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

By Michael O’Brien

Curie’s Trevon Hamilton (5) makes his way to the basket against Belleville West, Friday 03-15-19. Worsom Robinson/For the Sun-Times

With record and preseason ranking

1. Curie (35-2) 8

2. Evanston (32-5) 2

3. Bogan (30-4) 4

4. Morgan Park (29-5) 3

5. Orr (26-11) NR

6. Simeon (20-15) 7

7. Young (25-8) 1

8. Bolingbrook (23-8) 6

9. Bloom (26-4) 5

10. Stevenson (27-6) NR

11. Geneva (32-2) NR

12. Marian Catholic (27-5) 17

13. York (29-5) NR

14. Homewood-Flossmoor (23-8) 13

15. DePaul Prep (25-10) 21

16. Providence-St. Mel (30-6) NR

17. Farragut (20-7) 20

18. St. Laurence (27-6) NR

19. St. Viator (26-7) 9

20. Waukegan (28-6) 14

21. Oswego East (24-8) 15

22. Fremd (22-5) NR

23. Lincoln Park (23-8) NR

24. Riverside-Brookfield (28-5) NR

25. Loyola (22-13) 18

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