Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 basketball rankings

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Jimmy Sotos (4) of Conant shakes Fremd’s defender. Worsom Robinson/ For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Bolingbrook (23-0) 1

Nana Akenten is hot again

2. Curie (22-2) 2

Hosts Orr on Wednesday

3. Young (19-6) 3

Xavier Castaneda playing well

4. Morgan Park (17-4) 4

North Lawndale is next

5. Simeon (21-2) 5

Handled Westinghouse with ease

6. Wheaton-Warrenville South (25-1) 6

DuPage Valley champs

7. Fremd (24-0) 7

Three-win week

8. Orr (16-4) 9

Huge test vs. Curie

9. Geneva (26-0) 10

Can they win in Quincy?

10. Fenwick (21-4) 11

CCL final four

11. Joliet West (20-3) 12

The Steelmen loom

12. Evanston (21-3) 13

Simeon on Saturday

13. North Lawndale (20-6) 14

Steven Ross the x-factor

14. Thornton (17-4) 15

Alonzo Verge heating up

15. Conant (22-4) 16

Jimmy Sotos has 1,000+ points

16. Benet (19-6) 17

Colin Crothers is missed

17. Prospect (21-4) 18

Nice win vs. Niles North

18. Uplift (21-5) 8

Lost to Farragut

19. Brother Rice (22-3) 19

Mike Shepski clutch again

20. TF North (19-3) 20

Proved it vs. Hillcrest

21. Jacobs (22-1) 22

Cam Krutwig dominates

22. Joliet Central (20-3) 23

Battle of Joliet on Saturday

23. Naperville North (19-4) 24

Rolling at the right time

24. Kenwood (18-6) NR

Beat Bogan

25. Hope Academy (22-3) 25

Top sectional seed

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