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LISTEN: No Shot Clock, Ep. 140: This season’s top storylines and sleeper teams

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly discussion of high school basketball is back and all geared up for the first day of the season.

By  Michael O’Brien
   
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Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly discussion of high school basketball is back and all geared up for the first day of the season.

In this episode we discuss some of this year’s stop storylines, break down some sleeper teams that didn’t crack the preseason Super 25 rankings and take a look at the busy Thanksgiving week of games.

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