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Well, I’m stumped. I really don’t know what to do with Mother McAuley and Fenwick this week. The Mighty Macs looked so good in their opening contests, and then stumbled … Continue Reading Illinois Preps Insider’s girls basketball top-20: Week of Feb. 21
Girls basketball rankings for the week of 2/14
Breaking down the Chicagoland Showcase main gym games
Maybe it was a bit early to write off Mother McAuley. The Mighty Macs had a very nice win over Libertyville and took care of business against their other opponents. … Continue Reading Illinois Preps Insider’s Girls Basketball top-20: Week One
2019 season final rankings
Refreshing, invigorating, whatever you preferred adjective may be there was really only one word that could aptly sum up Maine West’s performance in the state semi-finals.
Featuring four marquee games with all eight teams currently in the top-20 fans got a little bit of everything, including a triple overtime thriller that saw Fremd knock off Benet.
Um, okay then. That was a wild week. A couple of shootouts, a few upsets sprinkled in with the start of the conference season. Simeon, what in the world are … Continue Reading Illinois Preps Insider’s girls basketball top-20: Week 3
So I guess it’s basketball season again. Pretty much takes up half the year but that’s Illinois for you. Here are five of my thoughts from the girls basketball DePaul summer shootout.
With seeds being released tomorrow, we take a crack at picking the top-4 seeds for the class 4A sectionals.
Loyola quickly erased a six point halftime deficit en route to a 41-36 win to improve their record to 17-4 and 3-1 in the GCAC.
In this episode of the podcast we discuss: -Can anyone slowdown Mother McAuley? -Undersized teams and rebounding -There were a whole lot of comebacks and overtime sessions -We call out … Continue Reading Illinois Preps Podcast Ep. 18: Free basketball galore
How about those Mighty Macs? After taking Mother McAuley out of the rankings three weeks ago they have gone on an absolute tear. This past week, McAuley beat three teams … Continue Reading Illinois Preps Insider’s girls basketball top-20: Week 7
That was not easy
Well that was quite a day. Left the house at 1:30 and didn’t get back until 11:00. The second days play featured six teams in our top-20, including four of … Continue Reading Montini holiday tournament quarterfinals recap
Third ranked Montini comfortably defeated number 14 Mother McAuley, 59-30 to move to 14-1 overall and 2-0 in the GCAC.