Boys Basketball: Top-seed Peoria Notre Dame will try for 3-peat at 58th Plano Christmas Classic

Yorkville Christian earns the No. 2 seed, while Burlington Central grabs the No. 3 seed in 16-team field

Plano Christmas Classic

“This year’s (Plano Christmas Classic) field looks incredible with a bunch of competitive ballclubs and I couldn’t be happier to oversee what should be another great field of teams.”

—  Plano athletic director and tournament manager Jim Schmidt

“It is an honor to be the top team at such a great tournament and we didn’t really know whether we’d get a one, a two, or a three for that matter. But we know whatever our seed, we’re gonna have to play well in order to win a third straight championship. We’ll embrace the honor as No. 1 seed and hopefully we’ll be able to live up to it again.”

—  Peoria Notre Dame boys basketball coach Tom Lacher

“We’ve had some very fine teams that have played extremely well at Plano and I believe this ballclub can be very competitive in this year’s tournament.”

—  Burlington Central boys basketball coach Brett Porto

“We’re excited to be a part of this and it’s the highest we’ve ever been seeded so we’ll take that honor and see how well we can perform at a great tournament.”

—  Yorkville Christian boys basketball coach Aaron Sovern