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Subject: Re: Chicago Area Top 40 Preseason Rankings

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Date Posted: 15:05:00 10/13/03 Mon
In reply to: Chicago Area Basketball Fan 's message, "Chicago Area Top 40 Preseason Rankings" on 15:03:30 10/13/03 Mon

>After witnessing hundreds of spring and summer league
>games, as well as numerous AAU games this past
>off-season, I have created a list of what I feel is
>the top 40 teams in the Chicago area.
>
>I witnessed numerous team spring and summer league
>games at Oak Park, Harper College, Neuqua Valley,
>Hinsdale South, Reavis, Hillcrest, Columbus Park, De
>La Salle, and many others. Top shootouts I attended
>were the Minuteman Classic, Crystal Lake, Riverside
>Brookfield, Stagg, St. Pat's, Moody Bible (Satellite
>team camps), and I saw games at the Bradley and NIU
>team camps.
>
>Here is just my opinion:
>
>Chicago Area Top 40
>
>**Please note: Hales is not included since they are
>banned from this years state tournament.
>
>1. Homewood-Flossmoor: Very talented, very deep and
>play very well together. They have players that fill
>their roles perfectly. Also, very underrated guards.
>
>2. Von Steuben: Coach Carter has Angel, Ryne, and
>Demetrius to carry the load. Not too mention a 6�8
>wide body that just transferred in. They are loaded
>and ready to make another run downstate.
>
>3. West Aurora: Unbelievable talent and unbelievable
>selfishness. If these guys will learn to play
>together they may be unbeatable.
>
>4. Farragut: Chris Singletary and Ollie Bailey and
>Co. are very tough and the entire team feeds off of
>Ollie Bailey�s energy.
>
>5. Rich Central: Very talented and received even more
>talent this summer in transfers. They may be one year
>away from being dominating.
>
>6. Whitney Young: Very strong, athletic club that
>will sneak up on many this year. Keep an eye on them.
>
>7. Hoffman Estates: Reibel and Mead make up one of
>the best backcourts in the state and h.s. basketball
>is a game of guards. Had a great summer playing
>against all of the states best.
>
>8. Thornton: Will challenge HF in the loaded SICA
>East. Joevan Catron is a man among boys for this
>team. Also, may be one year away from being
>dominating.
>
>9. St. Patrick: Will win the the ESCC. They have a
>very good combination of guards and big men.
>Kleinschmidt, Marino, and Bolger will lead Coach
>Bailey�s team to a great season.
>
>10. Downers Grove South: Bryan Mullins is a solid
>has they come and he�s improved his jumpshot over the
>summer. Trey Bowens is an explosive scorer and they
>just received a 6�6 transfer from out of state. They
>will dethrone Proviso East in the West Suburban Gold.
>
>11. Hillcrest: Jerel McNeal and Maurice Acker make up
>one of the best backcourts in the state. Look for
>McNeal to have a breakout season.
>
>12. Glenbrook North: I may have them a little high
>there consider they lost a lot of key seniors from
>last years team. However, they still have Jon Scheyer
>who is good enough to lead any team downstate.
>
>13. Westinghouse: The House will once again be
>scrappy, quick, and athletic. If Jamarcus Ellis gets
>his head on straight, they may have the potential to
>challenge Von Steuben as the best team in the city.
>
>14. Oak Park: They had a tremendous summer and are
>the team to beat in the West Suburban Silver. Chris
>Cornelius is very versatile and they have a good
>combination of guards and big men. Al Allen�s best
>team in years.
>
>15. Niles West: Didn�t play much together this summer
>due to injuries and AAU, so they may not begin to jell
>until later in the season, but when they do, watch
>out. Very talented group. Needs to find someone to
>replace last years key roleplayer in Jimmy Thenigil
>(sp.).
>
>16. Fenwick: Vince Humphrey, Kelvin Johnson, and
>Peter Flowers will be the top 3 players for the Friars
>who will once again be favorites in the Catholic
>league. Coach Quinn will need Blake Nielsen needs to
>step up to take some pressure off Flowers on the
>inside.
>
>17. St. Joseph: Tony Freemen and Johnathon Peoples
>will do the bulk of the scoring with Akeem Miskedeem
>getting them the ball. However, the lack of any
>quality big men will hurt coach Pingatore�s Chargers,
>especially against St. Pat�s.
>
>18. Schaumburg: NIU recruits Pancratz and Reichel,
>will lead the Saxons in the Mid Suburban League.
>Pancratz continues to get better and better. Should
>be an interesting race in their conference.
>
>19. Riverside Brookfield: The top team in the
>Suburban Prairie Conference, won the Hinsdale South
>Summer League. The Bulldogs have become a pretty good
>program in the Chicago Area under Coach Tom Mc Closkey
