2011 Holiday basketball tournaments

Holiday tournament season is here. Which girls and boys basketball team will win it all? The best of the best are ready to showcase their talents in most cases... it's 4 games in 3 (or 4 days) ALL in one location!!!! For those craving more holiday time "local" basketball, here are the known tournaments.... PROVISO WEST 11 teams in the field of 16 have been ranked during this season or were currently unbeaten at the time of the pairings, highlighting one of the deepest tournament's in the 51 year history of the event. Over the past 50 years the tournament has had 29 players to play in it to go on to professional basketball in the ABA (prior to 1970) and the NBA. There have been 14 teams that have played in this event to later go on to win the Illinois state basketball championship in the same year. Since its inception, over 250 players have participated in this event and later went on to play collegiate basketball at the Division I level. Check out the Bracket by clicking here. NOTE: The 50-plus-year-old tournament will expand to 32 teams next year (2012) according to tournament director Joe Spagnolo. "I got tired of saying 'no' to new teams that wanted to play here," he said in a release. To accommodate the expansion, the tournament will now run over six days, and portable flooring and baskets will be added in the field house. For more on the expansion visit http://pwhoops.com/release20111212.htm. All games can be seen online at http://www.highschoolcube.com/tournaments/proviso-west-51st-annual-holiday-tournament.

