Benet Basketball Prepares for 53rd Annual Proviso West Holiday Tournament

The Benet boys basketball team will begin the Proviso West Holiday Tournament on Thursday, December 26, against Foreman High School.  Benet finished 5th in the 32-team tournament last year and is picked as a semifinalist this year by the Chicago Tribune.  The 16th-ranked Redwings will return for the fourth consecutive year to the elite tournament which includes #2 Stevenson, #6 Morgan Park, #9 St. Joseph, #11 Bogan, #13 Proviso East, #22 Hinsdale Central.  The team expects to make a deep run in the tournament and hopes to repeat the 2010 championship.