Here are the pairings for the Proviso West Tournament, in bracket order:
St. Joseph vs. Homewood-Flossmoor
Young vs. Proviso East
Glenbrook North vs. Hillcrest
Morton vs. Von Steuben
Foreman vs. Fenwick
Proviso West vs. New Trier
Zion-Benton vs. TF North
Evanston vs. St. Patrick
A couple points:
-It is very likely that round two will feature two recent rematches, Young vs. H-F (which is happening Sunday night) and Evanston vs. Zion-Benton (which happened last week). Isn’t the whole point of holiday tournaments to see games we don’t get to see during the rest of the season? Something should have been done to make sure that half of the second round wasn’t a rerun.
-I understand that Proviso West is the host, but matching them up against New Trier in the first round really weakens the bottom half of the bracket.
Big Dipper pairings:
Rich East vs. Hales
Seton vs. Morgan Park
Thornton vs. Rich Central
Leo vs. Marian Catholic
Bolingbrook vs. Fenger
Bloom vs. Shepard
Lincoln Park vs. Rich South
Crete-Monee vs. Tinley Park
-The second round should be a blockbuster, with possible matchups of Thornton-Leo and Bolingbrook-Bloom. I’d recommend taking in the first round at Proviso West and then heading to Rich South on the 27th. Overall, Proviso West has five ranked teams and the Big Dipper has seven, although three other Proviso West teams (Hillcrest, St. Joseph, Evanston) were ranked in the pre-season.