PONTIAC TOURNAMENT This basketball tournament is loaded as it will feature four of the top ten high school basketball teams in Illinois (including the nation's #1 ranked team according to ESPN), the top player in the nation from the class of 2013, the state's top prospect from 2012 and the #2 prospects from 2013 and 2014. The top four seeds at this year's Pontiac tournament are Simeon, Warren, Curie and Peoria Manual. To top everything off, the atmosphere is second to none. While all three days at Pontiac figure to have some spectacular games, the final day of action (which includes the final four and championship game) is a must for anyone who is a fan of Illinois high school basketball. This year's event will feature a great deal of star power with Jabari Parker (Chicago Simeon), Marquette-bound Steve Taylor (Chicago Simeon), Kendrick Nunn (Chicago Simeon), Cliff Alexander (Chicago Curie), Devin Foster (Chicago Curie), Malcolm Hill-Bey (Chicago Curie), Western Michigan-bound Darius Paul, Toledo-bound Nathan Boothe (Warren Township), Loyola-bound Jeff White (Peoria Manual), Wright State-bound Jacoby Roddy (Peoria Manual), A.J. Riley (Peoria Manual), Bradley-bound Ka'Darryl Bell (Oak Park-River Forest) and Loyola-bound Quinten Payne (St. Charles North) all expected to compete. And last year, Two-time defending Class 4A state champion Simeon defeated Warren Township to win the title 58-50 ahead of the two teams ultimately meeting for the Class 4A state championship. With that having been said, here are the opening round matchups at Pontiac. Everything gets started Wednesday, December 28 at 9:00am. Complete tournament details can be found at PontiacHolidayTournament.com. The tournament will be broadcast online at http://www.highschoolcube.com/tournaments/pontiac-holiday-tournament HILLCREST HOLIDAY CLASSIC The three-day meet is to be held from Dec. 27 to 29, with the first two rounds scheduled for Day 1. Harlan and Simeon are new to the tournament. Tinley Park, Lockport, T.F. North, St. Ignatius, Stagg, Thornton, Rich South, Sandburg, Oak Forest, Marist, Homewood-Flossmoor, Rich Central, and Thornwood are the other competing schools. No. 1 seed in this year’s Holiday Classic is the home team - Hillcrest followed by Marist, Homewood-Flossmoor and Rich Central. McDIPPER BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT With a talented field that includes preseason top-ranked teams and Thanksgiving tournament champions, the bracket for the Rich South McDipper 39 is all set. Games tip-off Monday, Dec. 26 with a slate of eight games beginning at 9 a.m. For more visit www.McDipper.com. The games can also be seen online at http://www.highschoolcube.com/tournaments/rich-south-mcdipper-high-school-basketball-tournament. MONTINI HOLIDAY CLASSIC The tournament features five games played in four days with the title game being played at 7:45 p.m. Dec. 30. After the opener, Hinsdale South plays No. 10 Montini (11-3) at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 27 and Westinghouse at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 28. OPRF plays No. 23 Marian Catholic (5-3) at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27 and Bogan at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 28. The Chargers play Bogan at 5 p.m. Dec. 27 and Marian Catholic at 6 p.m. Dec. 28. MEDIEVAL CLASSIC HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT The Medieval Classic Tournament begins Monday, December 26th and runs thru Thursday, December 29th. For bracket break-down visit http://www.athletics2000.com/lwe/Documents/MEDIEVAL%20CLASSIC%20PROGRAM%202011.pdf NOTE: Tournament tickets can be used at Lincoln-Way East and Lincoln-Way North. STATE FARM CLASSIC The Classic Tournament, Inc., formerly known as the Classic Organizing Group, is the not-for-profit organization made up of community volunteers that are charged with organizing and operating the State Farm Holiday Classic. This is one of the nation’s largest, coed holiday high school basketball tournaments For over three decades, the Holiday Classic has been a showcase of great talent and unbelievable basketball in Bloomington-Normal. The 2011 tournament will be the 33rd anniversary for one of the nation’s largest, coed high school holiday basketball tournaments. For more information visit http://theclassic.org/ State Farm Holiday Classic by becoming a fan of the tournament’s official facebook page. Get all the latest on participating teams, players, game results and interesting tidbits about the nation’s largest coed holiday high school basketball tournament. MACOMB-WESTERN HOLIDAY BASKETBALL 2011 Macomb-Western Holiday Basketball Tournament which will take place at Western Hall and Macomb High School December 28th through 30th. Historically, the tournament has only seeded the top four teams in order to give the tournament committee flexibility in creating first round matchups. That flexibility is used to avoid first round matchups between two teams from the same conference or two teams which will have already played prior to the tournament. Besides win-loss records, head-to-head, and common opponents, the tournament committee spends the first three weeks of the season scouting all the tournament teams in person to help determine the seedings. This year's top four seeds are: 1) Metamora (7-0) 2) Monmouth-Roseville (8-0) 3) Eureka (5-1) 4) Macomb (6-2) For more visit http://www.holidaybasketball.com/. PEKIN INSURANCE HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT The Pekin Insurance Holiday Tournament in Pekin, Illinois. Although the athletes are members of opposing teams, they are friendly rivals. Their participation in the tournament reflects the essence of interscholastic athletics; to play hard, but fair. We encourage you, as a fan and spectator, to demonstrate good sportsmanship and cooperation to ensure continued success this year and in years ahead. For more information visit http://www.holidaytournament.com/. REDHAWK HOLIDAY CLASSIC Location: Naperville, IL Address: 440 W. Aurora Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 Phone: 630-768-5499 Dates: 12/26/11 - 12/29/11 Ages: Boys - 3/4 - 8th grades; Girls - 4/5 - 8th grades http://www.ilrockets.com/ JAGUARS WINTER BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Location: BLUE ISLAND, IL Address: EISENHOWER H S 12700 SOUTH KEDZIE AVE, BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406 Phone: 708-679-0246 Dates: 12/3/2011 - 12/4/2011 Ages: 3RD GRADE - HIGH SCHOOL / BOYS AND GIRLS Contact: ALLEN DANDRIDGE 708 679-0246 - Please do not contact (spam) ALLEN DANDRIDGE 708 679-0246 for reasons other than the purpose of the listing. Notes: 3RD-HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AND BOYS $175.00 / 3 GAMES MIN/ FIRST PLACE TROPHIES/ GAMES PLAYED AT EISENHOWER HS - RICH CENTRAL HS - WHITNEY YOUNG HS http://www.mofbasketball.com/ As a note of information, many tournaments can be seen via High School Cube web site... http://www.highschoolcube.com/tournaments/

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