9 players to watch
Wayne Blackshear-Morgan Park- Blackshear is the favorite to win Illinois's Mr. Basketball. The Louisville recruit has dropped 50 points in the past and will do it a numerous amount of times this year.
Tracy Abrams- Mt Carmel- The Caravan's point guard can do it all, as he tries to lead them to a CCL title
Nnanna Egwu- St. Ignatius- The 6-10 future Illini is the backbone of the Wolfpack's team, as teammate Tyrone Straggers and a strong junior class will definitely compete in the CCL
Mike Shaw-De La Salle- A top ranked PF in the country, Shaw will try to get De La Salle down state in his final year.
Sam Thompson-Whitney Young- The Buckeye-to-be has lots of young talent behind him, in what looks like a promising year.
Mycheal Henry-Orr- Another ILL recruit, he will challenge Shaw and Blackshear for Mr. Basketball this year.
Markee Williams- Morgan Park- The 2nd year PG has all the skills to get Blackshear the ball and do a little scoring for himself too.
Tommy Hamilton-Whitney Young- A rare combination of superb post play and 3 ball range makes this sophomore deadly.
Jabari Parker- Simeon- A rising star in Chicago basketball, Parker took Simeon's storied basketball program by storm and received plenty of national attention.
Top Chicago teams
1 Morgan Park
2 Simeon
3 De La Salle
4 Whitney Young
5 Orr
6 Marshall
7 Crane
8 St. Ignatius
9 Mt. Carmel
10 Hales
4 Games you gotta see this year
Jan 13 Simeon vs Morgan Park
Jan 20 Orr vs Young
Feb 19 Simeon vs Benet
Jan 21 De La Salle vs Ignatius