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Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. This episode begins with Mike and Joe's Two Takes on the the past week of hoops and then they ask each other some questions on the season. Topics include which player means the most to his team, the biggest surprise team, the unranked team most likely to make a postseason run, the best team no one is talking about, the most underrated player and more. 

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. It's time for the annual Stock Report, where Mike and Joe decide to buy, sell or hold the stock of each team in the Super 25 and then pick three teams outside the rankings they'd like to buy stock in.    

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. In this episode Mike and Joe give their Two Takes on the busy week of hoops and then take a look at the sectional assignments and supersectional matchups in Class 4A. 

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. In this episode Mike and Joe give their two takes on the busy week of hoops and then take a look at some of the talented freshmen making an impact across the state.   

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. It's time for some listener questions as we hit the midpoint of the regular season. Joe and Mike dive into a big mailbag and answer questions on all sorts of topics.     

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This episode is all about the holiday tournaments. Mike and Joe look back at a super busy stretch of the season and discuss Pontiac, Proviso West, Hinsdale Central, Pekin, the Big Dipper, Plano, Jacobs, Bloomington-Normal and the Jack Tosh. 

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. In this episode we focus on breaking down and previewing the top holiday tournaments in the state. We go in-depth on Pontiac, York, Proviso West, Hinsdale Central and the Big Dipper and take a look at several others. 

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. In this episode we highlight five teams that have made it to mid-December unbeaten: Geneva, Hersey, Wheaton Academy, McHenry and Downers Grove North.  We also give our Two Takes and discuss all the latest news in high school basketball. 

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball.  In this episode Mike and Joe give their two takes on the busy week of hoops, take a look back at the Chicago Elite Classic and preview some of this week's big games.  

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. In this episode we take a look back at some of the major developments in the first week of the season, including breakouts from seniors Phoenix Gill and Nick Allen and the debut of freshman Cole Kelly.  Then we take a look ahead at the upcoming Chicago Elite Classic.

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. In this week’s episode we dive into five storylines for the upcoming season: -Will the Public League be shut out at state again?  -What are the best teams outside the Chicago area? -Which team will be this season's Palatine? -Will Cole Kelly make as big an impact as last season's freshmen? -Will a senior step up to win Player of the Year?

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball is back for its 11th season. This episode is all about the preseason Super 25 rankings. We go in-depth on the top teams and discuss each of the 25 that earned a spot. And there is even room at the end to talk about the teams that just missed out.

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode is a look back at all the action in Champaign this weekend. Mike and Joe break down the state championship games, discuss the format, the crowds and then take a look ahead at next season.

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode is all about the 2024 IHSA State Finals in Champaign. We break down the Class 4A and 3A games and take a quick look at the smaller classes. 

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode opens with a discussion about the Kenwood news and then Mike and Joe dive into sectional previews, taking a look at each of the matchups in Class 4A and some of the Class 3A brackets.

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode is all about the regionals. Mike and Joe focus on the Class 4A bracket, going through each of the sectionals and talking about the best regional matchups. 

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. Mike and Joe give their Two Takes and then take a look at several teams and players putting up big numbers and big win totals that haven't received much attention so far this season. 

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. This episode is all questions and answers. Mike and Joe dive into a big mailbag full of questions from No Shot Clock listeners.

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. Mike and Joe give their Two Takes on the busy week of basketball and then it is time for the Stock Report, where they decide to buy, sell or hold the stock of each team in the Super 25.

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball. Mike and Joe give their Two Takes on the busy week of basketball and rank the top five conferences in the Chicago area so far this season.