Selection committee limited regionals, which might explain why St. Augustine is one of 5 teams playing in an 8-team pool
After Sunday’s State Basketball Pairings, St. Augustine High School boys basketball coach Mike Haupt had a question.Monday, CIF San Diego Section Commissioner Joe Heinz had some answers to why only Corona Centennial, Bellflower St. John Bosco, Studio City Harvard-Westlake, Valencia West Ranch and St. Augustine are in the Open Division playoffs.“The selection committee felt there weren’t enough good teams to fill the Open brackets … both in the boys and girls,” Heinz said.
“From the San Diego Section’s perspective, not having eight teams in the Open Division, trickled down to Division I,” Heinz said. “We have six teams in Division I and none have home games. So instead, St. Augustine hosts West Ranch on Wednesday while Centennial, St. John Bosco and Harvard-Westlake have byes into the semifinals.
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