Boys basketball preseason top 25 teams, with last year's final ranking in parentheses.
1. North Lawndale (4)
2. Young (8)
3. Zion-Benton (5)
4. Simeon (3)
5. Thornton (22)
6. Waukegan (NR)
7. Marshall (1)
8. Curie (16)
9. De La Salle (14)
10. Hyde Park (NR)
11. Seton (NR)
12. Bolingbrook (NR)
13. Morton (19)
14. Evanston (6)
15. Foreman (NR)
16. North Chicago (NR)
17. Lincoln Park (NR)
18. Glenbrook North (NR)
19. Mount Carmel (7)
20. Leo (NR)
21. Neuqua Valley (21)
22. Hillcrest (NR)
23. Crete-Monee (NR)
24. St. Joseph (NR)
25. Crane (NR)











