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The Fall signing period for college basketball is finally here.  While most everyone has now been saturated with analysis on the part of the national gurus, we prefer to keep things simple by focusing on Illinois-based recruits from the class of 2011. As is the case with any other state that is regarded as…

Everyone who follows basketball at Proviso East is aware of the school’s top two college prospects–6’5 2013 wing Sterling Brown and 5’11 2013 combo guard Paris Lee.  After all, both are D1 recruits, with Lee having committed to Illinois State University and Brown being strongly pursued by a number of high major programs. However, a…

Maybe some people are simply bored and scrambling for information because they can’t go out on account of the current blizzard that has hit the entire state of Illinois.  What is more likely is that there is a greater tendency to blow things out of proportion with respect to basketball…

Since the high school basketball season started in Illinois there have been a number of players who have turned in notable performances.  They include those who continue to enhance their stock and are beginning to establish a national reputation, some who remain unheralded and under the radar, and even a few…