This is the final year of two class basketball in Illinois. Is anyone happy about that?

80 pages of Illinois prep basketball news and features...

A closer look at the rankings...

Wheaton Warrenville South's Purdue-bound running back Dan Dierking, who will lead the Tigers against Mount Carmel in the Class 8A title game on Saturday at 4 (Ch. 50) was one of the "Faces in the Crowd" in this week's Sports Illustrated.

The top player in the class of 2010 has given an oral commitment to Bruce Weber...

The first test of the season for the Blazing Trojans...

Freshman phenom Jereme Richmond lived up to all the hype in his varsity debut...

Hales and Thornton both fall...

Young and talented Zion-Benton crushes the Eagles...

Simeon falls one vote short of being the unanimous preseason #1 team. Someone voted for Thornwood...

Tonight I'll be heading to Lane to watch Brooks and Zion-Benton...

As you probably saw in today's paper, we've got Simeon No. 1, followed by Marshall, St. Joseph, Thornwood and Bloom. Here's what some other sources have to say...

Here's what Mustapha had to say Tuesday afternoon...

Sun-Times sources have learned that Farrakhan will sign with Virginia.

Farrakhan is holding a press conference at 3 pm at Thornton...

Some of the top teams in the state gathered together Thursday night at the Nike Prelude to Hoops, a party to kick off the season. Here's an exclusive report from the Sun-Times...

Since we run rankings in the newspaper every Monday, selecting the favorites isn't very hard. I'm just happy to watch the players determine things on the field.

Pick the 10-man team you'd run with this season...

Time to finish up our look at the top players around the area...

Today is the first day of practice across the state. With recruiting behind them, the defending state champion Wolverines are focused on other matters.

Rose on his commitment to Memphis...

The Illinois Prep Bulls-Eye recruiting analyst weighs in on tonight's decision...

Kevin Johnson and Tim Flowers both commit to Wisconsin-Milwaukee. More to come soon, sorry about the overloaded servers.

and so have the television crews...

The internet rumors are untrue, Calipari was not at O'Hare Airport today...

Starting at 7 pm, we will provide live coverage of Derrick Rose's announcement.

Remember, there will still be a high school basketball season after Derrick Rose chooses his school. Here's a look at the top power forwards...