Boys’ Basketball

All CIF Sections

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Establishment of CIF Sections

Section

State CIF

Southern

Central

Northern

North Coast

Los Angeles City

Oakland

Sac-Joaquin

San Francisco

San Diego

Central Coast

Note

established by school principals

charter member of CIF

charter member of CIF

charter member of CIF

charter member of CIF

broke from the Southern Section

broke from the North Coast Section

broke from the Northern Section

was Academic Athletic Association (AAA)

broke from the Southern Section

broke from the North Coast Section

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Players Who Have Declared for the NBA Draft Out of High School

some players were never drafted but those who hired agents were ineligible for college, notes are as of November 2008

Draft

1974

1975

1975

1989
1995

1996

1996

1996

1997

1998

1998

1998

1998

1999

1999

2000

2000

2001

2001

2001

2001

2001

2001

2002

2002

2002

2003

2003

2003

2003

2003

2003

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

High School (City, State)

Petersburg (VA)

Evans (Orlando, FL)
Morrow (Englewood, NJ)

Concord (Elkhart, IN)

Farragut (Chicago, IL)

Lower Merion (Ardmore, PA)

Eau Claire (Columbia, SC)

Palmetto (Williamston, SC)

Mt. Zion Academy (Durham, NC)

St. Patrick’s (Elizabeth, NJ

Elsik (Alief, TX)

Hargrave Military (Chatham, VA)

Poly (Sun Valley, CA)

Picayune (MS)

M.L. King (Chicago, IL)

East St. Louis (IL)

Washington (Easton, CA)

Glynn Academy (Brunswick, GA)

Dominguez (Compton, CA)

Thornwood (South Holland, IL)

Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, VA)

St. Jude (Montgomery, AL)

Centennial (Compton, CA)

Cypress Creek (Orlando, FL)

Inglewood (CA)

N. Regional Valley (Old Tappan, NY)

St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, OH)

Starkville (MS)

Westbury Christian (Houston, TX)

Ozen (Beaumont, TX)

Central Park Christian (Birmingham, AL)

Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ)

SW Atlanta Christian (Atlanta, GA)

Peoria Central (Peoria, IL)

Bakersfield (CA)

Lincoln (Brooklyn, NY)

Prentiss (MS)

Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, VA)

St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, NJ)

South Kent Prep (South Kent, CT)

McComb (MS)

Seattle Prep (Seattle, WA)

Gulf Shores Academy (Houston, TX)

Skyline (Dallas, TX)

IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)

Lanier (Jackson, MS)

South Gwinnett (Snellville, GA)

South Kent Prep (CT)

Westchester (Los Angeles, CA)

(California players are in bold face)

NBA Team

Utah (ABA)

