Indiana state playoffs. Sectionals. Guerin Catholic trails by one in double overtime. And then …

Mastery class in protecting the ball and making smart decisions put on by St John’s basketball this morning

As expected, a classy post from an exemplary program. Congratulations to the San Ramon Valley girls for establishing yourselves as the premier public school program in the section over the past few years.

Liberty could be a dark horse in the NCS D1 boys basketball bracket. Seven seed is now 24-3 and has a win over Jesuit-Carmichael. Will be a big challenge for second seed Berkeley.

Nate Smith, CAA NCS D3 first-round final from Albany High School: Albany 62, Hayward 47. Bruno Der leads Albany (20-9) with 14 points, all in the second half. Next up: Archie Williams.

James Logan girls basketball leading American 41-20 at halftime, NCS Division 1 first round game. Winner heads to Heritage on Friday night

Big win tonight for Liberty girls hoops. BVAL runner-up routed Berkeley 71-28, will play at Alameda on Friday night. The Lions have two strong presences in the post, a very athletic PG and a lethal three-point shooter - they can cause problems for anyone in the NCS D1 bracket.

This is some of my favorite work on a weekly basis - and thanks to the team at Gipper Matthew Glick for providing me with such an easy-to-use layout for these weekly updates!

As big of a football fan that I am, I missed nearly all of the game yesterday (got home three plays into OT). But I would do it again, because watching your daughter and her team win all five games at a tournament is more gratifying than watching people I don’t know on TV.

This was the case with our wrestling team this year. Yes, the kids put in the work and created their own success. But the coaching staff created the environment, and the difference between the past few years and this year was beyond dramatic

Every now and then as an athletic director, you hire a coaching staff who you will know will build a positive culture. Even then, you try to keep realistic expectations if the program is in rebuild mode. But sometimes, they still blow you away by exceeding all expectations

One of my most enjoyable tasks each week

Saturday morning college basketball never disappoints. Every week has been fun to watch in this new year. I don’t channel flip often, but I can’t help it with all the great games going on every week.

Lots of Bay Area guys mentioned here - of course, a cool extra tidbit is the fact that Giles Jackson (Freedom) is not only in a receiver and special teams slot for Washington, but that he also suited up for Michigan, where he was an all-Big 10 selection and scored 4 career TDs

College basketball has absolutely been delivering today

If you are a dad who has been to Disney, and you have not carried the overstuffed backpack with everything your wife and kids could possibly need that day . . . Then have you really been to Disney???

If you are a fan of high school basketball in the Bay Area, you really should be following Ethan and reading his game recaps

Four NCS teams capture state titles this weekend - Acalanes, Marin Catholic, St Vincent de Paul and Ferndale. Great weekend down south for the section.

Acalanes has joined St. Vincent de Paul and Ferndale as NCS teams to win CIF titles this weekend