By HOWARD TSUMURAVARSITY LETTERSLANGLEY — Reader response was excellent last week as Varsity Letters and B.C. Basketball Metrics debuted with its co-operative presentation of Top 16 and Zone ratings for B.C. senior boys basketball. We’re back with Week 2 and as the post-season beckons, it’s pretty apparent that nothing beats a good regional clash, whatever […]
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01.28.26 edition: Vancouver College top both the B.C. senior Quad-A and junior boys provincial Top 10 rankings! Here’s all five tiers as March Madness creeps up ever closer!
LANGLEY — So may call it an eternal question, yet more than ever, this is the week to ask if this is indeed the year of the Vancouver College Fighting Irish? At least as it pertains to the spoils of March Madness.This week, the Irish sit at No. 1 in both the Quad-A senior boys […]
01.26.26: B.C. Basketball Metrics boys combined team ratings: Top 16s for all four tiers, plus ratings for all four tiers broken down by zone and provincial berths!
By Howard TsumuraVarsity LettersLANGLEY — Today, Varsity Letters teams up with B.C. Basketball Metrics for a second straight season to present BCBBM’s analytical lookout the best senior boys basketball teams in the province.As you will see below, the weekly package this season has expanded to include eight different sets of statistical packages. Perhaps more simply, […]
A Sunday Read: With family roots in Bucharest and Belgrade, and a deep love of Euro-hoops in his soul, Centennial’s Grade 12 big man Alex Birsan turns versatility into 35 points-per-game!
By Howard TsumuraVarsity LettersCOQUITLAM — He may still be only 17 years old, but ask Alex Birsan to name the NBA player who has perhaps been the most influential in terms of his approach to the game, and his response just confirms his old-school cool.“Obviously, nowadays it’s Luka Dončić and (Nikola) Jokić,” the 6-foot-7 senior […]
01.21.26 edition: Surrey’s L.A. Matheson Mustangs, East Van’s Notre Dame Jugglers punch above their weight class with Quad-A TKO’s to climb in latest BC boys basketball Top 10 rankings!
LANGLEY — Remember those days, when it seemed like about 95 per cent of the time that the teams at the high end of B.C.’s highest-tiered class of Top 10 senior boys basketball rankings beat similarly-ranked teams from the smaller tiers?If you watched top-ranked hoops this past weekend, you know that as part of an […]
01.14.26 edition: B.C. senior and junior Tops 10s all tell their own stories! Quad-A sees Holy Cross, Kits and Centennial make a concerted push!
LANGLEY — With pool play complete for the 2026 Surrey RCMP Tournament, the Tamanawis Wildcats were are all set to begin official Round 1 action today against the Southridge Storm as B.C.’s No. 1-ranked Quad-A team.Yet beneath them, the province’s largest tier was turned head over heels based on the results of this past week […]
01.07.26 edition: Traditional powers Vancouver College, Oak Bay each open 2026 as the Quad-A biggest climbers! Here are your first BC boys basketball Top 10 rankings of the new year!
LANGLEY — Quad-A was the home of the biggest climbers over the holiday season for games played Dec. 17 through Jan. 6.Vancouver College and Oak Bay each rose three spots with the Irish moving into No. 2 and the the Bays into No. 7.The Fighting Irish won five straight to end December, including a 112-101 […]
B.C. junior boys basketball provincial invitational berthing announcement!
Attn coaches of B.C. junior boys basketball teams, we have news for you!
12.17.25 edition: BC senior and junior Top 10’s! Holy Cross, Byrne Creek big leapers, VC Irish top JV poll!
LANGLEY — Here’s a look at the latest Top 10s from all four tiers, plus we’ve got the latest B.C. junior boys Top 10 as well:BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (2)3 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (4) 4 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (6) 5 Vancouver College Fighting […]
12.10.25 edition: The latest B.C. boys Top 10 basketball rankings! Fox, GWG, King George top climbers!
LANGLEY — Last week’s boys TBI had its expected impact on the three largest tiers of B.C. boys basketball, yet the top three at both Quad-A and Triple-A weathered the storm.Here’s a look at the latest Top 10s from all four tiers:BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)2 Dover Bay Dolphins […]