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Gonzaga and Baylor remain atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll in a week of little change.
Gonzaga and Baylor remain atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll in a week of little change.
The top five from a week ago remained the same in the poll released Monday and no teams dropped out of the AP Top 25.
Gonzaga received 60 first-place votes from a media panel on Monday and Baylor had the other four, with the Bulldogs picking up one vote from the Bears.
Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois rounded out the top five. The Buckeyes held their spot despite losing 92-87 to the Wolverines on Sunday.
Loyola moved up a spot to No. 21.
No. 12 Houston dropped six spots after losing to Wichita State and No. 15 Virginia lost eight spots following losses to No. 11 Florida State and Duke.
No. 9 Iowa and No. 10 West Virginia moved back into the top 10.
1. Gonzaga 22-0
2. Baylor 17-0
3. Michigan 16-11
4. Ohio St. 18-5
5. Illinois 16-5
6. Alabama 18-5
7. Oklahoma 14-5
8. Villanova 14-3
9. Iowa 17-6
10. West Virginia 15-6
11. Florida St. 13-3
12. Houston 18-3
13. Creighton 16-5
14. Texas 13-6
15. Virginia 15-5
16. Virginia Tech 14-4
17. Kansas 17-7
18. Texas Tech 14-7
19. Southern Cal 18-4
20. Arkansas 17-5
21. Loyola 19-4
22. San Diego St. 17-4
23. Wisconsin 16-8
24. Missouri 14-6
25. Tennessee 15-6
You can’t start talking about this past weekend without talking about what will likely go down as the game of the year. It’s going to be difficult to top what went down Saturday night in Oak Park.
Notre Dame and Fenwick, a pair of highly-ranked teams, went to overtime where Louis Lesmond ended it in unbelievable fashion. With the game tied, Lesmond grabbed a defensive rebound with just a few seconds left, took two dribbles and let it fly from about 55 feet. Game over.
Behind Lesmond’s 35 points and heroic shot, Notre Dame walked out of Fenwick with a 71-68 win in overtime.
Might the 6-5 Harvard-bound senior have added his name to legitimate Player of the Year contenders?
It was always going to be difficult for any Notre Dame player to be in the conversation. The trio of Lesmond, Troy D’Amico and Anthony Sayles are too balanced, share the wealth and are very efficient in their smaller number of shot attempts.
Yes, Fenwick dropped its first game of the season in heartbreaking fashion to Notre Dame. The good news, however, is that junior David Gieser is back from injury.
The 6-2 Gieser is a floor-spacing shooter who was huge in the comeback against Notre Dame Saturday night with monster three-pointers. And it’s exactly the type of player the Friars need to surround star Bryce Hopkins with in the second half of this abbreviated season.
Watching DePaul on Friday night was a reminder that coach Tom Kleinschmidt is really good at his job.
Yes, there is the building of the program into what is now a perennial power in the Catholic League. That goes without saying and stands out. But from a basketball standpoint it’s about utilizing the talent he has at his disposal each year.
There was to be some ragged play after having played just one game thus far when it squared off with St. Ignatius Friday night. But in addition to turning defense into offense — this program will always be defensive-minded first — Kleinschmidt allows both TY Johnson and Rasheed Bello to create, play more downhill and forces defenses to pick their poison in coverages.
There is less of a grind offensively.
In a normal year, this team is a legitimate Class 3A state title contender with its combination of versatile firepower and the defense it plays.
The Neuqua Valley performance against Waubonsie Valley on Friday was startling — and one to forget for the Wildcats. Neuqua fell behind its rival early, trailing 40-11 at the half, before eventually losing 70-28.
But they bounced back with a convincing win over a previously unbeaten Burlington Central team on Saturday.
The signature moment of the weekend, however, came on John Poulakidas’ third basket of the game in the win over the Rockets. The 6-5 senior surpassed 1,300 career points and became the all-time leading scorer in Neuqua Valley history.
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Many would have thought the program’s greatest player, Dwayne Evans, who went on to star collegiately at Saint Louis, would have been the all-time leading scorer at Neuqua. But it was Keelan Amelianovich who Poulakidas passed. Amelianovich had an All-American career at the Division III level playing at Illinois Wesleyan.
Fortunately this shortened season didn’t derail what was going to be an obvious milestone for Poulakidas, who is headed to Yale next season.
