Check out the first Illinois high school boys basketball state rankings for 2023-24

Illinois Associated Press

Illinois high school boys basketball poll

Here are the first rankings of Illinois high school boys basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters. They were released on Dec. 13, 2023.

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Class 4A

  1. Normal Community (7) 6-0 117

  2. Chicago Curie (3) 8-1 101

  3. Quincy 8-0 92

  4. Homewood-Flossmoor 9-1 80

  5. Lisle Benet (1) 9-0 75

  6. Northbrook Glenbrook North (2) 8-0 62

  7. Chicago Heights Bloom 5-2 42

  8. Gurnee Warren 9-1 40

  9. Downers Grove North 5-1 34

  10. Collinsville 9-0 32

Others receiving votes: Moline 11. Winnetka New Trier 7. Bolingbrook 6. Chicago Whitney Young 5. Evanston 4. Waubonsie Valley 2. Chicago Kenwood 2. Chicago Marist 2. Oak Lawn 1.

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Class 3A

  1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (1) 9-1 110

  2. Chicago Brother Rice (7) 9-0 108

  3. Harvey Thornton (5) 6-1 107

  4. Peoria Richwoods 8-1 77

  5. Chicago DePaul College Prep 9-0 58

  6. Chicago De La Salle 7-1 44

  7. Mt. Zion 9-0 42

  8. East St. Louis 4-2 33

  9. Kankakee 7-0 32

  10. Morton 8-1 29

Others receiving votes: Chicago Hyde Park 20. Metamora 16. Chicago Lindblom 15. Centralia 13. Belvidere North 4. Sterling 3. Decatur MacArthur 3. Chicago St. Patrick 1

Class 2A

  1. Taylor Ridge Rockridge (7) 7-1 126

  2. Breese Central (4) 8-1 124

  3. Peoria Manual (2) 4-3 86

  4. Trenton Wesclin 10-0 66

  5. Minonk Fieldcrest 7-0 45

  6. Tolono Unity (1) 6-0 42

  7. tie-Peoria Notre Dame 2-5 41

  8. tie-Chicago Christ the King 5-2 41

  9. Byron 3-0 34

  10. St. Joseph-Ogden 7-0 29

Others receiving votes: Chicago Phillips 27. Benton 18. Beecher 15. Clinton 14. Macomb 13. Rockford Christian 11. El Paso-Gridley 10. Fairbury Prairie Central 9. Northridge Prep 6. Chicago Julian 5. Columbia 3. Teutopolis 2. Pinckneyville 2. Lawrenceville 1

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Class 1A

  1. Tuscola (7) 8-0 124

  2. Pecatonica (3) 6-0 112

  3. Glasford Illini Bluffs (2) 8-2 96

  4. Effingham St. Anthony 7-2 61

  5. Scales Mound 9-1 54

  6. Springfield Calvary 8-0 46

  7. tie-Serena 9-0 44

  8. tie-Chicago Manley 5-1 44

  9. Aurora Christian 9-1 40

  10. Fulton 6-1 28

Others receiving votes: Griggsville-Perry 24. Winchester-West Central 16. South Beloit 14. Franklin 13. Waltonville 11. Altamont 7. Camp Point Central 7. Lexington 7. Goreville 7. New Berlin 7. Waterloo Gibault 5. Crab Orchard 2. Dieterich 1

This article originally appeared on Journal Star: IHSA basketball rankings: Boys basketball poll for all classes 2023-24

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