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LISTEN: Breaking down the preseason Top 10 | No Shot Clock, Episode 116

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen preview the upcoming high school basketball season.

By  Michael O’Brien
   
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Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen get started on a new season of the podcast. 

The episode opens with a big mailbag of listener questions. After that we break down the preseason Top 10, which is revealed for the first time. The rankings don’t including Public League teams, which allows one program to enter the top ten for the first time ever.

The podcast concludes with a look at the week ahead. 

Topics include:

-How COVID-19 has changed recruiting

-What is the status of Public League basketball?

-How will Evanston look without Jaylin Gibson?

-The issues with ranking teams during this strange season

-Simeon’s impressive run of NBA players

-Which teams were contenders for the number one ranking?

-The upcoming rise of Chicago Catholic League basketball

All that and a ton more.

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