No Shot Clock

No Shot Clock: Episode 14

Michael O'Brien and Joe Henricksen's weekly look at high school basketball in the Chicago area. This week's topics:

Listener questions: What's wrong with college hoops in Chicago? What's wrong with DJ Williams? and more...

The week in review: A look at all the big games, including Stevenson-Simeon, Simeon-Bogan, Stevenson-Lake Forest, St. Joseph-Providence and more...

All-City: Discuss the team and how it's selected (as well as All-Area and Player of the Year). 

Seeds and stuff: A discussion at the recently released pairings for Class 3A and 4A.

No Shot Clock: Episode 13

Joe Henricksen and Michael O'Brien's weekly discussion about Chicago area high school basketball. This week's topics:

-Listener questions

-Breaking down last week: Providence's upset of St. Rita, CPS quarterfinals, DePaul Prep vs. St. Ignatius, Lake Forest vs. Zion-Benton, 

-Class 4A Sectional seed predictions

-Previewing the season's biggest weekend: CCL Tournament, CPS Tournament, Lake Forest-Stevenson and Simeon-Stevenson. 

No Shot Clock: Episode 12

Michael O'Brien and Joe Henricksen's weekly look at Chicago area high school basketball. This week's topics:

-Hinsdale South senior Barret Benson's recruitment

-Our most memorable finishes 

-Comparing Morgan Park's Charlie Moore and Tyler Ulis

-Top 4 seeds in Morton Sectional

-Review last week: Hinsdale Central, Rich South, Morgan Park vs. Orr, Bogan vs. Curie, St. Joseph vs. St. Ignatius, Thornwood.

-Six teams that are better than their record or ranking 

-Previewing the week: DePaul vs. St. Ignatius, Oak Forest vs. Hillcrest, Thornton vs. Lincoln-Way West, Public League Quarterfinals. 

Other teams mentioned: Hyde Park, Farragut, Curie, Young, Kenwood, Fenwick, Riverside-Brookfield, Geneva, St. Charles East, Althoff, Deerfield, King, Vernon Hills, Providence, Homewood-Flossmoor, Willowbrook, Lemont, Uplift, Simeon.

No Shot Clock: Episode 11

Michael O'Brien and Joe Henricksen's weekly high school basketball podcast. This week's topics:

-DePaul and Illinois in-state recruiting, good or bad?
-One change we would make to high school basketball
-10 unsung stars
-CPS Playoff preview
-Predictions for this week's top games

Teams discussed: Willowbrook, Hinsdale South, Benet, Thornwood, Neuqua Valley, Crete-Monee, St. Ignatius, Wheaton-Warrenville South, Jacobs, Lemont, Eisenhower, Oak Forest, Curie, Marshall, Foreman, Morgan Park, North Lawndale, King, Julian, Von Steuben, Vocational, Lincoln Park, Westinghouse, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Bogan, Orr, Uplift, Young, St. Charles East, Thornton, Maine South, Evanston, Geneva, St. Joseph, Plainfield North, Oswego, Plainfield East.

No Shot Clock: Episode 10

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen discuss Chicago area high school basketball. We answer some listener questions to start the show (latest recruiting classes, Catholic League vs. Chicago Public League). We look back at the past week (rave about Evanston's Nojel Eastern), give our stock report (buy, sell or hold) on several area teams and preview St. Rita vs. Hales.

Teams discussed: St. Rita, Hales, De La Salle, St. Ignatius, St. Joseph, Libertyville, Zion-Benton, Mundelein, Warren, Hinsdale Central, Evanston, Riverside-Brookfield, Crete-Monee, Plainfield East, Oak Park-River Forest, New Trier, Stevenson, Lake Forest, Simeon, Bogan, Kenwood, St. Charles East, St. Charles North, Geneva, Bolingbrook, Lincoln-Way West, Fenwick, Young, Proviso East, Curie, Lindblom, Lincoln Park, Von Steuben, Thornton, Plainfield North, Neuqua Valley, Morton, Uplift, Marshall.  

