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Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 basketball rankings

By Michael O’Brien

Curie’s Dennis Handy (10) finds an opening along the baseline for a shot as Kenwood’s David Hunt (23) defends, January 10, 2017 Allen Cunningham / for the Chicago Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Simeon (15-0) 1

Balanced scoring

2. Evanston (14-2) 2

Faces Naperville North Saturday

3. Curie (15-2) 15

Dominating week

4. Young (11-4) 4

At Orr on Wednesday

5. Bolingbrook (13-0) 5

Young guards growing up

6. Morgan Park (11-3) 6

Lost in Baltimore

7. Fremd (16-0) 7

Will Vikings beat Conant again?

8. Orr (10-1) 8

Dannie Smith gets it done

9. Uplift (13-4) 9

4 games this week

10. Homewood-Flossmoor (13-3) 10

Lost to Bolingbrook, beat Benet

11. Joliet West (16-1) 12

Face Young on Saturday

12. Marist (19-0) 16

At Brother Rice Tuesday

13. Thornton (12-4) 18

Beat Marian Catholic

14. Kenwood (12-4) 3

Rough loss to Curie

15. Conant (15-3) 13

Fremd again on Friday

16. Benet (12-5) 14

Lost to H-F, Pats

17. Fenwick (13-3) 17

At Simeon on Monday

18. Bloom (13-3) 11

Lost to Hyde Park

19. Geneva (18-0) 24

Plenty of Navigato’s

20. Wheaton-Warrenville South (17-1) 22

The Healy’s can play

21. North Lawndale (12-4) 23

Lost to Orr, beat Farragut

22. St. Patrick (15-2) NR

Beat Benet

23. Prospect (14-4) NR

Gritty, team-oriented

24. Waukegan (12-4) NR

Young and talented

25. Brother Rice (15-3) NR

Hosts Marist Tuesday

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