Division I-A bracket

Like Division I-AA, this is also a very large bracket, a 64 team bracket, and there are some first round byes. Basically, the top four teams (using the SCIBCA Polls) were the "seeded" teams, and they are at the extreme ends of both halves of the brackets. The rest of the teams were placed such that first place league finishers (who also mostly happened to be ranked teams) got first round byes, where available. Thereafter, the teams were placed using league finishes, geographical considerations were applied and so on. While we can't say that the bracketing is perfect, the committee(which this year consisted of five CIF commissioners--(Ray Plutko, a former CIF Southern Section Commissioner, Dean Crowley, also a former CIF-SS Commissioner, Jim Staunton, current CIF-SS Commissioner, Hal Harkness, the former LA CIF Section Commissioner, and Paul Castillo, the new Assistant Commissioner of Basketball for the Southern Section) did a pretty fair and equitable job in our view. But if you have complaints, talk to them.

All first round games are on Wednesday, February 16, while the Second Round will be Friday, February 18. We'll complete the bracketing (for the third round, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals) later tonight through the other rounds, but for now, we wanted to at least get the first two rounds up and posted.

First round games
February 16

Second Round
Feb. 18

Third
Round
Feb 22

Quarterfinals
Feb. 25
Alternate Site

Semifinals
Feb. 29
Alternate Site

Finals
March 4
@ The Pond

Upper half of Bracket

First-Quarter Bracket

Mater Dei

Bye

@Mater Dei

Corona

Mark Keppel

West Covina

Thousand Oaks

Anaheim

Loara

Troy

Bye

@Troy

Indio

Santiago Corona

Riverside Poly

Victor Valley

@Claremont

Claremont

Bye

Second-Quarter Bracket

Pacific

Bye

@Pacific

Moreno Valley

Lancaster

Trabuco Hills

University

@Woodbridge

Woodbridge

Bye

Hart

Quartz Hill

Mission Viejo

Arlington

St. John Bosco

Hueneme

@Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

Bye

Lower Half of Bracket

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third-Quarter bracket

Feb. 18

Feb. 22

Feb. 25

Feb. 29

Simi Valley

Bye

@Simi Valley

Nogales

Ventura

Mira Costa

Burbank

Don Lugo

Garey

JW North

Bye

@JW North

Jurupa Valley

Cajon

Damien

Royal

@Villa Park

Villa Park

Bye

Fourth-Quarter Bracket

Marina

Bye

@Marina

Buena

Saugus

Sunny Hills

California

@El Dorado

El Dorado

Bye

Baldwin Park

Silverado

Palm Springs

Perris

Katella

Rancho Verde

@Centennial Corona

Centennial Corona

Bye

Essentially, through the first rounds, teams receiving a bye in the first round shall be the host team in the next round. All games with the excepiton fo the final round will start at 7:30 p.m. unless another time is mutually agreed upon and clearance is received from the CIF-SS Office. Public coin flips will be held in the lobby of the CIF-SS Office at 9:00 a.m. ithe day following each playoff game [these coin flips will determine subsquent sites after the first round, i.e., which school will be the host]. Coin flips will be available after 9:30 a.m. and we'll try to keep everyone posted with them here.