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greg775 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 My two alma maters, Brother Rice and Benet, are both going to state in different classifications. I went to BR my first two years; Benet the next two. I'm more of a BR fan for some reason (probably since you always have a soft spot for where you grew up) but I do love the Redwings, too. I enjoyed the coed aspect of Benet, but Rice was outstanding as well. Happy memories. Anyhow I've watched some BR games this year and third-year ageless coach Conte Stamas must truly be a genius. Three seasons of incredible winning records and now his first trip to state as a coach in 25 years or so I think I read. Would be a shame to lose in the semis to St. Patrick especially since we proved we can beat DePaul Prep earlier this year. Benet is ranked No. 2 overall in the state and has placed second I think three times but never won it all. I don't think Rice has won it all either, but the Crusaders are in a smaller class this year; Benet the large class. I forget who Benet plays in the semis, Evanston I think, but Benet is for real. They've got a major college guy I believe in the starting lineup and a great coach. Rice hit a rough patch late in the season where it lost to Marist and Mt Carmel and St. Larry but now has won six in a row. Benet is a juggernaut. Hope they both win it and hope the lack of a shot clock is not a factor in any of the state games. p.s. I love Rice despite getting hosed over by the basketball coach. Back in the day they didn't scout grade schools. Rice's old coach held tryouts in gym class. We scrimmaged and the ball didn't come to me and I was just average in the scrimmage and got cut despite being on the city league champ Queen of Martyrs team. Only one guy from our team made the Rice team because of the stupid tryout system. ... I also got cut from Rice baseball tryouts. I survived the first one. The second one i was competing with 30 other kids at 3B. No errors. But when we got to bat, some pitcher was busting off curves (even though coach said they'd all be fastballs) and I kept fouling them off. As I feared my name was not on the list the next day. Sad memories of getting cut. Skills rusted too much much by the time I headed to Benet and didn't try out. I had to settle for CC. Yuck. Go Rice; Go Benet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 10 hours ago, greg775 said: My two alma maters, Brother Rice and Benet, are both going to state in different classifications. I went to BR my first two years; Benet the next two. I'm more of a BR fan for some reason (probably since you always have a soft spot for where you grew up) but I do love the Redwings, too. I enjoyed the coed aspect of Benet, but Rice was outstanding as well. Happy memories. Anyhow I've watched some BR games this year and third-year ageless coach Conte Stamas must truly be a genius. Three seasons of incredible winning records and now his first trip to state as a coach in 25 years or so I think I read. Would be a shame to lose in the semis to St. Patrick especially since we proved we can beat DePaul Prep earlier this year. Benet is ranked No. 2 overall in the state and has placed second I think three times but never won it all. I don't think Rice has won it all either, but the Crusaders are in a smaller class this year; Benet the large class. I forget who Benet plays in the semis, Evanston I think, but Benet is for real. They've got a major college guy I believe in the starting lineup and a great coach. Rice hit a rough patch late in the season where it lost to Marist and Mt Carmel and St. Larry but now has won six in a row. Benet is a juggernaut. Hope they both win it and hope the lack of a shot clock is not a factor in any of the state games. p.s. I love Rice despite getting hosed over by the basketball coach. Back in the day they didn't scout grade schools. Rice's old coach held tryouts in gym class. We scrimmaged and the ball didn't come to me and I was just average in the scrimmage and got cut despite being on the city league champ Queen of Martyrs team. Only one guy from our team made the Rice team because of the stupid tryout system. ... I also got cut from Rice baseball tryouts. I survived the first one. The second one i was competing with 30 other kids at 3B. No errors. But when we got to bat, some pitcher was busting off curves (even though coach said they'd all be fastballs) and I kept fouling them off. As I feared my name was not on the list the next day. Sad memories of getting cut. Skills rusted too much much by the time I headed to Benet and didn't try out. I had to settle for CC. Yuck. Go Rice; Go Benet. The intramural champs would have beaten the varsity team when I was there. I am not joking in the least bit and the game wouldn't have been close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said: The intramural champs would have beaten the varsity team when I was there. I am not joking in the least bit and the game wouldn't have been close. Wow! Was it coach Kellogg I think his name was? Was there a poor tryout system when u were there, too? I had a bold friend who was our best player at Martyrs who got cut like me. He went up to the coach and said 'I am better than anybody here. I want a real tryout.' Coach let him come to play with the returnees and he got added to the team. He only lasted a year or two and transferred to Naperville. I still want to hear why he transferred. The coach at Rice ultimately added a kid from Martyrs who didn't even make our grade school juggernaut team. WTF? Talk about a good team ... the Martyrs squad won the St. Anselm tourney and we only lost one game all year and our coach had us entered in a ton of events. Fun. Edited March 11 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Yes not sure what year you got out of Rice but players at that time knew the team was a joke and elected to not play. Nowadays sports are more important to schools and there is a level of importance put into them that there was not in years past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WhiteSox2023 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Brother Rice beats St. Patrick, advances to first state title game in school history Brother Rice (31-6) will play DePaul Prep in the Class 3A title game at 6 p.m. Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 17 hours ago, Harry Chappas said: Yes not sure what year you got out of Rice but players at that time knew the team was a joke and elected to not play. Nowadays sports are more important to schools and there is a level of importance put into them that there was not in years past. That's wild the good players "elected to not play," in your words. Man I'd have given anything to make the basketball team or baseball team. Of course it'd be no fun being noncompetitive if he was picking lousy players. It's amazing how times have changed. From picking a damn roster from the performance of kids in gym class to now high school coaches knowing which grade school players are must-gets in recruiting ... incredible. I bet Rice's head coach never watched our Q of M city championship team play one game. We had 3-4 guys who should have started for Rice or at least made the team. ... Back in the day there were too many kids trying out for baseball. They had to have tryouts per position. The days I tried out were for third basemen and shortstops and there was no hope of