Illinois Preps Insider’s girls basketball top-20: 2019-20 Week 2

Well, we said everything was up for grabs this season.

All the teams from 18 to what would be 25 if we went that far have all beat up on each other, which makes things really difficult in the early weeks of the season.

Surprisingly enough though, the top 15 have been very stable. I get that Thanksgiving tournaments aren’t typically the most difficult schedules in the world, but the important thing is those teams are taking care of business.

We also really haven’t talked about Benet much despite them being ranked number one since the start of the season. Honestly, that’s probably a good thing for the Redwings because if we were to mention them by this point of the season, it probably means they suffered a surprising loss.

Half of these teams play at Fremd on Saturday. If you happen to have some free time this weekend, head up to Palatine for an entire days worth of basketball.

1. Benet (6-0) 1

Chugging along

2. Evanston (2-0) 2

Statement win over Simeon

3. Montini (7-0) 3

Big test against Maine West

4. Maine West (5-0) 4

See above

5. Simeon (1-1) 5

No need to panic

6. Whitney Young (0-0) 6

Still no games…

7. Fremd (3-0)

Hosting the best one day shootout of the year this weekend

8. Lincoln-Way West (6-0) 8

Will get a great indicator for them in their game against Benet

9. Homewood-Floosmoor (3-1) 9

Nearly got to Benet

10. Lake Forest (5-0) 10

Three tough games this week

11. Bolingbrook (3-1) 11

Off week for the Brook

12. Kenwood (4-0) 12

Winners of The Township Tip-off

13. Fenwick (5-0) 13

Really solid win over Loyola

14. Marist (4-0) 14

Affolter vs. Douglass on Saturday should be fun

15. Geneva (5-0) 15

Rolling through opponents

16. Lake Park (5-0) 16

Rogers doing Rogers things

17. Stevenson (5-1) 19

Conference slate starts up

18. York (5-0) NR

Winners of their own tournament

19. Loyola (5-1) NR

No shame in losing to Fenwick

20. Hersey (4-2) NR

We’ll chalk up the Grayslake Central to the first week of the season rust