southern section division I placements for 2000-2001

CIF Southern Section Division I-AAA,
I-AA & I-A Teams For 2000-2001--(Dec. 2, 2000)

The season is just getting started, with most teams having played only a few preseason tournament or non-league games, but this year, because of the creation of a new third subdivision within the Southern Section in Division I, the powers that be (TPTB) within the CIF Southern Seciton have decided to actually check enrollments right now (as of November 29) and issue the playoff division lists. While it won't make a real difference until February 14, when the first playoff games begin, it will be important for purposes of tracking each team through the SCIBCA polls which will be issued here and at the Southern Section's official website.

There's no "moving up" this year. Each team in the Southern Section has to be in it's own "proper" enrollment division. Thus, the teams listed below are those which will be the ones actually eligible to compete in the playoffs in their own respective divisions. Still no word yet on whether the CIF will go back to the traditional "top half of league" requirements for entry into the playoffs, or will stick with the very successful and (we think, and yes this is the "opinion" part) better 10-win rule (which really is tanatamount to a .500 season considering that the CIF only allows 20 official games during a season (the way around that 20-game limit is that it doesn't count a tournament as more than 2 games, so teams which participate, for example in 3 tournaments and play 4 games in each, only get charged for 6 games, and yet they've played 12. . . ).

Here are the new division assignments for Division I, which involve the three new subdivisions. Mostly what's happened here is that schools at the lower end of the former D-IA have been moved up, while a few have been moved down from I-AA in order to accomodate the three playoff divisions. The only conundrum in this division will be which teams get the nod for the state tournament. Each of the division champions will go, but then it's going to be tough to pick the fourth participant, and from what we hear, a committee will be doing just that. Should be interesting. . .

Oh, and in case you're interested in numbers, D-IAAA has 47, IAA has 47, and IA has 48 teams in it, for a combined total of 142 teams.

CIF Southern Section 2000-2001 Boys' Basketball
Division I (1500 and above) as of November 29, 2000

Division I-AAA	Enrollment	Division I-AA	Enrollment	Division I-A	Enrollment
Alhambra Alta Loma Arcadia Arroyo Grande Ayala Bell Gardens Canyon Springs Capistrano Valley Chaffey Channel Islands Dana Hills Diamond Bar Downey Eisenhower El Rancho Esperanza Etiwanda Fontana Fountain Valley Glendale Hawthorne Highland Hoover Jordan Lakewoood Leuzinger Littlerock Los Alamitos Lynwood Miller, AB Millikan Ontario Oxnard Paramount Peninsula Poly--Long Beach Rancho Cucamonga Redlands East Valley Rialto Saddleback Santa Ana Santa Maria Santa Monica Santiago--Corona Upland Valley View Wilson--Long Beach	2355 2181 2617 2161 2700 2031 2062 2145 2455 2067 2130 2179 2130 2329 2188 2194 2294 2955 2092 2619 2290 2166 2189 2811 2977 2577 2068 2167 2816 2606 3041 2060 2210 2807 2206 3441 2112 2205 2259 2092 2239 2332 2275 2051 2458 2072 2310	Aliso Niguel Cajon Camarillo Century Chino Coachella Valley Colton Crescenta Valley Don Lugo El Toro Glendora Hart Hueneme Indio Irvine Jurupa Valley Loyola Marina Mission Viejo Montclair Montebello Moreno Valley Murrieta Valley Nogales North, JW Palmdale Quartz Hills Rancho Verde Redlands Righetti Rowland Royal San Clemente San Gabriel San Gorgonio Santa Ana Valley Schurr Silverado Temecula Valley Thousand Oaks University Valencia--Valencia Walnut Warren West Covina Westminster Yucaipa	2020 1749 1925 1981 1953 1937 1948 1780 1765 1907 1857 1793 1818 1833 1761 1857 1720 1735 1735 2014 1972 1911 1955 1754 1708 1840 1885 1749 1937 1908 1952 1765 1855 1908 1730 1837 1995 1853 1992 1767 1722 1370 1746 1968 1713 1905 1955	Anaheim Antelope Valley Arlington Arroyo Baldwin Park Beverly Hills Buena California Canyon--Anaheim Canyon-CC Centennial--Corona Cerritos Claremont Corona Damian Edison El Dorado Foothill Huntington Beach Katella La Mirada La Sierra Lancaster Loara Mark Keppel Mater Dei Mira Costa Newport Harbor Orange Pacific Palm Springs Perris Poly--Riverside Rio Mesa Rubidoux Santa Fe Saugus Simi Valley St. John Bosco Sultana Sunny Hills Temescal Canyon Trabuco Hills Troy Ventura Villa Park West Valley Woodbridge	1659 1605 1646 1522 1516 1556 1601 1636 1532 1687 1542 1679 1675 1668 1532 1700 1511 1549 1688 1597 1579 1509 1580 1590 1608 1515 1575 1520 1575 1673 1530 1500 1700 1600 1626 1604 1663 1610 1578 1592 1572 1533 1670 1637 1699 1599 1518 1667