Ever since transferring from Hillcrest Prep, No.1 Marvin Bagley III (2018), was ruled ineligible to compete this season by the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. Bagley enrolled at Sierra Canyon School (California) in January.

According to ESPN, the CIF's eligibility requirements state that "a student may not be eligible to participate ... if there is evidence the move was athletically motivated or the student enrolled in that school in whole or in part for athletic reasons.".