Brock Harding and Brayden Fagbemi could not have entered this season with more dissimilar profiles.

Gene Heidkamp broke down in tears in the middle of his press conference Friday. It’s a sight not typically associated with a winning coach.

Jim Thomas took a few seconds to soak things in before tip-off of Monday’s supersectional, and took a look around the stands at UIC’s Credit Union 1 Arena.

Gene Heidkamp’s Benet basketball team has done almost nothing but win this season.

It took a game-winning shot at the buzzer for Benet to reach Monday’s Class 4A NIU supersectional game against Rockford Auburn.

He just had to grab the ball and put it back up and in. Benet Academy’s Brayden Fagbemi made the biggest play of the game to save the top-ranked Redwings’ season and state title hopes, and he couldn’t really remember all the details, just what was at stake.

At the appropriate time, Benet can look back on its budding, dominant season in a reflective mood.

Benet used its size and athleticism to dominate the glass on both ends to dismantle Bartlett in a convincing 62-38 victory to win the Class 4A Addison Trail regional title — the team’s 15th consecutive win since its only loss of the season on Dec 30.

The Benet Academy boy’s basketball team is certainly fun to watch.

Brady Kunka and his Benet teammates bounded out of the postgame locker room. They could not wait to return to a mob of fans waiting on the court.

Benet needed an extra gear Tuesday night in Arlington Heights.

In the first quarter of Friday’s Pontiac Holiday Tournament semifinal, Benet forward and Dartmouth recruit Niko Abusara threw down a thunderous dunk over a pair of Joliet West defenders.

Most coaches can easily pinpoint what the issues were after most games.

For the first time this season, Benet didn’t reach the 58-point plateau.

Benet Academy basketball coach Gene Heidkamp knew the task at hand heading into Saturday night’s championship game of the St. Charles East/Ron Johnson Thanksgiving Tournament against Proviso East.

Here’s a look at what to expect this winter for the East Suburban Catholic Conference boys basketball teams.

Rolling Meadows, Benet and Wheaton Warrenville South are the top three teams in the Daily Herald’s boys basketball preseason Top 20.

At this state of his career, Benet boys basketball coach Gene Heidkamp is accustomed to the nearly annual drill.