Always pesky Andrew, where coach Dave Wilson has done an outstanding job keeping that program competitive, was back at being pesky again this past weekend. The Thunderbolts handed Bolingbrook its first loss of the season with a 52-45 win on the road.
Andrew, led by Jolo Amoranto, is now on top of the Southwest Suburban Red. It was 28 years since the last time Andrew won a conference title when Wilson’s Thunderbolts broke through with a league title in 2018. Now they’re on the verge again.
Amoranto, the little lefty who is averaging 20 points a game, is a fun player to watch and a nice small college basketball prospect.
Saturday’s win over Westmont was a memorable night at Timothy Christian where senior Josh Harris, who is headed to Division III Illinois College, scored his 1,000th career point. Plus, junior Ben Vander Wal threw down an eye-popping baseline dunk. If you get a chance, check out his baseline dunk on social media.
A little rocky 1-3 start to the season for Naperville North turned positive very quickly this past week, beating rival Naperville Central 57-49 and handing neighboring Benet its first loss of the season, 43-30.
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BIG NORTHERN
Mendota at Dixon, 7:00
Oregon at Rock Falls, 7:00
Rockford Christian at Winnebago, 7:00
Rockford Lutheran at Genoa-Kingston, 7:00
Stillman Valley at Byron, 7:00
CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER
Brother Rice at Providence, 7:00
Fenwick at St. Joseph, 7:00
Leo at Marmion, 7:15
Loyola at De La Salle, 7:00
Mount Carmel at St. Ignatius, 7:00
St. Laurence at Providence-St. Mel, 7:00
St. Rita at Montini, 3:00
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Maine East at New Trier, 5:30
INTERSTATE EIGHT
Kaneland at Ottawa, 6:00
LaSalle-Peru at Sandwich, 6:00
Morris at Rochelle, PPD
Plano at Sycamore, 6:00
LITTLE TEN
Earlville at Serena, 7:00
Hinckley-Big Rock at LaMoille-Ohio, 7:30
Leland at Somonauk, 6:00
Newark at Hiawatha, 6:45
MID-SUBURBAN – EAST
Hersey at Prospect, 7:30
NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC
Alden-Hebron at Christian Life, 7:30
Harvest Christian at Parkview Christian, 5:30
Schaumburg Christian at South Beloit, 6:00
RIVER VALLEY
Tri-Point at Illinois Lutheran, 7:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Richards at Bremen, 5:00
SOUTHLAND
Crete-Monee at Thornridge, 6:00
Kankakee at Thornton, 5:00
Thornwood at Bloom, 5:00
UPSTATE EIGHT
South Elgin at East Aurora, 6:00
NON CONFERENCE
Burlington Central at Glenbard East, 7:30
Christ the King at Catalyst-Maria, 7:00
Clemente at Steinmetz, 5:00
Elgin at Marian Central, 7:30
Goode at Horizon-McKinley, 5:00
Holy Trinity at Northridge, 6:15
IC Catholic at Elgin Academy, 5:00
Iroquois West at Armstrong-Potomac, PPD
Jones at Hope Academy, 6:00
Lake Forest Academy at Lake Forest, 7:30
Libertyville at Maine South, 7:00
Niles North at Taft, 6:00
St. Martin de Porres at Rochelle Zell, 7:00
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Evanston at Niles North, 7:30
Glenbrook North at Vernon Hills, 7:30
Glenbrook South at Deerfield, 7:30
Maine South at Maine East, 7:30
New Trier at Highland Park, 7:30
Niles West at Maine West, 7:30
CHICAGO PREP
Christ the King at Hope Academy, 6:30
DU PAGE VALLEY
Naperville North at Waubonsie Valley, 7:00
Neuqua Valley at DeKalb, 7:00
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC
Joliet Catholic at Marian Catholic, 7:00
Nazareth at Benet, 7:00
Notre Dame at Carmel, 7:00
St. Patrick at Marian Central, 7:00
St. Viator at Marist, 7:00
FOX VALLEY
Cary-Grove at Dundee-Crown, 7:00
Crystal Lake South at Crystal Lake Central, 7:00
Hampshire at Jacobs, 7:00
Huntley at McHenry, 7:00
Prairie Ridge at Burlington Central, 7:00
ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT
