*Week 2 only had two tournaments in Northern California, but it was not without it's big match-ups and eye opening victories. Still very early so these rankings are based on very limited information and are only my opinion. Mt San Antonio is not making things easy on me either, by coming up two weekends in a row from the South to win another big tournament in the North. These rankings are unofficial and have no bearing on anything in CCCAA basketball, and is for information and entertainment only. Enjoy
1) Lassen (7-0)
Holds down my #1 spot after another very successful run at the Chabot Tournament this past weekend. Victories over West Valley 70-31, Los Medanos 104-65 and host Chabot 91-75. Lassen is loaded with talent at the guard spot and has the length and athleticism to bother opponents at the rim and control the boards. The Cougars are the 'Real Deal' this year.
2) Chabot (2-1)
Opened up the season hosting a 3 day round robin. Had victories over Siskiyous 95-36, and Feather River 95-88 before falling to Lassen 75-91. Had to ponder keeping them at #2 after losing at home. However almost every other team that could be considered for this spot has at least one loss as well, and at least Chabot fell to my #1 ranked team. Box score is omitting the names of Rae Jackson and Chris Patterson. Not sure if it's due to an injury or something else. Either way, Chabot still has the firepower and inside presence to be a top team this year.
3) Merritt (2-1)
Did not play this weekend. But they did defeat #4 San Jose City and their only loss is also to Lassen. So this moves them up a spot to #3 this week. Is back in action this week as they face Shasta.
4) San Jose City (3-1)
Had a nice win over Canada 77-70 this week which will allows them to move up a spot in my rankings. Only loss of the year is to Merritt, so had to keep them behind the Thunderbirds for now.
5) Marin (2-1)
Had the week off, but is still riding on the success in the CCSF tournament. They were victorious over CCSF, so I feel they have to be ranked ahead of the Rams for now. Is back in action against West Valley this week.
6) City College of San Francisco (4-2)
Jumps up three spots in my rankings. Had victories over West Hills 94-86 & Sierra 79-73 before falling to Mt San Antonio 64-77 in the Championship of the FCC Tournament. They beat the team that beat FCC, so I had to move them ahead of Fresno for now.
7) Fresno City College (4-2)
I'm curious if Coach Madec will put themselves against Sierra next year in the opening round of the Fresno City Tournament. Two years in a row Sierra took out the Rams on their home court. This put FCC into the consolation bracket, and put them out of the #3 spot in my rankings, falling all the way to #7. I'm sure the Madec Regime will make some noise and earn their way back towards the top of the rankings, but for now this is where I feel they belong. Still had victories last week over Merced 80-66 & West Hills 88-84 in OT to win the consolation bracket.
8) Santa Rosa (3-3)
Had wins over Merced 60-55 and Sierra 70-57 to get to the Championship game of the FCC Tournament before suffering to Mt San Antonio 64-77. By making it to the Championship game in this loaded tournament, the Bear Cubs jump up four spots in my rankings.
9) Canada (4-1)
Had a win against De Anza 108-81 before suffering their first loss of the season to San Jose City 70-77. Falls a few spots in the rankings due to the loss, but also the successes of other teams with better quality victories at this point in the season. Canada is showing they are definitely a top 10 team this year, so far.
10) Feather River (5-1)
Had a solid weekend with wins over Los Medanos 85-58 and West Valley 77-65 before falling to Chabot 88-95. They are an athletic team that can really shoot the ball, which poses some match up issues for the opposition. They also own a solid victory over Sierra this season.
11) Skyline (4-0)
Had three more victories this week: Columbia 77-68, Redwoods 72-55 & Solano 68-62. Led by Elijah White, this years Skyline team is going to fight it's way for a playoff spot and relevance in the Coast-North Conference.
12) Columbia (3-1)
After taking home the Las Positas Tournament Championship the Claim Jumpers lost some momentum by falling to Skyline 68-77. They still are looking like a solid team this year and we won't ostracize them too much for this one loss. They do fall four spots in the rankings this week and are looking to recapture that momentum as they face William Jessup JV before facing Lassen in the Cabrillo College tournament on November 29th.
13) Ohlone (3-1)
Won a close one to Hartnell 74-68 in overtime. It's still very early in the season, so we will see what the Renegades are made of as they head to the Shasta Tournament this weekend to face Cabrillo again.
14) American River (2-0)
After finishing the season 3-23 last year, the Beavers come out of nowhere to open eyes with wins over Shasta 77-50 and Yuba 84-80 in OT. ARC will be a team to watch this year. Roster has some recognizable names, including 6'9 force Eugene Crockett. My article featuring Crockett a year ago here
15) TIE ..... again
Too early to discount all these good teams...
*Contra Costa (2-1)
Roster has some names, still plenty of time to show what they can do this year. Has talent to make some noise.
*Monterey Peninsula (2-2)
Had a nice win over a very solid Foothill team 67-65. They have a lot of pieces this year, and Devin Koeplin is still out with an injury.
*Butte (3-1)
Only had one game and it was a win over Simpson JV 84-53 which doesn't help much in determining just how good Butte is this year. But they have almost their entire team back from last years 10-0 GVC Conference Championship team, so watch out.
*Sierra (2-3)
Record looks bad, but they beat Fresno City again, at Fresno. They have a talented group and have played a fairly tough schedule so far. Could jump up in the rankings quick.
*Yuba (1-3)
Lots of hype, not a lot of wins. But it's very early, so plenty of time for this young team to improve and turn things around.
*Thanks for reading. Again, my rankings are unofficial and for information & entertainment purposes only.
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