Proviso West Holiday Tournament History  -- The 2010's

2010
Many of the 50 greatest players assembled for the 50 Year Celebration of the Proviso West Holiday Tournament, as the Fifty Year All-Time Team was announced.  On the court, Benet Academy made their first appearance in the event since 1986 and captured their first championship in an exciting 54-50 overtime victory.  The Redwings' Northwestern-bound guard Dave Sobolewski was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.  For the first time since the 1976-77 basketball season, no team that played in the Proviso West Holiday Tournament advanced to the supersectional level of state series play, snapping a 34-year streak.    Results from 2010

TEAMS IN:  Benet Academy, Morgan Park
TEAMS OUT:  Evanston, Whitney Young
 
2011
  
Proviso East wins their first title in twenty years to become the first school to ten Holiday Tournament championships in their 68-55 victory over New Trier.  The Pirates were coached by former All-Tournament Team selection (1990) Donnie Boyce in his first year as coach and the Tournament MVP was Proviso East's Keith Carter, whose dad played on the 1984 Holiday Tournament champions for Proviso West.  Rockford Auburn became the third team from outside the Chicagoland area to play in the event, as the Knights finished in third place.  One of the strangest starts of the tournament began before Game One as Morgan Park was assessed a technical foul for illegal uniforms, but Hinsdale Central elected not to shoot the two free throws.  The Red Devils ended losing the game by a single point.   Results from 2011
TEAMS IN:  Brooks, Rockford Auburn
TEAMS OUT:  Foreman, T.F. North
 
2012
  
The Proviso West Holiday Tournament announced that the 52nd Annual event would expand to 32 teams and that the tournament will be played over six days.  Games on the third, fourth and part of the fifth day will be played simultaneously on two courts, utilizing a state-of-the-art facility with portable floor, baskets and scoreboards in the adjacent fieldhouse and will allow spectators to see both games for a single admission price.

TEAMS IN:  TBA
TEAMS OUT:  None

 
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