Big Tim's Super 25 in Chicago Area after Week 9!!!!

When Sides Collide was packed the last three games, the teams expected won the 4 games. A few changes in the poll as Loyola Academy (Wilmette) win the Jesuit Cup again today. Here we go:

1) Benet Academy (Lisle) (23-1) (4A): Protected home court vs previous #5 Warren Township (Gurnee). Friday at St Viator (Arlington Heights), Saturday vs DeSmet Jesuit (St Louis,MO) at Glenbrook South (Glenview) Shootout.

2) DePaul College Prep (Chicago) (20-3) (4A): Beat previous #3 Marist (Chicago). Friday host Brother Rice (Chicago).

3) Kankakee (16-1) (3A): Had a couple of games cancelled due to weather at Quincy Shootout. Tuesday at Bloom Township (Chicago Heights), Friday host Thornwood (South Holland), Sunday vs #22 Mount Carmel (Chicago).

4) Curie (Chicago) (19-1) (4A): Beat Michele Clark (Chicago) to win Chicago Public League Red West Title. Next Chicago Public League Red playoffs TBD.

5) Marist (Chicago) (19-3) (4A): Lost to #2 DePaul College Prep (Chicago) to drop a couple of spots. First loss to an Illinois opponent. Tuesday host #11 St Patrick (Chicago), Friday at Notre Dame College Prep (Niles), Saturday host Dyett (Chicago).

6) Warren Township (Gurnee) (17-2) (4A): Lost to #1 Benet Academy (Lisle) to drop a couple of spots. Tuesday host #16 Waukegan, Friday at Zion Benton, Saturday vs Lutheran (Racine, WI) at Illinois vs Wisconsin Shootout at Prairie School (Racine, WI).

7) Neuqua Valley (Naperville) (21-1) (4A): Beat previous #12 Bolingbrook. Tuesday at Barrington, Friday host Metea Valley (Aurora).

8) Kaneland (20-0) (3A): Only undefeated team in Chicago Area. Tuesday host Evergreen Park, Friday host LaSalle Peru, Saturday host Coal City.

9) Glenbard East (21-2) (4A): Beat West Chicago and Willowbrook. Tuesday at Christian (Yorkville), Friday host Fenton (Bensenville).

10) Palatine (20-3) (4A): Beat previous #25 Hersey (Arlington Heights), and Jacobs (Algonquin). Friday at #21 Fremd (Palatine), Saturday at Wauconda.

11) St Patrick (Chicago) (16-3) (4A): Beat Antioch. Tuesday at #5 Marist (Chicago), Friday host Amundsen (Chicago), Saturday host Ridgewood (Norridge).

12) Evanston Township (18-3) (4A): Beat Loyola Academy (Wilmette) on buzzer beater by sophomore Ben Ojala, and Richwoods (Peoria). Tuesday host Lake Park (Roselle), Friday at Glenbrook South (Glenview), Saturday host Bolingbrook at War on The Shore.

13) Homewood Flossmoor (19-2) (4A): Beat Bradley Bourbonnais and Sandburg (Orland Park). Tuesday at Lockport Township, Saturday vs #18 Loyola Academy (Wilmette) at War on The Shore at Evanston Township.

14) Bolingbrook (14-6) (4A): Lost to previous #9 Neuqua Valley (Naperville). Tuesday host South (Plainfield), Friday at East (Oswego), Saturday at #12 Evanston Township at War on The Shore.

15) Whitney Young (Chicago) (18-6) (4A): Went 3-0 for the week as Tennessee commit Marquis Clark had 43 and 51 point games, later a school single game record. Chicago Public League Red Playoffs TBD.

16) Waukegan (16-5) (4A): Beat Lake Zurich. Tuesday at #6 Warren Township (Gurnee), Friday host Stevenson (Lincolnshire), Saturday vs Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn) at St Patrick (Chicago).

17) York Township (Elmhurst) (19-3) (4A): Beat Hillcrest (Country Club Hills). Tuesday at #25 Glenbard North (Carol Stream), Friday host Oak Park River Forest, Saturday at Maine South (Park Ridge).

18) Loyola Academy (Wilmette) (17-5) (4A): Lost to Evanston Township on a buzzer beater, beat previous #7 St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) for Jesuit Cup. Friday at Fenwick (Oak Park), Saturday vs #13 Homewood Flossmoor at War on The Shore at Evanston Township.

19) St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) (19-2) (4A): Lost to Loyola Academt (Wilmette) for Jesuit Cup. Tuesday host Catholic Academy (Joliet), Friday at #20 St Laurence (Burbank), Saturday vs Marquette (Milwaukee, WI) at Illinois vs Wisconsin at Prairie School (Racine,WI).

20) St Laurence (Burbank) (19-4) (4A): Beat St Francis De Sales (Chicago). Friday host #19 St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago).

21) Fremd (Palatine) (18-2) (4A): Beat Prospect (Mount Prospect). Friday host Palatine, Saturday host South Elgin.

22) Mount Carmel (Chicago) (15-7) (4A): Lost to Homewood Flossmoor and DePaul College Prep (Chicago). Thursday at Eisenhower (Blue Island), Sunday vs #3 Kankakee.

23) Cary Grove (20-2) (3A): Beat the Crystal Lake schools Central and South. Tuesday host Jacobs (Algonquin), Friday at Dundee Crown.

24) Glenbrook North (Northbrook) (17-5) (4A): Beat Highland Park. Friday host New Trier (Winnetka),

Saturday at Lake Zurich.

25) Hersey (Arlington Heights) (15-4) (4A); Lost to York Township (Elmhurst). Tuesday at Carmel Catholic (Mundelein).