Philadelphia

Atlanta

Seattle

Minnesota

Charlotte

Portland

Not Drafted

Toronto

Indiana

Seattle

Detroit

Not Drafted

Toronto

San Antonio

LA Clippers

Utah

Washington

LA Clippers

Chicago

Cleveland

Denver

Not Drafted

Phoenix

Not Drafted

Not Drafted

Cleveland

Portland

Minnesota

Memphis

New Orleans

Not Drafted

Orlando

LA Clippers

Seattle

Portland

Boston

Atlanta

New Orleans

Miami

Not Drafted

Portland

Boston

Utah

Portland

Golden State

Philadelphia

Washington

Detroit

Round, Pick

3rd Rd., 22nd overall

1st Rd., 5th overall

2nd Rd., 19th overall

1st Rd., 17th overall

1st Rd., 5th overall

1st Rd., 13th overall

1st Rd., 17th overall


1st Rd., 9th overall

1st Rd., 25th overall

2nd Rd., 32nd overall

2nd Rd., 40th overall


1st Rd., 5th overall

1st Rd., 29th overall

1st Rd., 3rd overall

1st Rd., 23rd overall

1st Rd., 1st overall

1st Rd., 2nd overall

1st Rd., 4th overall

1st Rd., 8th overall

2nd Rd., 47th overall


1st Rd., 9th overall



1st Rd., 1st overall

1st Rd., 23rd overall

1st Rd., 26th overall

1st Rd., 27th overall

2nd Rd., 48th overall


1st Rd., 1st overall

1st Rd., 4th overall

1st Rd., 12th overall

1st Rd., 13th overall

1st Rd., 15th overall

1st Rd., 17th overall

1st Rd., 18th overall

1st Rd., 19th overall


1st Rd., 6th overall

1st Rd., 18th overall

2nd Rd., 34th overall

2nd Rd., 35th overall

2nd Rd., 40th overall

2nd Rd., 45th overall

2nd Rd., 49th overall

2nd Rd., 56th overall

Player

Moses Malone

Darryl Dawkins

Bill Willoughby

Shawn Kemp

Kevin Garnett

Kobe Bryant

Jermaine O’Neal

Taj McDavid
Tracy McGrady

Al Harrington

Rashard Lewis

Korleone Young

Ellis Richardson

Jonathan Bender

Leon Smith

Darius Miles

DeShawn Stevenson

Kwame Brown

Tyson Chandler

Eddy Curry

DeSagana Diop

Ousmane Cisse

Tony Key

Amare Stoudemire

DeAngelo Collins

Lenny Cooke

LeBron James

Travis Outlaw

Ndudi Ebi

Kendrick Perkins

James Lang

Charlie Villanueva

Dwight Howard

Shaun Livingston

Robert Swift

Sebastian Telfair

Al Jefferson

Josh Smith

J.R. Smith

Dorell Wright

Jackie Butler

Martell Webster

Gerald Green

C.J. Miles

Ricky Sanchez

Monta Ellis

Louis Williams

Andray Blatche

Amir Johnson

Note

NBA Hall of Famer

“Chocolate Thunder”, shattered a backboard in 1979

Grew up in poverty, eventually got a college degree

NBA All-Star

H.S. national player of the year, Future NBA Hall of Fame

Future NBA Hall of Famer

Was not academically eligible for college

BUST:  eventually played for Div. II Anderson College

H.S. National Player of the Year, NBA All-Star

H.S. National Player of the Year candidate, good NBA player

H.S. National Player of the Year

BUST:  only played in three games for Detroit

BUST:  he said he was the best player in the draft

McDonald’s All-American, Average NBA player

BUST:  Not even best player on H.S. team, one year in NBA

Illinois Mr. Basketball, Michael Jordan mentored Darius Miles

Average NBA player

Average NBA player

Two-time State Player of the Year, possible bust

Good NBA player

Average NBA player

BUST:  talent that needed college coaching

BUST:  academically ineligible for college, played JC

NBA All-Star

BUST:  off the court problems doomed player

BUST:  did not play senior year in high school, too old

NBA Hall of Famer

Average NBA player

Average NBA player

Possible BUST:  very little playing time

BUST:  fifth year high school player

Declared for draft but didn’t hire agent, played at UConn

Future NBA Hall of Famer

Average NBA player

Reserve NBA player

High School National Player of the Year, good NBA player

Good NBA player

Average NBA player

Average NBA player

Reserve NBA player

BUST:  may play pro in europe

Reserve NBA player

Reserve NBA player

Reserve NBA player

BUST:  may play pro in europe

Reserve NBA player

Reserve NBA player

Good NBA player

High School National Player of the Year, reserve NBA player

2006 was the first year the NBA mandated that players must be one year out of high school and 19 years old to declare for the NBA draft

Jeremy Tyler (San Diego High, class of 2010) skipped his senior year in high school to turn pro in Israel for the 2009-10 season

Note

North Coast Section now has 6 divisions since 2009


Northern Section

has no division I









Oakland Section only has

1 league with 6 teams,

no brackets available

Players Drafted Out of High School

By The Numbers

Total Players:  49

San Diego Players:  0

California Players:  6 (bold face above)

Not Drafted:  7

Considered Bust:  11

Players of Note

1974  Moses Malone

1975  Darryl Dawkins

1995  Kevin Garnett

1996  Kobe Bryant

1997  Tracy McGrady

2001  Tyson Chandler

2002  Amare Stoudemire

2003  LeBron James

2004  Dwight Howard

Early Years:  Minimal Players

1974:  1

1975:  2

1976:  none

1977:  none

1978:  none

1979:  none

1980:  none

1981:  none

1982:  none

1983:  none

1984:  none

1985:  none

1986:  none

1986:  none

1987:  none

1988:  none

1989: 1

1990:  none

1991:  none

1992:  none

1993:  none

1994:  none

New Era:  Exodus Begins

1995:  1

1996:  3

1997:  1

1998:  4

1999:  2

2000:  2

Internet/Blogger Hype Era:  NBA Sees Trend

2001:  6

2002:  3

2003:  6

2004:  9

2005:  8

2006:  First year players must be 19 and one year out of school

Players Drafted Out of High School

Year-by-Year

Northern California Region Section Playoff Brackets

Southern California Region Section Playoff Brackets

State Playoff Brackets

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Section

Northern

North Coast

Sac-Joaquin

San Francisco

Oakland

Central Coast

Central

Los Angeles City

Southern

San Diego

CIF Sections

All schools want to end their 2011 season at ARCO Arena in Sacramento for the state finals