Hoops by Ugland: High school basketball analysis and scouting

Birmingham jumps and Narbonne enters updated HoopsByUgland SoCal Top 25 rankings

1. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) (0-0) Last Week: Idle Comment: The Trailblazers, despite not having played a game just yet, move up a...

Devante Doutrive leads Birmingham to Pac Shores title; earns MVP honors

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — The championship game of the 65th annual Dijon Thompson Pacific Shores boys basketball tournament between Lake...

It's a City Section-centric semifinals at Pac Shores

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — The City Section rules at Pac Shores. Well, almost. Three of the four teams to advance to Friday’s semifinals...

No need for football guys: Narbonne scores big in Pac Shores opener

Maybe it’s time we stop underrating the Narbonne basketball team. The scouting report for the Gauchos in the beginning of every year is...

Bishop Montgomery, Sierra Canyon, Mater Dei usher in 2016-17 HoopsByUgland Top 25

Mid-to-late November, for many, signals the beginning of the holiday season. Some dread it; others embrace it. There are those who have...

Jalen Green, Darren Jones HoopsByUgland choice for top freshman, sophomore at Pangos Frosh/Soph Camp

NORWALK, Calif. — With so much talent of equal proportion on display at the Pangos All West Frosh/Soph Camp this past weekend at Cerritos...

Jaquez highlights Saturday at Pangos Frosh/Soph

NORWALK, Calif — There are few better places to watch the future of west coast basketball than the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp which...

Green, Thompson spark impressive comeback win; other Pangos All-American standouts

NORWALK, Calif. — The second night of a camp setting is when everyone is supposed to have settled in, right? The opening night jitters...

Guards and bigs galore at 14th Pangos All-American Camp

NORWALK, Calif. — I nearly didn’t make it to the opening night of the always-loaded Pangos All-American Camp. My 9-to-5 gig as a Public...

Jeffries, Lewis, many others impress in Memorial Weekend hoops tournaments

GARDEN GROVE and ORANGE, Calif. — We’ve been waiting so long and it finally happened: Southern California was the beneficiary of not one,...

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