Illinois Preps Insider’s girls basketball top-20: Week of Feb. 21

Well, I’m stumped.

I really don’t know what to do with Mother McAuley and Fenwick this week. The Mighty Macs looked so good in their opening contests, and then stumbled this past week.

As I mentioned last week, I’m putting a little less stock into opening games just because there were so many moving parts and such short notice, so Fenwick stays, while Mother McAuley drops out for the time being.

Speaking of coming out of the gates firing, Maine South looked quite good in their opening matchups. Especially when you consider they were a week or two behind everybody else.

The Public League starts this week, so that’s exciting, it’ll be nice to see our number one team in action.

One final thing, if anybody is looking to add games to their schedule, let me know and I can put you in contact with other schools who are looking, I’ve been asked a few times already.

1 Simeon (0-0) 1

CPS starts up again this week

2. Hersey (6-0) 2

MSL showdown against Fremd this week

3. Marist (3-0) 3

Slow starts, but strong finished

4. Kenwood (0-0) 4

See Simeon

5. Fremd (4-0) 5

Haven’t lost a step

6. Loyola (9-0) 7

The schedule doesn’t let up

7. Stevenson (5-0) 8

Going to be a fun few years in Lincolnshire

8. Benet (5-0) 10

Midweek Showdown against Nazareth

9. Maine South (3-0) 12

Came out firing on all cylinders

10. Bolingbrook (4-1) 6

Lost a tough one down the stretch to Marist

11. Libertyville (4-2) 11

Fun matchup against Maine South on Monday

12. Burlington Central (5-0) 16

Quite an impressive start for the Rockets

13. Nazareth (5-0) 17

First big test against Benet

14. Evanston (7-1) 16

Tough one against Loyola

15. Homewood-Flossmoor (4-1) 9

Last second loss to LWW

16. Lincoln-Way West (5-1) 19

Starting to find their footing again

17. Marian Catholic (5-2) 18

Young team showing a lot of promise

18. Naperville North (3-1) 14

Just not quite enough firepower against Benet

19. St. Ignatius (5-1) NR

This weeks beneficiary of back-to-back conference showdown

20. Fenwick (2-2) 19

Double header with Loyola should tell us a lot