Defending state champion H-F hoops not expecting a drop off

This won’t be the same Homewood-Flossmoor boys basketball team that won the Class 4A state championship last winter. Many of the key pieces are gone. Bryce Howard, the blue chip player who everybody knew, graduated early and now plays for NC State. Gianni Cobb is in New York playing at Columbia. Carson Brownfield and Mac Hagemaster are at Lewis University.  Nobody told the Vikings, though. Ask around practice and they’ll say this t