Big Tim’s key players in IHSA State playoffs Class 3A

These are the players that are key to long playoff runs for their teams. It's not the players you may think as we know the top players are key. It's usually the role players that put you over the top. Here we go:

Richard Lindsey, DeLaSalle Institute (Chicago) (6'4")

Reggie Ray, St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) (6'2")

Treyvon Ali, Westinghouse College Prep (Chicago) (6'3")

Darshan Thomas, Fenwick (Oak Park) (6'6")

Noah Portalatin, Lake Forest

Sam Cooper, Central (Grayslake) (6'2")

Miles Cohan, Deerfield (6'1")

AJ Thomas, St Patrick (Chicago)

Quentin Heady, Hillcrest (Country Club Hills) (6'5")

Ryan Runaas, Lemont (5'10")

Jayden Smalls, Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City) (5'10")

Jalen Griffith, Simeon Career Academy (Chicago) (5'10")

Lee Marks III, Mount Carmel (Chicago) (6'6")

Jurrell Baldwin, Hyde Park Academy (6'6")

Jacob Rice, St Laurence (Burbank) (6'5") (sophomore)

Nolan Milas, Burlington Central (Hampshire) (5'10")

Collin Wainscott, Marmion Academy (Aurora) (6'0")

AJ Demirov, South (Crystal Lake) (6'2"). (sophomore)

Tyler Swanson, Metamora (6'2")

Dietrich Richardson, Manual (Peoria). (sophomore)

Damarion Brown, East St Louis (6'8")

J'Veon Bardwell, Sacred Heart Griffin (Springfield) (5'10")