Postseaon boys basketball

 While CCS basketball playoffs are still over saturated with teams that don't belong, a .500 record no longer ensures a spot in the dance.
 Still, if you want a shot to extend your season into March, the magic number to petition is a .500 or better non-league or league record.
 As a result, North Salinas, Alvarez and Greenfield are all on the bubble, needing to run the table in the final week of the season to put their names into the hat.
 Teams are lumped into their brackets solely on enrollment. Meaning some brackets won't have a full 16 teams, while others will have more, meaning an argument decides who gets those final spots.
 Last season Alisal won 17 games and was left out. That will not be the case this year as the Trojans won the programs first league title in 14 years, ensuring a spot as a league champ.
 Having adopted the Open Division last year for both boys and girls means an extra eight teams are in the postseason.
 The beauty, however, of the Open Division is it truly puts the best eight teams in one bracket without penalizing them.
 A spot in the Open Division guarantees a spot in the State Northern California playoffs in that teams respective division.
 Meaning Gabilan Division champion Palma, who is headed to the Open Division with a 20-2 record, will drop back to Division IV for the Nor Cal tournament.
 The Division IV playoffs could be very entertaining this season with Monte Vista, Pacific Grove and Carmel sporting a combined 51-13 record.