Willowbrook, another brand new school initiating its first basketball season, will be the first team to stand up against the first Warrior cage team ever assembled. The newly-christened Warriors will travel to Willowbrook tomorrow night.

Though the Warriors will not participate in any conference activities, their schedule is far from an easy one. West Rock. ford, a perennial state power, will host the fledgling Warriors December 11. Notre Dame, who came up with an especially strong squad last year, also awaits Maine West. An all junior quintet, Prospect of Arlington Heights, will face West twice with a strong but inexperienced team. The junior varsity has, in some ways, even a tougher schedule. They will be pitted against teams such as Elgin, Evanston, York, and Blue Island, all strong basketball schools.

Head basketball coach Gaston Freeman plans to meet this new variety of opponents with a radically new style of play. Relegating the old system of guards, forwards, and a center to the ashcan, he has come up with a new brand of offensive basketball. One player, known as a trigger is stationed out in front of the free‑throw circle. He starts the play off by passing to one of the men to his left or right. These men play parallel with the free throw line and are known as pinchers. Two men play in close to the basket. These two are called tights and their job is to snare rebounds and play for the close shots.

Only one letterman, George Verber, is returning to the Warrior's cage squad, though two others saw varsity action last season. Doug Schmidt and Chuck Reid were both reserves on last year's third place team. Bill Wegner and Bob Kunkel played first string junior‑varsity ball last season. Bob Skaleski, a new student to Maine, earned his varsity letter last year in a Chicago high school. Coach Freeman will also be counting on several juniors for bench strength. Bruce Murdock, Mike Rowlee, Doug Halpenny, and Keith Connelly will give the Warriors some depth.