Top 20 IL Coach of The Year Candidates:
Mike Oliver (Curie)
Gene Heidkamp (Benet)
Perspective Lead. (Mike Smith)
Jerrel Oliver (Hyde Park)
Don Houston (Hillcrest)
Nick Latorre (Hins. Central)
Quin Hayes (GBN)
Brian Hynes (Marist)
Byron Burt (St. Laurence)
James Thomas (DGN)
Illinois Hs Basketball Junkie!
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Opinions, rumors, & news on IL high school basketball run by a variety of different folks. Inside info on transfers, hires/fires & a few jokes.
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- Wayyyy To Early Top 25 Peoria Richwoods Thornton Benet Kenwood Normal Community Metamora York Bloom Mt. Carmel Simeon DePaul Prep DGN Yorkville New Trier GBN Quincy Boilingbrook Curie St. Laurence H-F Riverside B WY GBS Peoria Hs Perspective Lead-Ship
- Top 5 Trainers In IL: ( Based off votes) 1. Sam Franklin 2 Aubery DeNard 3. Felipe Phillips 4. Stan Boateng 5. Marlon London Congratulations! It’s amazing how many kids they have impacted. A lot of trainers out there and they all deserve some appreciation.
- Top 10 2025 Based On Varsity Performance Jeremiah Fears Mike Jones Bradley Longcor Ej Mosley Yaris Irby Keshaun Vaval Antiono Munoz Al Brooks Jacob Rice Jayden Tyler
- 17U AAU Coach of The Year: Jay Brim Y&R: What Brim has accomplished w/ that group this spring & summer has been tremendous! Non-shoe team who recruited kids who could start on most IL shoe teams. Kids obtained offers, & won championships. Most importantly, built a true team!
- Top 2 Shoe Teams IL: 15U: Meanstreets (Nike) Mac Irvin(Nike) 16U: Meanstreets (Nike), IL Wolves (UAA) 17U: Breakaway(UAA) Meanstreets (Nike) Top 3 Non-Shoe Teams IL: 15U: Chi Hoops, My Journey, Greater Purpose 16U: Fund. U, Full Package, Flight Ath, 17U: Mid Pro, Y&R, FVV
- Top 10 2024 IL Players Based On Performance: 2024 was hard. Loaded class Morez Johnson Nojus Indrusaitis Jurrell Baldwin Dekwon Brown Luke Williams Angelo Ciaravino Gianna Cobb Aj Levine JJ Hernandez JeShawn Stevenson
- Top 12 2023 IL Players Based on Performance Now: Darrin Ames Cam Christie Jeremy Fears Asa Thomas Macaleab Rich Owen Freeman Daniel Johnson Ahmad Henderson Brock Harding DeAndre Criag Castillo Brothers
- 2024-2025 IL Top 25: 1.HF 2.Peoria High 3.Peoria Manuel 4.Boilingbrook 5.Kenwood 6.DePaul Prep 7.Quincy 8.Rich Township 9.Waubonise Valley 10.Mt. Carmel 11.Warren 12.Simeon 13.Moline 14.Brother Rice
- Top 6 Schools That Overachieved This Season: Hyde Park (lost HC + top scorer) Marist (lost all top players) Lemont (lost best player) St. Laurence (won 7 gms last yr. all sophs with 20 Ws) Taft (lost HC & players, won conf.) Niles North (graduated best player, still 20 wins)
- Our IL Hs Top 25 St. Rita Simeon Moline Sacred Heart Joliet West Kenwood Evanston Young East St. Louis Brother R. Curie Bloom New Trier Lincoln Way East Metamora GBN Oswego East Benet Boilingbrook Hillcrest Rolling Meadows Hins. Central Lyons Marian Catholic GBS
- Updated Too Early Top 25: St. Rita Simeon Sacred Heart Moline Evanston B.Rice East St. Louis Young Metamora Benet New Trier Oswego East Boilingbrook Bloom Kenwood Curie Joliet West GB South Lincoln Way East R. Meadows GBN Hins. Central Marian Catholic Lyons Hillcrest
- Potential Top 10 IL Coaches of The Year Candidates: 1.Jamere Dismukes HF 2.Jeremy Kreiger Joliet West 3.Zach Ryan Warren 4.Tom kleinschmidt DePaul Prep 5.Lou Adams Rich Township 6.Chris Pickett Kankakee 7.Marvin Jordan Peoria Manual 8.Rick Runaas Lemont 9.Robert Brost