Herscher at Reed-Custer, 6:45
Lisle at Peotone, 7:00
Manteno at Streator, 6:45
Wilmington at Coal City, 7:00
KISHWAUKEE RIVER
Harvard at Richmond-Burton, 7:30
Johnsburg at Woodstock North, 7:30
Marengo at Woodstock, 7:30
METRO SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Aurora Christian at McNamara, 7:30
Chicago Christian at Aurora Central, 7:30
Riverside-Brookfield at Westmont, 7:30
St. Francis at St. Edward, 7:30
Timothy Christian at Ridgewood, 6:00
Wheaton Academy at Elmwood Park, 6:00
MID-SUBURBAN – EAST
Elk Grove at Prospect, 7:30
Hersey at Wheeling, 7:30
Rolling Meadows at Buffalo Grove, 7:30
MID-SUBURBAN – WEST
Conant at Palatine, 7:30
Hoffman Estates at Fremd, 7:30
Schaumburg at Barrington, 7:30
NIC – 10
Auburn at Belvidere, 7:30
Freeport at Jefferson, 7:30
Guilford at Boylan, 7:30
Hononegah at Harlem, 7:30
Rockford East at Belvidere North, 7:30
NORTH SUBURBAN
Lake Zurich at Lake Forest, 7:30
Mundelein at Warren, 7:30
Waukegan at Stevenson, 5:30
Zion-Benton at Libertyville, 8:00
NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC
Our Lady Sacred Heart at Christian Liberty, 5:30
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY
Antioch at Wauconda, 6:45
Grayslake North at Grayslake Central, PPD
Lakes at Grant, 7:00
North Chicago at Round Lake, at Magee MS, 7:00
RIVER VALLEY
Donovan at Grant Park, 7:00
Grace Christian at Beecher, 7:00
Illinois Lutheran at St. Anne, 7:00
Tri-Point at Gardner-So. Wilmington, 7:00
SANGAMON VALLEY
Iroquois West at Cissna Park, 7:00
Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Dwight, 7:00
Watseka at Momence, PPD
SOUTH SUBURBAN – BLUE
Oak Forest at Thornton Fr. South, 7:00
Thornton Fr. North at Tinley Park, 5:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – RED
Oak Lawn at Eisenhower. 6:00
Richards at Reavis, 7:30
SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Bremen at Evergreen Park, 7:30
Hillcrest at Shepard, 6:00
Lemont at Argo, 6:00
SOUTHLAND
Bloom at Kankakee, 7:00
Thornridge at Thornton, 7:00
Thornwood at Rich, 7:00
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – CROSSOVER
Joliet Central at Oswego East, 7:00
Joliet West at West Aurora, 7:00
Plainfield Central at Minooka, 7:00
Plainfield East at Yorkville, 7:00
Plainfield South at Plainfield North, 7:00
Romeoville at Oswego, 7:00
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – BLUE
Homewood-Flossmoor at Bolingbrook, 6:30
Sandburg at Lincoln-Way East, 6:30
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – RED
Bradley-Bourbonnais at Lincoln-Way West, 6:30
Lincoln-Way Central at Stagg, 6:15
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Andrew at Lockport, 6:30
TRI-COUNTY
Henry-Senachwine at Marquette, 7:00
Lowpoint-Washburn at Seneca, 5:30
Roanoke-Benson at Midland, 7:00
Woodland at Putnam County, 7:00
UPSTATE EIGHT
Glenbard East at East Aurora, 7:30
Glenbard South at Fenton, 7:30
Larkin at South Elgin, 7:30
Streamwood at Elgin, 7:30
West Chicago at Bartlett, 7:30
WEST SUBURBAN – GOLD
Downers Grove South at Leyden, 7:00
Morton at Addison Trail, 7:00
Willowbrook at Proviso East, 7:00
WEST SUBURBAN – SILVER
Hinsdale Central at Glenbard West, 7:00
Oak Park-River Forest at York, 7:00
Proviso West at Lyons, 6:00
WEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Hinsdale South at Downers Grove North, 7:00
NON CONFERENCE
Ashton-Franklin Center at Hiawatha, 7:00
Collins at Schurz, 6:00
Curie vs. King, 4:30
Elgin Academy at Harvest Christian, 6:00
Indian Creek at Rockford Lutheran, 6:45
Normal West at Yorkville Christian, 7:00
BIG NORTHERN
Dixon at Stillman Valley ,7:00
Mendota at Oregon, 7:00
North Boone at Rockford Christian, 7:00
Rock Falls at Rockford Lutheran, 7:00
Winnebago at Genoa-Kingston, 7:00
CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER
