Another day of team previews, focusing on some of the Chicago Public League schools to keep an eye on this season. Curie The physical, versatile frontcourt of Chikasi Ofoma and Jeremy Harrington is back. Both are serious double-double threats and…
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Available 2023 Prospects: Top Point Guards
The season is quickly approaching and a number of seniors have already made their college decisions. But there are still plenty of uncommitted 2023 players who should have big senior seasons and project well to the next level. This is…
Summer AAU Awards: 17U
AAU is over for high schoolers, so we're releasing awards for the month of July. These are only based on the summer AAU season games. For this set of awards, we are grouping players by graduating class, even if they…
17U Teams That Have Stood Out
AAU season is about a week ago, with some of the bigger in-state tournaments still on the horizon. There have been a number of teams and individual players who have had big springs and summers. And we will release July…
Illinois Standouts From NY2LA Sports Swish N’ Dish
I was at the NY2LA Sports Swish N’ Dish tournament in Milwaukee this weekend to kick off the AAU season. There were a number of Illinois teams that I wasn’t able to see at this event, but here are the…
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Standouts From Benet “When Sides Collide” Shootout
I was only able to stay for the first three games of the shootout unfortunately, so I missed what sounded like a great final meeting between Benet and Ignatius. But, I will still provide provide general write-ups on some of…
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Week 7: Players of the Week
Aaron Onesimus (6'4 SG, Schaumburg Christian 2022) Onesimus is averaging 37 points a game on the season, so maybe a 51 point game doesn't seem like that big of a deal. But that's still a notable performance in game that…
Week 4 Players of the Week
It was a slower week than usual with finals at schools and a number of cancellations. But here are the players of the week for this fourth week of the season. Aaron Onesimus (6’2 SG, Schaumburg Christian 2022) The ridiculous…
College Projections for the Top 10 (Plus 2) Prospects in the 2023 Class
Similar to the post on the 2022s, this list will project out the top 10 2023s in the state, along with two out-of-state transfers. 1. JJ Taylor (6'7 SF, Kenwood) Projection: Star Two-Way Wing Most College-Ready Trait: Scoring off the…
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July Awards: 2023 Prospects
Here are our July awards for the 2023 class. Similar to the 2022 awards, this is only for 2023 prospects who are currently at a school in Illinois. Most Outstanding Player of July JJ Taylor (6'7 SF, Mac Irvin Fire/Kenwood)…