OCVarsity’s Dan Albano and Steve Fryer talk about the hot topics this week in Orange County boys and girls basketball.

Their topics include:

— what’s happening with Mater Dei’s struggling boys basketball team;

— the rise of Santa Margarita boys to No. 1 in the county rankings;

— reaction to the Mater Dei-Sage Hill girls game in the Denning Classic on Saturday, Jan. 14.