De La Salle at St. Laurence, 7:15
Marmion at Brother Rice, 7:00
Montini at Leo, 7:00
Providence at DePaul, 7:00
Providence-St. Mel at Loyola, 7:00
St. Ignatius at Fenwick, 7:00
St. Joseph at Mount Carmel, 7:00
CHICAGO PREP
Holy Trinity at Christ the King, 6:30
Rochelle Zell at Walther Christian, 7:00
DU KANE
Geneva at Wheaton North, 7:00
Glenbard North at St. Charles North, 7:00
St. Charles East at Batavia, 7:00
Wheaton-Warr. South at Lake Park, 7:00
INTERSTATE EIGHT
Kaneland at Sandwich, 6:00
LaSalle-Peru at Plano, 6:00
Morris at Sycamore, PPD
Ottawa at Rochelle, 6:00
LITTLE TEN
Earlville at DePue, 7:00
Hiawatha at Leland, 6:45
Indian Creek at Serena, 6:45
LaMoille-Ohio at Newark, 7:00
Somonauk at Hinckley-Big Rock, 6:45
METRO SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
St. Francis at McNamara, 7:30
MID-SUBURBAN – EAST
Hersey at Elk Grove, 7:30
NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC
Alden-Hebron at Christian Liberty, 7:30
RIVER VALLEY
Beecher at Gardner-So. Wilmington, 7:00
Donovan at Tri-Point, 5:30
SANGAMON VALLEY
Dwight at Clifton Central, 7:30
NON CONFERENCE
Amundsen at Schurz, 6:30
Andrew at Riverside-Brookfield, 7:00
Carmel at Libertyville, 8:00
Dundee-Crown at Stevenson, at Woodlawn MS, 7:
Horizon-Southwest at Hammond Science & Tech, 6
IC Catholic at Northridge, 7:30
Joliet Catholic at Lockport, 7:00
Kennedy at Little Village, 5:30
Kenwood at Clemente, 5:00
Lindblom at Jones, 7:00
Milford at Clifton Central, 7:30
North Shore at Latin, 6:45
Ogden at Taft, 6:00
St. Anne at Momence, 7:00
St. Bede at Marquette, 7:00
Watseka at Fisher, 7:00
Waubonsie Valley at Oswego, 7:00
Westlake Christian at Christian Heritage, 6:30
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH
Glenbrook South at New Trier, 5:30
LITTLE TEN
Hiawatha at Indian Creek, 6:45
NIC – 10
Belvidere at Jefferson, 7:30
Belvidere North at Guilford, 7:30
Boylan at Rockford East, 7:30
Harlem at Freeport, 7:30
Hononegah at Auburn, 7:30
NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC
Christian Life at Our Lady Sacred Heart, 5:30
Harvest Christian at Schaumburg Christian, 6:00
Parkview Christian at South Beloit, 6:00
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY
Antioch at Lakes, 6:45
Grant at Grayslake Central, PPD
Grayslake North at Round Lake, at Magee MS, 7:00
Wauconda at North Chicago, 7:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE RED SOUTH-CENTRAL
Bogan at Corliss, 5:00
Brooks at Longwood, CNL
Morgan Park at Kenwood, 5:00
Phillips at Hyde Park, 5:00
Simeon at Curie, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-CENTRAL
Dunbar at King, 5:00
Hubbard at Catalyst-Maria, 5:00
Richards (Chgo) at Lindblom, 5:00
Solorio at Kennedy, 6:30
Urban Prep-Englewood at Tilden, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-SOUTH
Carver at Agricultural Science, 7:00
Dyett at Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 5:00
Harlan at Vocational, 5:00
Perspectives-Lead at ACE Amandla, 5:00
South Shore at Fenger, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-CENTRAL
Acero-Soto at Horizon-Southwest, 5:00
DuSable at Excel-Englewood, 5:00
Englewood STEM at Instituto Health, 5:00
Gage Park at Acero-Garcia, 5:00
Hancock at Kelly, 5:00
Harper at Back of the Yards, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-SOUTH
Air Force at Washington, 5:00
Chicago Military at EPIC, 5:00
Goode at UC-Woodlawn, 5:00
Hirsch at Excel-South Shore, 5:00
Julian at Bowen, 5:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – BLUE
Bremen at Tinley Park, 5:00
Hillcrest at Oak Forest, 5:30
Lemont at Thornton Fr. North, 6:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – RED
Evergreen Park at Richards, 6:30
Oak Lawn at Argo, 6:00
