Dundee-Crown has some marquee teams this year like Fenwick, New Trier and Naperville Central, but I am nominating the newly revamped Suburban Holiday Showcase as the place to be this holiday basketball season.
The tournament has changed to a six-team, round-robin format. Each school will host three games during the tournament, which features four teams ranked in the Sun-Times’ Super 25: Loyola, Niles West, Trinity and Stevenson.
The schedule:
Saturday, Dec. 19
At Stevenson
Loyola vs. Niles West, noon
Lake Zurich vs. Trinity, 1:30 p.m.
Stevenson vs. Barrington, 3 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 21
At Lake Zurich
Loyola vs. Barrington, 4 p.m.
Niles West vs. Trinity, 5:30 p.m.
Lake Zurich vs. Stevenson, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22
At Niles West
Trinity vs. Barrington, 4 p.m.
Stevenson vs. Loyola, 5:30 p.m.
Niles West vs. Lake Zurich, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 26
At Loyola
Niles West vs. Barrington, noon
Trinity vs. Stevenson, 1:30 p.m.
Loyola vs. Lake Zurich, 3 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 28
At Trinity
Barrington vs. Lake Zurich, 4 p.m.
Niles West vs. Stevenson, 5:30 p.m.
Trinity vs. Loyola, 7 p.m.