Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 Chicago high school basketball rankings for Jan. 19, 2020
Bolingbrook returns and Thornton cracks the top five.
Not too many changes this week. There wasn’t any movement in the top tier of teams other than Thornton and Homewood-Flossmoor flipping a bit. It’s the calm before this week’s storm. Things could look very different next Sunday.
Things remain muddy in the third tier of teams. There are a lot of one to three loss squads without much to distinguish them from each other.
New additions
Bolingbrook (15-4): One week out and the Raiders are back. What a week it was too, they knocked off Marian Catholic, Romeoville and Lincoln-Way East.
Dropping out
Lincoln-Way East (12-3): The Griffins jumped into the rankings after beating Corliss to win the Effingham Holiday Tournament. Truthfully they’ve probably only held on this long because so few teams have really stepped up to earn a place over the last month.
With record and last week’s ranking
1. Curie (16-1) 1
At Corliss on Tuesday
2. Evanston (18-0) 2
Tough week ahead
3. Notre Dame (19-2) 3
Faces Morgan Park Monday
4. Bogan (18-2) 4
At Hyde Park Tuesday
5. Thornton (18-0) 6
So good vs. Homewood-Flossmoor
6. Bloom (18-4) 7
Can prove a lot vs. Evanston
7. Young (12-6) 8
DJ Steward scored 28 at Hoophall
8. Homewood-Flossmoor (15-2) 5
Solid win vs. Loyola
9. DePaul Prep (17-2) 9
At St. Laurence on Friday
10. Lincoln Park (15-3) 10
Faces Joliet West Monday
11. Morgan Park (12-6) 14
Solid win at Corliss
12. Marian Catholic (14-5) 12
Lost to Bolingbrook
13. Joliet West (17-2) 13
Jamere Hill to Toledo
14. Stevenson (14-3) 15
Undefeated in North Suburban
15. Glenbrook South (17-2) 16
Dom Martinelli’s supporting cast is solid
16. Niles North (15-3) 17
Handled Deerfield
17. Waubonsie Valley (18-2) 11
Lost to Lyons
18. Mundelein (15-3) 18
Couldn’t handle Dom Martinelli
19. Loyola (19-2) 19
Lost to Homewood-Flossmoor
20. Kankakee (14-1) 20
Can Kays beat Thornton?
21. Oak Forest (17-1) 21
Took down Sandburg
22. St. Charles North (13-3) 22
Beat Batavia
23. Cary-Grove (17-2) 24
Solid three-win week
24. Simeon (12-7) 25
At Morgan Park Thursday
25. Bolingbrook (15-4) NR
Beat Marian Catholic