Shepard at Eisenhower, 6:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Reavis at Thornton Fr. South, 6:00
SOUTHLAND
Bloom at Crete-Monee, 4:30
Kankakee at Thornwood, 5:00
Rich at Thornridge, 7:00
UPSTATE EIGHT
Bartlett at Fenton, 7:30
East Aurora at Streamwood, 7:30
Elgin at West Chicago, 7:30
Glenbard East at South Elgin, 7:30
Glenbard South at Larkin, 7:30
NON CONFERENCE
Northridge at Lake Forest Academy, 6:15
Westlake Christian at Richmond-Burton, 7:30
BIG NORTHERN
Genoa-Kingston at Byron, 7:00
Oregon at North Boone, 7:00
Rockford Christian at Dixon, 7:00
Rockford Lutheran at Winnebago, 7:00
Stillman Valley at Rock Falls, 7:00
CATHOLIC – BLUE
DePaul at St. Laurence, 7:15
Fenwick at Brother Rice, 7:00
Loyola at Leo, 7:00
St. Rita at Mount Carmel, 7:00
CATHOLIC – WHITE
Marmion at Providence-St. Mel, 7:00
Providence at St. Ignatius, 7:00
St. Joseph at Montini, 7:00
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – NORTH
Maine West at Highland Park, 7:30
Niles North at Maine East, 7:30
Vernon Hills at Deerfield, 7:30
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH
Glenbrook North at Niles West, 7:30
Glenbrook South at Evanston, 7:30
Maine South at New Trier, 7:30
CHICAGO PREP
Christ the King at Walther Christian, 6:30
Hope Academy at Holy Trinity, 6:30
DU PAGE VALLEY
DeKalb at Metea Valley, 7:00
Naperville Central at Waubonsie Valley, 7:00
Neuqua Valley at Naperville North, 7:00
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC
Benet at Notre Dame, 5:30
Carmel at Marist, 7:00
Marian Central at Joliet Catholic, 7:00
St. Patrick at Marian Catholic, 7:00
St. Viator at Nazareth, 7:00
FOX VALLEY
Burlington Central at Dundee-Crown, 7:00
Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, 7:00
Crystal Lake Central at McHenry, 7:00
Hampshire at Huntley, 7:00
Jacobs at Prairie Ridge, 7:00
ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT
Coal City at Lisle, 7:00
Herscher at Streator, 6:45
Manteno at Peotone, 7:00
Reed-Custer at Wilmington, 7:00
INTERSTATE EIGHT
LaSalle-Peru at Morris, PPD
Ottawa at Sandwich, 6:00
Plano at Kaneland, 6:00
Sycamore at Rochelle, 6:00
KISHWAUKEE RIVER
Richmond-Burton at Harvard, 7:30
Woodstock at Marengo, 7:30
Woodstock North at Johnsburg, 7:30
LITTLE TEN
Hinckley-Big Rock at Newark, 7:00
Indian Creek at LaMoille-Ohio, 7:00
Serena at Hiawatha, 6:45
Somonauk at Earlville, 7:00
METRO SUBURBAN – BLUE
Aurora Christian at Timothy Christian, 7:30
Chicago Christian at St. Francis, 7:00
IC Catholic at Riverside-Brookfield, 7:00
METRO SUBURBAN – RED
Elmwood Park at Westmont, 7:30
McNamara at Aurora Central, 7:30
Ridgewood at St. Edward, 7:30
MID-SUBURBAN – EAST
Prospect at Hersey, 7:30
Rolling Meadows at Elk Grove, 7:30
Wheeling at Buffalo Grove, 7:30
MID-SUBURBAN – WEST
Barrington at Hoffman Estates, 7:30
Conant at Schaumburg, 7:30
Fremd at Palatine, 7:30
NORTH SUBURBAN
Lake Forest at Mundelein, 7:30
Libertyville at Warren, 7:30
Stevenson at Lake Zurich, 7:30
Zion-Benton at Waukegan, 7:30
NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC
Schaumburg Christian at Parkview Christian, 7:30
PUBLIC LEAGUE RED WEST-NORTH
Clark at North Lawndale, 5:00
Farragut at Lane, 7:00
Lincoln Park at Young, 7:00
Schurz at Marshall, 5:00
Westinghouse at Orr, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-NORTH
Foreman at Mather, 6:30
Lake View at Northside, 5:00
Senn at Von Steuben, 5:00
Sullivan at Uplift, 5:00
Taft at Prosser, 7:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-WEST
Clemente at Raby, 5:00
Collins at Payton, 7:00
Jones at Crane, 5:00
Legal Prep at Perspectives-MSA, 5:00
Wells at Austin, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-NORTH
Amundsen at ASPIRA-Bus&Fin, 5:00
CICS-Quest at Steinmetz, 5:00
Disney at Rickover, 5:00
Marine at Alcott, 5:00
