Not only has the Mooseheart boys basketball team advanced to its first IHSA sectional ever, the Red Rambers are enough of a favorite this week that coach Ron Ahrens felt compelled to prop up tonight’s opponent, Chicagoland Jewish Academy.

Such is the bizarre world that is Mooseheart basketball, circa 2012-13.

Mooseheart tonight squares off in an IHSA Class 1A Mooseheart Sectional semifinal against Chicagoland Jewish, a school that – if possible – entered the season carrying just as little basketball cachet as Mooseheart.