CIF Southern Section boys basketball Open Division playoffs; Harvard-Westlake, Roosevelt top seeds

Harvard-Westlake and Eastvale Roosevelt awarded top seeds in the Open Division; St. Pius and JSerra earn berths for the first time

The CIF Southern Section announced its eight teams for the Open Division playoffs Sunday.

The Open Division teams were selected by a committee and are placed into two, four-team pools. Each team in their respective team will play one time, and the first-place finishers in each pool will play in the Open Division final at Cal Baptist University on Friday, Feb. 23.

Harvard-Westlake is the No. 1 seed in Pool A and Eastvale Roosevelt is the No. 2 overall seed, but the top seed in Pool B.

The field reveals that Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks was not selected. Instead, the Knights will be the No. 1 seed in the Division 1 playoffs after finishing fourth in the Mission League.

POOL A

• 1. Harvard-Westlake (26-3)
• 4. St. John Bosco (23-5)
• 5. Sierra Canyon (24-2)
• 8. Corona Centennial (20-10)

POOL B

• 2. Eastvale Roosevelt (29-2)
• 3. Mater Dei (26-2)
• 6. St. Pius (22-5)
• 7. JSerra (24-4)

OPEN DIVISION SCHEDULE

Feb. 9

• Centennial at Harvard-Westlake
• Sierra Canyon at St. John Bosco
• JSerra at Roosevelt
• St. Pius at Mater Dei

Feb. 13

• Sierra Canyon at Harvard-Westlake
• Centennial at St. John Bosco
• St. Pius at Roosevelt
• JSerra at Mater Dei

Feb. 16

• St. John Bosco at Harvard-Westlake
• Centennial at Sierra Canyon
• Mater Dei at Roosevelt
• JSerra at St. Pius