1. Curie
Record: 9-0. Last Week 1.
Top seed in loaded Pontiac field.
2. Simeon
Record: 6-0. Last week: 3.
Madison Lowery is an unsung performer.
3. Morgan Park
Record: 6-1. Last week: 2.
Romelo Burrell was big in loss to Simeon.
4. Evanston
Record: 10-1. Last week: 4.
Beat LeBron James’ school in Ohio.
5. Joliet West
Record: 9-0. Last week: 5.
Put up 92 against Plainfield South, including 29 in the first quarter.
6. Bolingbrook
Record: 6-0. Last week: 6.
Team to beat at Hinsdale Central.
7. Kenwood
Record: 8-1. Last week: 7.
Spending holiday tournament week in Mo.
8. Young
Record: 5-2. Last week: 8.
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Big test vs. Simeon Wednesday at UIC.
9. Fenwick
Record: 8-0. Last week: 12.
No trouble with De La Salle.
10. Uplift
Record: 8-2. Last week: 10.
Demarius Jacobs showed out in loss to Missouri power.
11. North Lawndale
Record: 8-2. Last week: 9.
Lost a thriller with Young.
12. Orr
Record: 4-1. Last week: 14.
Return makes Red-West a real grind.
13. Oak Park
Record: 9-1. Last week: 17.
Lone loss to Fenwick in OT.
14. Homewood-Flossmoor
Record: 7-1. Last week: 18.
Beat Bloom (6-2) for second time.
15. Fremd
Record: 9-0. Last week: 20.
18-of-21 free-throw shooting in convincing win over Notre Dame.
16. Conant
Record: 8-2. Last week: unranked.
Rebounded from Fremd loss to beat Barrington, Benet.
17. Marist
Record: 8-0. Last week: unranked.
Tough ESCC tests to come.
18. Thornton
Record: 5-3. Last week: 16.
Among the Big Dipper favorites.
19. Hillcrest
Record: 7-3. Last week: unranked
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Proviso West tournament sleeper.
20. Brother Rice
Record: 8-2. Last week: unranked.
Losses to Joliet West and Oak Park.
On the verge: Geneva 9-0, Jacobs 8-0, St. Charles North 8-1, St. Rita 5-2, Stevenson 7-1.
Mike Helfgot is a freelance reporter for the baiduhai.