Teddy’s Week 3 Illinois Top 40

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We're now two weeks into the Illinois Basketball season. And for the third week in a row, we'll have a new #1 team in Illinois. This week, it's Normal. The Ironmen are 5-0 and coming off a big rivalry win over Normal West. While they haven't had that "statement win", they're expected to play some high-level competition coming up. This includes Peoria Manual Dec 8, Thornton Dec 16, Richwoods Jan 12, and DePaul Prep Jan 20. They'll also face Metamora and Moline later in the season. On the team, [player_tooltip player_id='1172774' first='Braylon' last='Roman'] has shown so much. An athletic, versatile combo guard who has bounce in transition and makes all the right reads defensively. He also displayed plenty of confidence shooting the ball. [player_tooltip player_id='1157233' first='Jaheem' last='Webber'] has also put together a nice season. A dominant force inside who earns buckets the hard way and a big time rim protector. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the biggest climbers this week was Warren. The Blue Devils picked up two big as they took down Bolingbrook and New Trier. Their lone loss was a close game to Mt. Carmel. Another big climber was Bloom, who went on the road and beat Thornton. The Trojans sit at 4-1 with their lone loss coming against Homewood-Flossmor. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Five new teams join the rankings. St. Patrick, Lindblom, Lincoln Park, Riverside-Brookfield, and Rockford Guilford. Guilford is the only team to re-enter the rankings after knocking off Simeon 62-57. [player_tooltip player_id='1282464' first='Malachi' last='Johnson'] continues to evolve and could be Rockford's MVP this season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Full Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Rank</strong></td><td><strong>School</strong></td><td><strong>Record</strong></td><td><strong>Prev. Rank</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>1</strong></td><td><strong>Normal</strong></td><td>5-0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2</strong></td><td><strong>DGN</strong></td><td>5-0</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td><strong>3</strong></td><td><strong>Thornton</strong></td><td>5-1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td><strong>4</strong></td><td><strong>Mt. Carmel</strong></td><td>6-1</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td><strong>5</strong></td><td><strong>Metamora</strong></td><td>2-2</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td><strong>6</strong></td><td><strong>H-F</strong></td><td>6-1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td><strong>7</strong></td><td><strong>Bloom</strong></td><td>4-1</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td><strong>8</strong></td><td><strong>Kenwood</strong></td><td>5-1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><strong>9</strong></td><td><strong>Peoria Richwoods</strong></td><td>6-1</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td><strong>10</strong></td><td><strong>DePaul Prep</strong></td><td>6-0</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td><strong>11</strong></td><td><strong>Quincy</strong></td><td>4-0</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td><strong>12</strong></td><td><strong>De La Salle</strong></td><td>5-0</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><strong>13</strong></td><td><strong>East St. Louis</strong></td><td>2-0</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td><strong>14</strong></td><td><strong>Curie</strong></td><td>4-1</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td><strong>15</strong></td><td><strong>Warren</strong></td><td>6-1</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td><strong>16</strong></td><td><strong>Benet</strong></td><td>4-0</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td><strong>17</strong></td><td><strong>Brother Rice</strong></td><td>6-0</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td><strong>18</strong></td><td><strong>Marist</strong></td><td>6-0</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td><strong>19</strong></td><td><strong>St. Patrick</strong></td><td>5-2</td><td>NR</td></tr><tr><td><strong>20</strong></td><td><strong>Glenbrook North</strong></td><td>5-0</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td><strong>21</strong></td><td><strong>Bolingbrook</strong></td><td>4-1</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td><strong>22</strong></td><td><strong>Whitney Young</strong></td><td>2-2</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td><strong>23</strong></td><td><strong>Lincoln Park</strong></td><td>3-1</td><td>NR</td></tr><tr><td><strong>24</strong></td><td><strong>Sterling</strong></td><td>6-0</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td><strong>25</strong></td><td><strong>Lindblom</strong></td><td>2-1</td><td>NR</td></tr><tr><td><strong>26</strong></td><td><strong>Glenbrook South</strong></td><td>5-1</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td><strong>27</strong></td><td><strong>New Trier</strong></td><td>5-1</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td><strong>28</strong></td><td><strong>Riverside-Brookfield</strong></td><td>4-1</td><td>NR</td></tr><tr><td><strong>29</strong></td><td><strong>St. Ignatius</strong></td><td>4-2</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td><strong>30</strong></td><td><b>M</b><strong>etea Valley</strong></td><td>4-2</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td><strong>31</strong></td><td><strong>Rockford Guilford</strong></td><td>5-2</td><td>NR</td></tr><tr><td><strong>32</strong></td><td><strong>Joliet West</strong></td><td>5-2</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td><strong>33</strong></td><td><strong>Niles North</strong></td><td>5-1</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td><strong>34</strong></td><td><strong>Simeon</strong></td><td>2-4</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td><strong>35</strong></td><td><strong>Peoria Manual</strong></td><td>3-1</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td><strong>36</strong></td><td><strong>Moline</strong></td><td>4-1</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td><strong>37</strong></td><td><strong>Loyola</strong></td><td>5-2</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td><strong>38</strong></td><td><strong>Romeoville</strong></td><td>5-1</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td><strong>39</strong></td><td><strong>Fenwick</strong></td><td>4-2</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td><strong>40</strong></td><td><strong>Lane Tech</strong></td><td>4-2</td><td>38</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->