Moorpark, Diablo Valley top teams in sports information directors' first poll of 2019
PASADENA - Moorpark College tops the 2019 first California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA) Women's Basketball State Top 20 Rankings by just five points over No. 2 Diablo Valley.
The Raiders (18-1) are tied for the state's most victories and are poised to try to end No. 16 Ventura's amazing 28-year Western State Conference title win streak. Moorpark is also No. 1 in state RPI at .669. Diablo Valley is the last of the undefeated at 18-0, and the Big 8's Vikings matched Moorpark in first place votes (six each).
Merced (16-2) rolls in at No. 3 on the poll while fellow Central Valley Conference foe College of the Sequoias (17-2) stands at No. 4. The Giants, the champion of their 16-team, Gilcrest Invitational, received the other first place vote this week.
The next three teams are all from the powerful South Coast Conference North Division in No. 5 LA Trade Tech (17-3), No. 6 East Los Angeles (17-4), and No. 7 Pasadena City (15-3). City College of San Francisco (12-2) is at No. 8, then San Joaquin Delta (15-4) No. 9 and a fourth SCC North team--Mt. San Antonio (14-5) at No. 10.
Moorpark's only loss this year was when its 16-game win streak was snapped in the final of the East LA Tournament by the champion host #6 Huskies. ELAC followed that and along with Pasadena City each won their 8-team brackets in the first Crossover Challenge Tournament, which featured 12 teams that were ranked in the SoCal Region coaches poll. East LA beat tourney host and #12 El Camino in the Blue Bracket final while PCC upset Trade Tech in the White Bracket championship.
After DVC, the state's current longest win streaks belong to Sequoias (14 in a row) and Merced (won 11 straight).
The North region conferences all began their conference schedules with the most significant early leaders so far being Diablo Valley at 6-0 to top the Big 8 and unranked Solano at 4-0 to lead the Bay Valley. In the South region, only the Orange Empire has begun its conference schedule.
Top 10 teams' losses:
Moorpark (1): East Los Angeles
Diablo Valley (0): None
Merced (2): Diablo Valley, Moorpark
Sequoias (2): Merced, Pasadena
LA Trade Tech (3): #15 Mt. San Jacinto, Glendale, Pasadena
East Los Angeles (4): Skyline, Cypress, #13 Palomar, San Francisco
Pasadena (3): Reedley, Mt. San Jacinto, Merced
San Francisco (2): Sierra, Ventura
San Joaquin Delta (4): Merced, #12 Sacramento City, Ventura, Diablo Valley
Mt. San Antonio (5): Rio Hondo, Sacramento, #18 Chabot, Moorpark, #13 El Camino
| CCCSIA STATE POLL (Jan. 15) | ||||
| Rk. | School | Conference | Record | Pts |
| 1. | Moorpark (6) | Western State North | 18-1 | 253 |
| 2. | Diablo Valley (6) | Big 8 | 18-0 | 248 |
| 3. | Merced | Central Valley | 16-2 | 222 |
| 4. | College of the Sequoias (1) | Central Valley | 17-2 | 207 |
| 5. | L.A. Trade Tech | South Coast North | 17-3 | 204 |
| 6. | East Los Angeles | South Coast North | 17-4 | 184 |
| 7. | Pasadena City | South Coast North | 15-3 | 182 |
| 8. | City College of San Francisco | Coast North | 12-2 | 172 |
| 9. | San Joaquin Delta | Big 8 | 15-4 | 170 |
| 10. | Mt. San Antonio | South Coast North | 14-5 | 115 |
| 11. | Palomar | Pacific Coast Athletic North | 13-5 | 112 |
| 12. | Sacramento City | Big 8 | 14-5 | 110 |
| 13. | El Camino | South Coast South | 13-5 | 104 |
| 14. | Irvine Valley | Orange Empire | 12-3 | 85 |
| 15. | Mt. San Jacinto | Pacific Coast Athletic North | 13-6 | 62 |
| 16. | Ventura | Western State North | 15-7 | 60 |
| 17. | Cabrillo | Coast South | 10-3 | 48 |
| 18. | Chabot | Coast North | 12-6 | 40 |
| 19. | MiraCosta | Pacific Coast Athletic North | 10-4 | 26 |
| 20. | Glendale | Western State East | 11-4 | 23 |
| Others receiving votes: Fresno City 22, Sierra 19, Cypress 14, Lassen 10, Santa Barbara City 11, Rio Hondo 8, College of the Siskiyous 6, Skyline 3, Feather River 1. | ||||