After losing eight seniors from a 16-win campaign a season ago, St. Charles North entered a nonconference home bout with Naperville North Wednesday night having lost 14 of its first 17 games, including six by five points or less.

Jack Ambrose already had two game-tying 3-point shots notched on his belt.

After having earned its fourth win in their last six games by beating Hoffman Estates at home Tuesday, Glenbard North coach Kevin Tonn stood in his office outside their home court at Neal Hudson Gymnasium and spoke of his team’s recent successes which included splitting its four games at York’s Jack Tosh Holiday Classic.

Please excuse Crystal Lake South boys basketball coach Matt LePage if he forgets what day it is over the next week or so.

After being held to 16 first-half points, St. Charles East’s basketball team rattled off 12 points in the first 2 minutes of the third quarter and fought off a late St. Charles North rally during Friday night’s 42-39 DuKane Conference win by the Saints.

Tanner Dixon’s arrival to the varsity lineup this season is bringing back solid returns for Geneva.

Wheaton Warrenville South may have graduated the majority of its core from last season’s team that reached a sectional final, but the overall makeup and identity of what made that team so lethal has clearly not changed one year later.

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