Tournament field is loaded again

This year’s Ocean View Tournament of Champions boys’ basketball event has yet another talented, high-caliber group of teams and players competing in the event, which begins with pool play Monday.

The tournament continues daily through Dec. 15, culminating with the championship game at 8 p.m.

Other key matchups Dec. 15 are the consolation championship (2 p.m.), seventh-place (3:30 p.m.), fifth-place (5 p.m.) and third-place (6:30 p.m.) games. All of these final games will be at the Ocean View gym.

The tournament celebrates its 20th year next week.

“This year’s tournament is a killer,” said Ocean View co-head coach Jimmy Harris. “Not only do we have some great teams and individual players competing, but the caliber of coaches who are coming is pretty impressive.

“We get a constant flow of fans come out for these tournament games, not only the fans from the schools competing but also fans from Orange County who enjoy high school basketball. It’s a great event.”

Among the top players competing in the tournament is Jrue Holiday of Campbell Hall. Holiday, considered one of the elite guards on the West Coast, has signed to play next year at UCLA.

In addition to host Ocean View, tournament games throughout the week will be played at the Gahr and Long Beach Wilson gymnasiums.

Twenty teams are entered in this year’s tournament and will be divided into six pools. The pools are as follows:

Pool/Bracket A: Knight, Compton, Bakersfield, Valley Christian

Pool/Bracket B: Campbell Hall, Rancho Verde, JSerra, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

Pool C: Cabrillo/Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Margarita

Pool D: Temecula Valley, Clovis West, Westchester

Pool E: Harvard-Westlake, JW North, St. Mary’s

Pool F: Killarney, Lakewood, Ocean View

Below is the game schedule for Monday and Tuesday at Ocean View:

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Monday

3 p.m.: Lakewood vs. Ocean View

4:15 p.m.: Harvard-Westlake vs. JW North

5:30 p.m.: Campbell Hall vs. Rancho Verde

7 p.m.: Temecula Valley vs. Westchester

8: 15 p.m.: Cabrillo/Long Beach vs. Pasadena

9:30 p.m.: JSerra vs. Notre Dame

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Tuesday

3 p.m.: Killarney vs. Ocean View

4:20 p.m.: Temecula Valley vs. Clovis West

5:40 p.m.: Cabrillo/Long Beach vs. Santa Margarita

7 p.m.: Harvard-Westlake vs. St. Mary’s

8:30 p.m.: Campbell Hall/Rancho Verde winner vs. JSerra/Notre Dame winner