SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The CIF State Basketball Championships are Friday and Saturday, March 10-11, at the Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, with tip-off set for 10:00 a.m. each day. Twenty-four teams will compete for 12 State titles. A complete schedule follows.

Tickets are available through TicketMaster or at the Golden 1 Center Box Office. Ticket prices per day start at $16 for adults and $10 for seniors (65+), children (2+) and high school students with a valid ASB card.

Spectrum Networks (Spectrum SportsNet, Spectrum News 1, SNLA) will broadcast all Championship games LIVE, please check your local listings. (In Northern California, NFHS Network will also carry all games).

Harvard-Westlake (3-1), appearing in the Open Division for the first time, is the only boys team in the 2023 CIF State Basketball Championship finals with previous history. The Wolverines are in search of their fourth State crown after last winning the Division IV title in 2016.

In the girls Open Division game, Archbishop Mitty (6-7) seeks to avenge last year’s loss and capture their seventh State title. The Division I game features an unbeaten Oakland Tech (4-0) in the State Championships, after taking the Division III crown last year. In the Division III contest Colfax (2-1) returns to the State Championships in search of a third State title after last appearing in 1998 (D IV), while Los Osos (0-1) is in search of their first State Championship after last appearing in 2018 (D IV). The Division IV game is a rematch of last year’s Division V Championship between San Domenico (1-0) and Shalhevet (0-1).

There are 17 teams making their first State Championship appearance including:

Bonita Vista (G DII), Bret Harte (G DV), Buena (B DII), Central-Fresno (G DII), Etiwanda (G Open), Granada (B DI), Half Moon Bay (B DIV), Lynwood (B DV), Marina (G DV), Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks (B DI), Oakland (B DIII), Pacifica Christian-Newport Beach (B D II), San Joaquin Memorial (B DII), Santiago-Corona (G DI), Sierra-Tollhouse (B DV), St. Joseph-Santa Maria (B Open), Valencia (B DIV).

2023 CIF Basketball State Championships Schedule – Golden 1 Center, Sacramento

Friday, March 10

10:00 a.m. Division IV Girls – Shalhevet (25-2) vs. San Domenico (27-7)

12:00 p.m. Division V Boys – Lynwood (26-11) vs. Sierra, Tollhouse (31-5)

2:00 p.m.   Division III Girls – Los Osos (28-5) vs. Colfax (34-2)

4:00 p.m.   Division III Boys – Buena (31-5) vs. Oakland (26-8)

6:00 p.m.   Division I Girls – Santiago, Corona (26-9) vs. Oakland Tech (29-5)

8:00 p.m.   Division I Boys – Notre Dame, SO (26-10) vs. Granada (26-10)

Saturday, March 11

10:00 a.m. Division V Girls – Marina (21-15) vs. Bret Harte (25-7)

12:00 p.m. Division IV Boys – Valencia (26-10) vs. Half Moon Bay (21-10)

2:00 p.m.   Division II Girls – Bonita Vista (23-9) vs. Central, Fresno (22-12)

4:00 p.m.   Division II Boys – Pacifica Christian, Newport Beach (27-9) vs. San Joaquin Memorial (25-9)

6:00 p.m.   Open Division Girls – Etiwanda (31-3) vs. Archbishop Mitty (28-2)

8:00 p.m.   Open Division Boys – Harvard Westlake (32-2) vs. St. Joseph, Santa Maria (28-6)

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

All 12 Championship Games - Televised LIVE via Spectrum Networks

• Friday, March 10

            Divisions III(G/B), IV(G), V(B) on Spectrum SportsNet

            Division I (G/B) on Spectrum News 1 & SNLA, including Spectrum News App

• Saturday, March 11

            Divisions II(G/B), IV(B), V(G) and on Spectrum SportsNet

Open Division (G/B) on Spectrum News 1 & Spectrum SportsNet, including Spectrum News App

Note – In Northern California, the NFHS Network will carry all games.

More detailed information about the State Basketball Championship can be found on our 2023 CIF Basketball Championship Information Page.