach Poly
Rancho Cucamonga
Redlands
Redlands East Valley
Rialto
Righetti
Rio Mesa
Rowland
Saddleback
San Clemente
San Gabriel
San Gorgonio
Santa Ana
Santa Ana Valley
Santa Maria
Santa Moonica
Schurr
Temecula Valley
Upland
Valencia--Valencia
Valley View
Warren
Westminster
Long Beach Wilson
Yucaipa
2297
1803
2219
2675
2064
2643
2002
1979
1917
2171
1877
2365
2016
1898
1918
1863
1795
1977
2141
1885
2306
2180
1872
2088
2556
3164
2067
2618
1865
2357
2081
2337
1974
2584
2902
1890
2072
2704
2462
2277
2034
1870
1910
2073
2169
2529
2190
3427
2062
2001
2025
2108
1865
1810
1955
2006
1785
1845
1954
2235
1971
2276
2281
2179
2014
2378
1858
1970
1916
1843
3350
1888
Anaheim
Apple Valley
Arlington
Arroyo
Baldwin Park
Beverly Hills
Buena
Burbank
LB Cabrillo
Cajon
Calexico
California
Caynon--Canyon Country
Centennial--Corona
Cerritos
Claremont
Corona
Damien
Don Lugo
Edison
El Dorado
Garey
Hart
Hueneme
Huntington Beach
Indio
Juripa Valley
Katella
Kennedy
La Mirada
La Sierra
Lancaster
Loara
Loyola
Marina
Mark Keppel
Mater Dei
Mira Costa
Mission Viejo
Moreno Valley
Noogales
North, JW
North Torrance
Orange
Pacific
Palm Springs
Palmdale
Perris
Poly--Riverside
Quartz Hills
Rancho Verde
Royal
Rubidoux
San Marcos
Santa Barbara
Santa Fe
Santiago--Corona
Saugus
Silverado
Simi Valley
St. John Bosco
Sultana
Sunny Hills
Thousand Oaks
Trabuco Hills
Troy
University
Ventura
Victor Vallley
Villa Park
Walnut
West Covina
Woodbridge
1660
1529
1740
1573
1568
1535
1581
1590
1668
1703
16174
1560
1649
1688
1670
1643
1684
1566
1743
1691
1513
1502
1742
1728
1637
1744
1722
1596
1518
1558
1506
1609
1547
1720
1660
1558
1547
1559
1592
1756
1715
1716
1514
1595
1641
1663
1612
1503
1589
1577
1530
1733
1578
1515
1552
1546
1619
1616
1677
1735
1584
1617
1676
1753
1671
1582
1718
1679
1515
1504
1758
1743
1569

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