Previews and predictions for Friday’s top boys basketball playoff games

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OPEN DIVISION
NO. 1 MATER DEI (22-6) VS. CENTENNIAL OF CORONA (26-2)
Where, when: Centennial High, Friday, 7 p.m.
Outlook: This is the first of three pool-play games for each team (the other CIF-SS divisions have traditional brackets). Mater Dei won the Trinity League championship, the 37th league title in Gary McKnight’s 38 seaso