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No Shot Clock

Michael O'Brien and Joe Henricksen's weekly look at Chicago area high school basketball.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 206: Breaking down the 2026 IHSA state finals

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. The season is complete. Mike and Joe discuss the IHSA state finals weekend in Champaign, talking about the games, the crowds and more.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 205: Previewing the 2026 IHSA state finals

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode is all about the IHSA basketball state finals. Mike and Joe preview the matchups in all four classes.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 204: Previewing the IHSA sectionals

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode opens with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe break down the Class 4A sectionals.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 203: Previewing the IHSA regionals

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode opens with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe break down some of the best regionals in the IHSA Class 4A and Class 3A state tournaments.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 202: Breaking down the 3A and 4A state championship contenders

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode opens with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe run take a look at the favorites to win the IHSA state basketball tournament in Class 4A and Class 3A.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 201: Conference quick takes

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode opens with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe run through about a dozen conferences, giving their thoughts on surprise teams and players and notable performances this season.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 200: The Stock Report

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week is the annual Stock Report episode. Mike and Joe decide if they want to buy, sell or hold the stock of every team in the Super 25. We also make decisions on some unranked Class 3A, 2A and 1A teams.

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 199: Answering listener questions

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode opens with Two Takes and then we open the mailbag and answer questions from the listeners. Some of the topics explored include prep schools, Bolingbrook, Pontiac, the current state of the Public League, Glenbrook North, recruiting and much more.

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No Shot Clock Ep. 198: Previewing When Sides Collide

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode starts off with Two Takes, then takes a look at the Public League conference races heading into the final week of the conference season. Up next is a look at the When Sides Collide shootout at Benet, which features Warren vs. Benet, DePaul Prep vs. Marist, Bolingbrook vs. Neuqua Valley and…

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No Shot Clock, Ep. 197: A look at the area's top freshmen

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. It's time to talk about the large group of freshmen producing all over the area. This week's episode opens with Two Takes and then dives into the freshmen, highlighting players from Phillips, Bloom, Jacobs, Young, Mount Carmel, Leo, Lincoln Park, New Trier, Geneva, Thornton, St. Laurence, Notre Dame and…

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