No Shot Clock: Episode 9

Joe Henricksen and Michael O'Brien talk Chicago area high school basketball. Topics this week include: Morgan Park's Marcus LoVett, the top unsigned seniors in the area, out of state games and their impact on the rankings, the fun race in the Upstate Eight River, is this Bolingbrook's turning point, the Southwest Suburban Red conference race, the CPS Red-West, what's up with Proviso East.

Teams discussed: Morgan Park, Bogan, North Lawndale, Hinsdale Central, Urban Prep-West, Proviso East, St. Charles East, Lyons, St. Rita, Uplift, Notre Dame, Bolingbrook, Hales, Stevenson, Simeon, Larkin, Geneva, St. Charles North, Rockford Auburn, Neuqua Valley, Bolingbrook, Joliet Central, Thornwood, Thornton, Bradley-Bourbonnais, Lincoln-Way West, Orr.

No Shot Clock: Episode 8

Michael O'Brien and Joe Henricksen discuss Chicago area high school basketball. We answer some listener questions to start the show (favorite venues, fixing 4 class basketball, Marty Hickman's retirement) and then get into the constant Simeon/St. Rita debate. Midseason all-state teams are revealed as well as the midseason surprises and disappointments. Should the state tournament be held in Champaign or Peoria or Chicago? We delve into Joe's survey of high school coaches. Previews of Lake Forest vs. Stevenson, Simeon vs. Morgan Park, Neuqua Valley vs. Rockford Auburn, St. Charles East vs. Larkin, St. Charles East vs. St. Charles North, Perspectives-MSA vs. Westinghouse.

Other teams discussed: East Aurora, West Aurora, Proviso East, Thornton, Hinsdale Central, Joliet, Lincoln-Way, Hales, Bogan, Plainfield East, St. Joseph, Lincoln, Warren, Bolingbrook.

No Shot Clock: Episode 7

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien talk Chicago area high school basketball. We cover an awful lot in this one. Talk holiday tournaments, breakdown some of the area's better conference races and discuss whether or not there will ever be another undefeated team in the state. Teams discussed: Benet, Pontiac, Lake Zurich, Lake Forest, Bradley-Bourbonnais, Evanston, Maine South, Riverside-Brookfield, Lyons, Hinsdale Central, Morgan Park, Bogan, Simeon, St. Charles East, Larkin, Elgin, West Chicago, St. Charles North, Batavia, Geneva, Marian Catholic, Crete-Monee, Notre Dame, St. Viator, Marist, Joliet Catholic, St. Patrick, Hillcrest, Lemont, Oak Forest, Thornton, Lincoln-Way West, Rich South, Thornwood, Stevenson, Warren, Zion-Benton.

No Shot Clock: Episode 6

Joe Henricksen and Michael O'Brien talk Chicago area high school basketball. We are in the midst of all the holiday tournament action, so this episode is pretty much just a free-flowing discussion on everything that has happened so far and a look ahead at everything coming up this week.

No Shot Clock: Episode 5

Michael O'Brien and Joe Henricksen look back at Morgan Park's win over Bogan, St. Rita's upset of Simeon and preview several holiday tournaments. More than 50 teams mentioned, including: Stevenson, Hinsdale Central, Fenwick, Rockford Auburn, Maine South, Kenwood, St. Joseph, Homewood-Flossmoor, Uplift, Bolingbrook, Hales, Leo, Thornton, Crete-monee, King, Joliet Central, Curie, Plainfield North, Plainfield East, Bloomington, St. Charles North, Warren, Bloom, Benet, West Aurora, Lockport, Neuqua Valley, Oak Park, Peoria Manual, Thornwood, Danville, Lake Forest, DePaul, St. Ignatius, St. Patrick, Schaumburg, Highland Park, Providence, Riverside-Brookfield, Lyons, Sandburg, Hinsdale South, Conant, Lane, York and Minooka.