1.

Chicago Whitney Young

9-1

CPL Red-West

Won the Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, SC.  As good as any team in the country with a core of players headlined by five juniors.

2.

Chicago Simeon

9-1

CPL Red-South

Won the Pontiac Holiday Tournament for third year in a row.  Team is starting to gel and pick up steam.  Jabari Parker was MVP at Pontiac.

3.

Chicago Morgan Park

13-1

CPL-Red South

Won the Proviso West Holiday Tournament with an impressive win over Proviso East.  Also made a strong run in Fresno, California.

4.

Belleville East

12-1

Southwestern

Lost at the buzzer in the semifinals of the Collinsville Holiday Tournament to conference rival East St. Louis.  Malcolm Hill was named MVP.

5.

Niles Notre Dame

13-1

East Suburban Catholic

Wheeling Holiday Tournament champions are rolling right along.  Only loss was a tough battle against Morgan Park. 

6.

Proviso East

10-3

West Suburban-Gold

Scored big wins over Benet Academy and Oswego ahead of falling to Morgan Park for the Proviso West title.

7.

Edwardsville

12-1

Southwestern

Carbondale Holiday Tournament champions.  Garrett Covington (Western Illinois) was named MVP with ample support from Tre Harris and Shawn Roundtree.

8.

Marian Catholic

13-1

East Suburban Catholic

Tyler Ulis was named MVP as the team rolled to the title at the McDipper Holiday  Tournament.  Terone Parham is giving the team an added boost.

9.

Cahokia

11-2

South Seven

Centralia Holiday Tournament champions.  Keenan Minor is in the midst of a big senior season.

10.

North Chicago

14-1

North Suburban Conference

State Farm Holiday Classic champions.  Led by a terrific trio of talent in Javarius Amos-Mayes, JayQuan McCloud and Kurt Hall.