>the past two years. This year may be his best at RB
>with guards Britt Davis and Fiore Buccieri leading the
>way on a very balanced team.
>
>20. Leyden: Leyden won�t sneak up on anyone this
>year. Big man Aaron Jimenez and swing man Marcus
>Green tore it up with Full Package�s 16 team this past
>year. Coach Ken Davis is a coach on the rise and he�s
>going to have his break out season with the Eagles
>this year.
>
>21. Joliet: Ohio signee Jeremy Fears can take over a
>game. The key to Joliet�s success will be how all of
>the others step up around him. If Fears gets everyone
>involved they will be very tough to beat.
>
>22. Proviso West: Joe Ballard is a very underated
>guard in the Chicago Area. Look for him and Wayne
>Hampton to be a solid 1-2 punch for the Panthers. How
>much has Albert Reese improved?? He could be the
>missing piece to the puzzle for Coach Miller�s first
>team.
>
>23. Simeon: Tim Green and Calvin Brock will be a very
>good 1-2 punch for the Wolverines.
>
>24. Gordon Tech: Mike Davis improved tremendously
>this spring/summer playing for Mike Mullin�s Illinois
>Wolves. Chris Lee is a very good scorer inside and
>out. The main question for Coach Bogumil is, who will
>run the point?
>
>25. Evanston: Not quite as much talent as last year�s
>team that advanced to the semifinals. Gordon Watt
>will have to be a leader. However, his supporting
>cast isn�t quite as strong as it was last year.
>
>26. Reavis: Coach Jim Tracy consistently has teams
>that win 20 games. This may be the best of his teams
>at Reavis. 6�7 center Ian Jones is a 3 year varsity
>player who will be looked upon to be their leader.
>
>27. Prairie Ridge: Brett Cole and Todd Babbington
>make this a very tough team to beat in the Fox Valley
>Conference.
>
>28. Warren: Coach Chuck Ramsey�s teams are always
>relatively unknown, but always are consistently good.
>This year should be no different for the Blue Devils.
>
>29. Neuqua Valley: Kyle Carrabine and Billy Parrish
>will lead Todd Sutton�s squad in the Upstate Eight
>Conference. Look for Freshman shooter Johnny Rice to
>make some noise on the varsity.
>
>30. Brother Rice: This may be very low for the
>Crusaders considering the run Pat Richardson has had
>with this team and the talent of Bobby Frasor.
>However, their lack of solid defense and a strong
>rebounding force hurt them this summer. If they can
>find it, look for this team to skyrocket in the
>rankings.
>
>31. East Aurora: Terry Jeffers is a solid all-around
>player. They will challenge Neuqua Valley in the
>Upstate Eight.
>
>32. Proviso East: The Pirates ranked 32?? Third
>place in the WSC Gold??? This was a summer of disarray
>for the team, playing with out a coach. However,
>Coach Chatman will have his hands full trying to get
>these individuals (Mickey Perry) to play together as a
>team. If he can, they may be very very good.
>
>33. Barrington: Jason Richards just keeps getting
>better and better. Look for Barrington to give
>Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg a run for their money
>in the Mid Suburban League.
>
>34. Curie: I honestly can�t name a single player on
>this team. However, after seeing them play about 5
>times this summer, they are very good. They are very
>unselfish and Mike Oliver has a lot to be optimistic
>about for this years team.
>
>35. Leo: NIU got a big time recruit in Frank Clair.
>Look for this years Lions to make some noise in the
>Catholic League and a serious run for the Class A
>state title.
>
>36. Bloom: Look for Johnathon Austin to be a very
>tough talent in the SICA East. This league is
>absolutely loaded. Bloom has the talent to win almost
>any other conference in the state.
>
>37. Waubonsie Valley: Mason Stewart and Jarret
>Starwood are to very solid guards for Coach Dave
>Saurbaugh�s (sp.) team. Look for them to challenge
>Neuqua Valley and East Aurora for the conference title.
>
>38. New Trier: Don�t ever count out a team coached by
>Rick Malnati.
>
>39. Zion Benton: Julian Lott will pick up the scoring
>for the graduated Andre White. This team will
>surprise a lot of people along the way.
>
>40. Rich South: Kenny Gordon is a very solid talent
>for the stars. They too play in a super conference,
>but they will challenge Rich Central for the crown.
>
>Best of the rest (these teams have an opportunity to
>break the top 40 as the year goes on in no particular
>order):
>Lake Park, Berwyn-Cicero Morton, Downers Grove North,
>Jacobs, Wheaton North, Wheaton Warrenville South,
>Glenbrook South, Hubbard, Morgan Park, Thornridge,
>Romeoville, Lane Tech, Glenbard South, Sycamore,
>Chicago Orr, Chicago Prosser

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