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No Shot Clock, Ep. 157: Preseason sleepers and storylines

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball.

By Michael O’Brien

Palatine basketball players react with the MSL championship trophy after beating Rolling Meadows last season.

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball.

In this week’s episode we talk about six sleeper teams, six underrated players and six storylines we’ll be following all season.

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