North Grand at Chicago Math & Science, 5:00
Roosevelt at Chicago Academy, 5:00
PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-WEST
Douglass at Ogden, 5:00
Juarez at Manley, 5:00
Kelvyn Park at Chicago Tech, 5:00
Little Village at Phoenix, 5:00
Spry at Chicago Collegiate, 5:00
RIVER VALLEY
Beecher at Donovan, 7:00
Gardner-So. Wilmington at Illinois Lutheran, 7:00
St. Anne at Grace Christian, 7:00
Tri-Point at Grant Park, 7:00
SANGAMON VALLEY
Clifton Central at Watseka, 7:30
Dwight at Cissna Park, 7:00
Momence at Iroquois West, 5:30
SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Evergreen Park at Lemont, TBA
Tinley Park at Argo, 6:00
SOUTHLAND
Bloom at Thornridge, 7:00
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – CROSSOVER
Minooka at Joliet West, 7:00
Oswego at Plainfield Central, 7:00
Oswego East at Romeoville, 7:00
Plainfield North at Plainfield East, 7:00
West Aurora at Plainfield South, 7:00
Yorkville at Joliet Central, 7:00
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – BLUE
Homewood-Flossmoor at Lockport, 6:30
Lincoln-Way East at Bolingbrook, 6:30
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – RED
Andrew at Lincoln-Way West, 6:30
Bradley-Bourbonnais at Lincoln-Way Central, 6:30
TRI-COUNTY
Marquette at Lowpoint-Washburn, 5:30
Midland at Seneca, 7:00
Putnam County at Roanoke-Benson, 7:00
Henry-Senachwine at Woodland, 7:00
WEST SUBURBAN – GOLD
Addison Trail at Hinsdale South, 7:00
Leyden at Willowbrook, 7:00
Proviso East at Morton, 7:00
WEST SUBURBAN – SILVER
Glenbard West at Oak Park-River Forest, 7:00
Lyons at Hinsdale Central, 7:00
York at Downers Grove North, 7:00
WEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Downers Grove South at Proviso West, 6:30
NON CONFERENCE
Francis Parker at Latin, 4:30
North Chicago at Lake Forest Academy, 6:15
Westminster Christian at Elgin Academy, 7:00
Yorkville Christian at Harvest Christian, 7:30
CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER
St. Joseph at St. Laurence, 5:00
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – NORTH
Deerfield at Vernon Hills, 2:00
Highland Park at Maine West, 2:00
Maine East at Niles North, 2:00
CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH
Evanston at Glenbrook South, 2:00
New Trier at Maine South, 2:00
Niles West at Glenbrook North, 2:00
DU KANE
Batavia at St. Charles North, 6:00
Glenbard North at Wheaton-Warr. South, 6:00
Lake Park at Geneva, 6:00
Wheaton North at St. Charles East, 6:00
DU PAGE VALLEY
Naperville Central at Metea Valley, 3:00
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC
Carmel at Benet, 3:30
ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT
Coal City at Wilmington, 11:30
Reed-Custer at Manteno, 12:30
INTERSTATE EIGHT
Sandwich at Morris, PPD
METRO SUBURBAN – BLUE
Wheaton Academy at Timothy Christian, 6:00
METRO SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
St. Edward at IC Catholic, 11:30
MID-SUBURBAN CROSSOVER
Buffalo Grove at Conant, 7:30
Elk Grove at Palatine, 7:30
Hersey at Fremd, 7:30
Prospect at Schaumburg, 7:30
Rolling Meadows at Hoffman Estates, 7:30
Wheeling at Barrington, 7:30
NIC – 10
Belvidere North at Belvidere, 1:00
Freeport at Rockford East, 7:00
Freeport at Auburn, 1:00
Harlem at Guilford, 1:00
Jefferson at Boylan, 1:00
Rockford East at Hononegah, 1:00
NORTH SUBURBAN
Waukegan at Mundelein, 3:00
NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC
Christian Liberty at Christian Life, 12:30
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Harvest Christian,
South Beloit at Alden-Hebron, 7:30
RIVER VALLEY
Grace Christian at Illinois Lutheran, 7:00
Grant Park at St. Anne, 7:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – BLUE
Thornton Fr. North at Thornton Fr. South, 2:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – RED
