The difference in 0.5 seconds turned out to be roughly a 220-mile drive.
The Edison High boys basketball team captured the Central Section Division I title Saturday with a 66-65 win over Central -- on a buzzer-beater launched sometime before the 0.5 seconds on the clock expired.
For that, Edison (24-6) will get to stay at home and host national power Fairfax-Los Angeles (25-4) at 7 p.m. today in the first round of the Southern California Regional playoffs.
Central (22-8), meanwhile, will have to trek to national power Westchester-Los Angeles (30-2).
Fairfax and Westchester are nationally ranked Nos. 11 and 12, respectively, in the USA Today Super 25.
The CIF released the brackets of the state basketball playoffs Sunday. All section champions get to host an opening-round game.
In the D-III playoffs, Hanford West (20-11) will host Gahr-Cerritos (18-15) on Tuesday.
In D-IV, Kingsburg (17-16) travels to Los Angeles Center for the Enrichment of Students (16-17) on Tuesday.
In D-V, Central Section champion Central Valley Christian (27-4) will host View Park (16-19). And Central Section runner-up Mission Prep (26-5) goes to Besant Hill-Ojai (22-1). Both games are Tuesday.
On the girls side, Hanford (25-4), which might represent the Central Section's best chance of winning a state crown, hosts Beverly Hills (24-9) on Tuesday. Hanford was a 73-44 winner against Garces in the D-II championships. Hanford did not lose to a Central Section team all season.
In D-I, Clovis West (23-6) plays at Chatsworth (23-8) tonight.
In D-III, Roosevelt (28-2) will host Marlborough-Los Angeles (21-11) and Porterville (28-2) goes to Woodbridge-Irvine (24-3). Both games are Tuesday.
In D-IV, Corcoran (28-7) hosts Pacific Hills-Los Angeles (22-10) and Kingsburg (20-9) hits the road against Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood (20-10) on Tuesday.
And in D-V on Tuesday, Fresno Christian (22-5) takes on Christian Life (22-7) on a neutral site at Santa Fe Christian. And section champion Coast (19-6) hosts Santa Clara-Oxnard (24-4).
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