The state’s best holiday boys basketball tournament appears to be the 81st annual Pontiac tournament.
The tournament begins Dec. 28 and features four teams from the YourSeason.com Super 25: No. 1 Simeon, No. 4 Curie, No. 9 Warren and No. 24 West Aurora.
Newcomer St. Charles North, which replaced Schaumburg, will makes its debut against Oak Park-River Forest.
The complete tournament bracket can be found at www.pontiacholidaytournament.com.
The first-round pairings:
West Aurora vs. Danville, 9 a.m.
Curie vs. Niles West, 10:30 a.m.
Joliet West vs. Waukegan, 1 p.m.
Warren vs. Plainfield North, 2:30 p.m.
East Moline vs. Lockport, 4 p.m.
Simeon vs. Bloomington, 6 p.m.
Peoria Manual vs. Pontiac, 7:30 p.m.
Oak Park-River Forest vs. St. Charles North, 9 p.m.