Reavis at Oak Lawn, 6:00
SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Eisenhower at Bremen, TBA
Shepard at Oak Forest, 11:00
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – CROSSOVER
Joliet Central at Plainfield North, 7:00
Joliet West at Oswego, 7:00
Plainfield Central at Oswego East, 7:00
Plainfield East at West Aurora, 7:00
Plainfield South at Minooka, 7:00
Romeoville at Yorkville, 7:00
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Andrew at Sandburg, 12:00
Bolingbrook at Lincoln-Way Central, 12:00
TRI-COUNTY
Lowpoint-Washburn at Woodland, 1:00
Marquette at Roanoke-Benson, 2:30
Midland at Henry-Senachwine, 1:00
Seneca at Putnam County, 2:30
UPSTATE EIGHT
East Aurora at Glenbard South, 7:30
Fenton at Elgin, 7:00
Larkin at Bartlett, 1:00
South Elgin at Streamwood, 1:00
West Chicago at Glenbard East, 1:00
WEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER
Addison Trail at Proviso West, 4:00
Downers Grove South at Hinsdale Central, 2:00
Oak Park-River Forest at Leyden, 2:30
Willowbrook at Downers Grove North, 1:00
NON CONFERENCE
Agricultural Science at Kennedy, 2:00
Ashton-Franklin Center at Oregon, 7:00
Beecher at Herscher, 6:00
Burlington Central at Kaneland, 5:30
Collins at Christ the King, 5:30
Gardner-So. Wilmington at Clifton Central, 6:45
Hoopeston at Cissna Park, 2:00
Johnsburg at Grant, PPD
Kenwood at Jones, 1:00
Lake Forest at St. Patrick, 7:15
Lakes at Antioch, 10:45
Lincoln-Way West at Kankakee, 4:00
Lindblom at Hope Academy, 6:30
Marist at Brother Rice, 4:00
McNamara at Peotone, 3:30
Northridge at Notre Dame, 4:30
Ogden at King, 12:00
Pontiac at Yorkville Christian, 7:00
St. Francis at Neuqua Valley, 1:30
St. Ignatius at Thornton, 1:00
St. Joseph-Ogden at Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 3:30
Streator at Bloomington Central Catholic, 1:00
Tri-Point at Watseka, 7:30
Walther Christian at Nazareth, 3:30
Westlake Christian at Grayslake North, 1:15
Young at Thornton, 12:00
DE KALB
Indian Creek vs. Rockford Christian
Rockford Christian vs. DeKalb
Indian Creek at DeKalb, 6:30
CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER
DePaul at Montini, 12:00
DU KANE
Batavia at Wheaton North, 6:00
Glenbard North at Geneva, 6:00
Lake Park at St. Charles East, 6:00
Wheaton-Warr. South at St. Charles North, 6:00
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It takes a lot these days to get me to wash my hair and put on a bra. A Zoom “date” with The Bachelorette castoff Kenny Braasch, in fact. If you’ve kept up with season 16’s stars Clare and Tayshia and their respective journeys to coveted Neil Lane sparklers, then you already know that Kenny is the hard-bodied, generously tattooed boy-band manager and nude model from Oak Lawn who competed for both of their hearts, only to return home to Chicago’s COVID-addled dating scene, single once again.
A couple of days before our date, Kenny follows me on Instagram, which is how I know things are getting serious. I follow him back and land on a video of him in his underwear. Inexplicably, Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” is the soundtrack to a slow zoom into and out from Kenny’s rock-hard abs until — BAM! — he punches the camera. This performative masculinity reminds me of a wild night I spent in Las Vegas at Magic Mike Live. It’s hard to believe that Kenny and I have much in common, and that with hobbies like knitting, reading, and podcasting about the ’80s YA series Sweet Valley High, I’m the single mom Kenny’s been looking for. But then I remember the thrill of the Magic Mike dancers humping the floor with butts so tight you could bounce quarters off them and think, Why not jump into the Kenny Braasch fantasy? It’s gotta be better than another hour of Bridgerton.
