Let's dig into the JC Coaches poll

North:

1. Merritt
2. Chabot
3. Fresno
4. San Francisco
5. Yuba
6. Santa Rosa
7. Cabrillo
8. Sequoias
9. San Jose
10. Lassen
11. Sierra
12. Butte
13. Foothill
14. West Hills
15. Cosumnes River

Others receiving votes: Modesto, Marin, Contra Costa

Commentary on some of the squads: there doesn't appear to be any northern California team that is a juggernaut, meaning the game being decided before the warmups come off so if #15 tops #1 it isn't necessarily going to be a surprise ... so the bulls-eye is off the backs of the Rams of CCSF for once ... Merritt's Denzel Bellot and Leo Smith are a hard-to-top backcourt -- which one do you apply the most defensive pressure to? ... 2014 Final Four participant Chabot definitely must have re-loaded ... Fresno always seems to define "the whole being greater than the sum of its parts" ... definitely want to see what Yuba mystery frontcourter Manny Malou does for Yuba this season ... never, ever count out Santa (Shooter Central) Rosa ... Cabrillo is a mystery team since Coach TonyM's guys don't participate in summer and fall events ... COS Coach Rusty Smith has added some size to his trio of 6-foot-5 returnees so the battles with Fresno City will be for finishing atop the CVC ... San Jose CC has even more athletes this season as evidenced by full court pressure applied against Fresno City at the Jamboree -- as for shooting, we will see with both...