State champion Whitney Young's coach Tyrone Slaughter and city champion Simeon's coach Rob Smith sit down with ABC7 to discuss the upcoming Chicago Elite Classic and Champion of Life Workshop.

Quietly one of the best season-opening events in high school basketball each season, the 2017 Chicago Elite Classic tips off on Friday.

Tyler Ulis, Jayson Tatum, Jabari Parker, Markelle Fultz, Jahlil Okafor and Stanley Johnson are alums of the event, and the 2017 version once again promises plenty of nationwide starpower. This weekend, Whitney Young boys basketball coach Tyrone Slaughter’s and Simeon boys basketball coach Robert Smith’s teams play hosts to squads from as far as Kansas and South Carolina.

For the sixth year, the Chicago Elite Classic showcases local and nationally ranked basketball teams from around the country at the UIC Pavilion this weekend.