What is the etiquette for a Zoom date? Who sends the link? Well, I do, and he responds with a :). For a moment I wonder if he’ll do something cute, like send me a bottle of wine to drink during our Zoom, but then I remember this is not a TV show; this is just real life, where the effort single men spend on romance is akin to putting on flip-flops — there’s no unnecessary exertion, no flare, and it exposes an ugly part of them. And I adjust my expectations.
Time for the important stuff: What should I wear? (A black V-neck sweater with sweatpants.) What is my Cher Horowitz–inspired lighting scheme? (A cheap ring light sent to me as a holiday gift from my employer.) What am I drinking? (Sparkling rosé.) Now it’s time to log on, and there’s Kenny on my laptop, very handsome, with a great smile. We launch into standard first-date protocol — where are you from, what do you do, tell me about The Bachelorette.
But Kenny really comes alive when we talk about his exercise and nutrition routine. Kenny works out every morning with his parents, Ken and Judy, and brings a potato with him to the gym. I find this all very endearing and decide clearly Kenny needs a vegan fitness influencer, not me, for his wife. “But I eat meat,” he protests. Oh, Kenny, I’m not a fortuneteller, but I’m certain if you ever take a wife, she will be a Revolve-clad wellness enthusiast with tasteful (hopefully) lip fillers. When we briefly touch upon his nude modeling photos (easily available through Google, hint, hint), he says sheepishly, “Women give me shit about it; gay men seem to like it,” and I come to the conclusion that Kenny is a catch. Self-reflective, hard-bodied, can microwave a potato for you — what more could a girl want?
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At 7-24, Minnesota has the league’s worst record this season and already is 7 1/2 games out of what would be the final play-in spot for the Western Conference postseason.
Chris Finch is the new coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team announced Monday after dismissing Ryan Saunders the previous night.
Saunders was fired Sunday after the team with the NBA’s worst record this season lost for the eighth time in the last nine games. The team quickly hired Finch, who was in his first season as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors.
“Chris brings a wealth of basketball experience from his time in the NBA, G League and Internationally,” Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas said. “He is one of the most creative basketball minds in the NBA, has success maximizing players, and I am excited to see him bring our team to the next level and beyond.”
At 7-24, Minnesota has the league’s worst record this season and already is 7 1/2 games out of what would be the final play-in spot for the Western Conference postseason. The Timberwolves next play on Tuesday, visiting Milwaukee.
“We would like to thank Ryan for his time and commitment to the Timberwolves organization and wish him the best in the future,” Rosas said. “These are difficult decisions to make, however this change is in the best interest of the organization’s short and long-term goals.”
It had been a wildly disappointing season for the Timberwolves, who started 2-0 and haven’t had much to savor since. Karl-Anthony Towns, the team’s best player, dislocated his left wrist in the season’s second game and missed six games — then returned and missed 13 more after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
D’Angelo Russell, the other key piece for the Timberwolves, had surgery last week on his left knee and may be out until April.
There was no sign that the Timberwolves had stopped playing for Saunders; they were down by 21 points in the third quarter at New York earlier Sunday, then took the lead in the final minutes before falling 103-99.
“Unfortunately we ran out of time,” Saunders said after that loss.
He was talking about the game.
Before long, that sentence had a very different meaning.
Finch has history with Rosas, as they both worked together with the Houston Rockets. He coached the team’s affiliate in what is now called the G League, winning a championship with Rio Grande Valley, then became a Rockets assistant. He went on to have assistant jobs in Denver and New Orleans and was hired by the Raptors in November.
“I look forward to working hand and hand with Gersson to build and lead a team that Timberwolves fans will be proud of,” Rosas said. “We have excellent pieces in place and I can’t wait to get to work.”
Saunders, the 34-year-old son of longtime Minnesota coach Flip Saunders, was with the Timberwolves for parts of three seasons, going 43-94. Flip Saunders died in 2015.
Dismissing Saunders was the first coaching change in the league since this season began. There were nine coaches in new jobs entering this season.
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Just a few games away from the midway point in the season, many are wondering what the Chicago Bulls plan to do at the trade deadline. At 14-16, the Bulls are currently sitting in the 9th seed in the Eastern Conference. They are only one game back of the Charlotte Hornets in the 8th seed. […]
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