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Michael O’Brien’s final Chicago-area Super 25 basketball rankings

By Michael O’Brien

Orr guard Emanuel O’Neal, center, cheers after the team defeated Winnebago 76-49 for the IHSA boys’ Class 2A title basketball title Saturday, March 10, 2018, in Peoria, Ill. (Fred Zwicky/Journal Star via AP) ORG XMIT: ILPEO321

With record and preseason ranking

1. Orr (30-4) 1

2. Young (28-8) 4

3. Simeon (29-4) 2

4. Morgan Park (25-9) 3

5. Curie (26-5) 5

6. Evanston (27-6) 19

7. West Aurora (25-5) 14

8. Marist (27-5) NR

9. Larkin (24-10) 10

10. Marian Catholic (26-6) NR

11. New Trier (25-6) NR

12. Niles North (26-5) 6

13. Benet (27-5) NR

14. Bolingbrook (22-7) 12

15. Joliet Central (23-6) NR

16. Lincoln Park (19-10) NR

17. Uplift (18-10) 20

18. Bogan (21-9) 11

19. Willowbrook (26-6) 23

20. Lincoln-Way East (23-6) 24

21. Naperville North (26-3) NR

22. Loyola (24-7) NR

23. North Chicago (22-10) NR

24. Homewood-Flossmoor (21-7) NR

25. Lake Zurich (26-8) NR

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