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No Shot Clock

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★★★★★
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100 episodes
Language
English
Date created
2014/12/02
Latest episode
2026/03/15
Average duration
38 min.
Release period
8 days

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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
2026/03/15
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 205: Previewing the 2026 IHSA state finals
2026/03/11
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 204: Previewing the IHSA sectionals
2026/03/03
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 203: Previewing the IHSA regionals
2026/02/24
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 202: Breaking down the 3A and 4A state championship contenders
2026/02/17
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 201: Conference quick takes
2026/02/10
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 200: The Stock Report
2026/02/03
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.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 199: Answering listener questions
2026/01/27
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.
No Shot Clock Ep. 198: Previewing When Sides Collide
2026/01/20
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 New Trier vs. Oswego East.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 197: A look at the area's top freshmen
2026/01/13
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 Simeon.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 196: Reviewing the holiday tournaments
2026/01/06
Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode is all about the holiday tournaments. Mike and Joe give their Two Takes and then dive in to the biggest holiday happenings. From Pontiac and the Big Dipper to Elgin, Hinsdale Central, York, Kankakee and Centralia.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 195: Previewing the holiday tournaments
2025/12/22
Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode is all about the holiday tournaments. Mike and Joe break down the brackets at Pontiac, York, the Big Dipper, Centralia, Pekin, Hinsdale Central, Wheeling, Elgin, Plano, DeKalb and more.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 194: Six surprises from the first month of the season
2025/12/16
Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode begins with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe each pick three surprising things from the first month of the season. From unexpected Super 25 happenings to strange team schedules and much more.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 193: First impressions of the season
2025/12/09
Joe Henricksen and Michael O'Brien's weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode begins with our Two Takes and then Mike and Joe break down some first impressions this season, talking about teams, players and trends that have caught their eye over the first few weeks.
No Shot Clock, Ep. 192: Unheralded teams off to great starts
2025/12/02
Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week's episode opens with Two Takes and then Mike and Joe dive into some teams off to nice starts to the season that were not discussed in the preseason. Several teams included (hello, Vernon Hills) that may never have been discussed before on the show.

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4.9 out of 5
97 reviews
★★★★★
southsider2323 2025/11/20
Major story
All I hear in this major story is “Major story: we’re biased to the north and west burbs because we spend significantly more time watching there.” We’...
★★★★★
Zequels 2024/02/19
Excellent Podcast
Nothing compares to this podcast. Mike and Joe break down high school hoops inside and out.
★★★★★
Chi Guy 4 Life 2021/10/26
Great Podcast
Just an awesome weekly podcast from two guys that cover Chicago area high school basketball. Nothing like it. It is deeply missed during the summer an...
★★★★★
BBallMatt29 2019/02/07
Super Knowledgable
Mike and Joe are the two most knowledgable and plugged in media guys for HS basketball in the Chicago-area. They've got a great back and fourth that m...
★★★★★
Lomikey 2019/02/05
Information Central
So informative and entertaining. They do a great job.
★★★★★
CoachL8N 2018/12/10
Great content!
Thanks for all you’re doing to cover high school boys basketball in Chicago! Can you go more in depth into the style of play of the teams you’re cover...
★★★★★
Moselert 2018/12/06
Great show
Their combined knowledge of HS basketball for the state is unmatched. Very informative, entertaining to listen to.
★★★★★
Blah Blah Bruh 2018/11/20
Best in the game
The only thing bad about this podcast is the intro music. Joe and Michael do an excellent job covering high school hoops in the Chicago area.
★★★★★
mecormany 2017/11/07
The Best
Love High School basketball and love this podcast. Listen every week. My only complaint is it's not recorded more often and no matter what the length ...
★★★★★
Illini17 2017/02/20
Great Job
Michael and Joe know their Chicago area HS hoops and do a great job telling us about it. Enjoy the mailbag features and their takes on some of the in...
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