What goes around, comes around.
La Costa Canyon, ranked No. 1 in the first UT-San Diego basketball poll in December, is first again after vacating the top spot weeks ago.
The Mavericks defeated St. Augustine, 62-60, in the San Diego Section Open Division championship last week and received 10 first-place votes. Â St. Augustine dropped to second and Mater Dei, which received three first-place votes, is third.
The first eight teams will be in Southern California playoffs beginning Wednesday. Morse, ranked ninth, and San Marcos, ranked 10th, played in the Division I final last week but were dissed by the state playoff committee.
| # | Team(1st place votes) | W-L* | Points** | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Costa Canyon (10) | Â Â Â Â Â Â 27-5 | 127 | 5 |
| 2 | St. Augustine | 28-3 | 112 | 1 |
| 3 | Mater Dei Catholic (3) | 28-2 | 110 | 2 |
| 4 | El Camino | 27-4 | 82 | 4 |
| 5 | Kearny | 25-2 | 71 | 10 |
| 6 | Torrey Pines | 26-5 | 63 | 6 |
| 7 | Sweetwater | 28-1 | 53 | 3 |
| 8 | Francis Parker | 26-5 | 39 | 8 |
| 9 | Morse | 18-12 | 32 | NR |
| 10 | San Marcos | 21-9 | 11 | 9 |
**Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis
NR Not ranked.
Others receiving votes: Orange Glen, 8; Eastlake, 6; Foothills Christian, 2.
Thirteen sportswriters, sportscasters and CIF representatives from throughout San Diego County vote in the weekly poll:
John Maffei, Craig Malveaux and Don Norcross (U-T San Diego);
Terry Monahan (U-T San Diego stringer);
Bill Dickens, Andrew Smith (eastcountysports.com);
Steve Brand (San Diego Hall of Champions);
John Kentera and Jack Cronin (The Mighty 1090);
John Labeta (CIF San Diego Section office);
Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com);
Bodie DeSilva (sandiegopreps.com);
Aaron Burgin (fulltimehoops.tumblr.com).