making the team. Rice did have a good baseball coach then who may have scouted the Little Leagues a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 hours ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Rice to the final Proud of the players and coach Conte Stamas. First trip to state finals in school history. So can we win? DePaul Prep for some reason is a powerhouse going for their third title in a row. Guess we have to hope the 3-ball is falling. I think Rice beat Prep by one earlier this season on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Well, Benet won tonight so the two high schools I attended are in 3A and 4A finals. That's pretty crazy when you think about it. Anybody have a link for me how I can purchase both games livestream? I fear I'm gonna go 0-for-2 on Saturday night. Rice and Benet playing tough foes in their finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 11 hours ago, greg775 said: Well, Benet won tonight so the two high schools I attended are in 3A and 4A finals. That's pretty crazy when you think about it. Anybody have a link for me how I can purchase both games livestream? I fear I'm gonna go 0-for-2 on Saturday night. Rice and Benet playing tough foes in their finals. It's free over the air in Chicago. Think you're in kc so don't think that helps. But sure someway to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 (edited) 2 hours ago, Buehrle>Wood said: It's free over the air in Chicago. Think you're in kc so don't think that helps. But sure someway to get it. Yep, it’s on WCIU (26.1) at 6:00 PM tonight. It’s also available other ways according to this tweet… Edited March 15 by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 My son is the big dork in all orange body paint and a toga. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Obviously BR did not practice enough against the full court press. They looked absolutely clueless against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 (edited) Imagine losing a state championship because one of your players fouled a guy on a completely off-center 3-point attempt at the end of regulation time. Brutal. But if BR knew what to do against the full court press it probably wouldn’t have mattered. It looked like DePaul could have blown out BR if they used the full court press earlier. Edited March 16 by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Imagine losing a state championship because one of your players fouled a guy on a completely off-center 3-point attempt at the end of regulation time. Brutal. But if BR knew what to do against the full court press it probably wouldn’t have mattered. It looked like DePaul could have blown out BR if they used the full court press earlier. I watched the two overtimes and now am watching Benet. ... High school bball needs a damn shot clock. So whoever gets the first bucket in OT basically stalls the rest of the way? Great. Rice had three point shooters and we woulda won if there was a shot clock. ... Not sure what you are talking about on the 3 pointer. Should we have fouled before the shot to send them to the line for two free throws with us up three? Was it a mistake letting the guy shoot since it was stall ball time? Then that stupid rule where the clock keeps running after baskets that killed Rice at the end. Bottom line is you can't blow a 9 point lead in the fourth quarter when you can stall and march to the FT line and run out the clock. I'm not complaining though. We should have beat DePaul again but it's so tough to get downstate I'm proud of the boys for second place. Might be a while before we get back to Champaign though. Odds are against it with so much talent in greater Chicago area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 25 minutes ago, greg775 said: I watched the two overtimes and now am watching Benet. ... High school bball needs a damn shot clock. So whoever gets the first bucket in OT basically stalls the rest of the way? Great. Rice had three point shooters and we woulda won if there was a shot clock. ... Not sure what you are talking about on the 3 pointer. Should we have fouled before the shot to send them to the line for two free throws with us up three? Was it a mistake letting the guy shoot since it was stall ball time? Then that stupid rule where the clock keeps running after baskets that killed Rice at the end. Bottom line is you can't blow a 9 point lead in the fourth quarter when you can stall and march to the FT line and run out the clock. I'm not complaining though. We should have beat DePaul again but it's so tough to get downstate I'm proud of the boys for second place. Might be a while before we get back to Champaign though. Odds are against it with so much talent in greater Chicago area. Totally agreed. The no shot clock is completely ridiculous. I was thinking the same thing as I watched the entire game. The play I am referring to was at the end of the game in regulation and BR had the lead. The BR kid fouled an Asian kid on DePaul as he was taking a wild 3 point attempt. The kid ended up making all 3 free throws and that’s what blew the game for BR in regulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Totally agreed. The no shot clock is completely ridiculous. I was thinking the same thing as I watched the entire game. The play I am referring to was at the end of the game in regulation and BR had the lead. The BR kid fouled an Asian kid on DePaul as he was taking a wild 3 point attempt. The kid ended up making all 3 free throws and that’s what blew the game for BR in regulation. Ugh. I'm sick the boys and coach Stamas couldn't bring home the gold. It's so tough to win state in Illinois it could take decades to make it back there. Kudos for making it this far and leading by 7 or 9 in the fourth quarter. ... My other school Benet hung on to win first state title in history. I went to both schools so it was quite a night watching the Rice and Benet games. Edited March 16 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Everyone make fun of @Brian. Warren still can't do what Stevenson did when we had Brunson and win a state championship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/16/2025 at 9:15 AM, Rowand44 said: Everyone make fun of @Brian. Warren still can't do what Stevenson did when we had Brunson and win a state championship! The 4 classes waters things down greatly. Brother Rice was a nice team but not something that I thought would be a state champ. The IHSA has kind of killed the feel of being special but I guess it is high school sports and that isn't necessarily the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/16/2025 at 9:15 AM, Rowand44 said: Everyone make fun of @Brian. Warren still can't do what Stevenson did when we had Brunson and win a state championship! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted Tuesday at 04:30 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:30 PM I'm proud I helped turn this thread into a Brother Rice thread, nyuk nyuk. Just kidding. I love Bro Rice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago On 3/25/2025 at 11:30 AM, greg775 said: I'm proud I helped turn this thread into a Brother Rice thread, nyuk nyuk. Just kidding. I love Bro Rice. It's sad I'm not on any Bro Rice alumni lists cause I only went there the first two years and am not technically an alumni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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