ILLHoopsScoops
@ILLHoopsScoops

Providing Coverage of Illinois High School Basketball and Getting Exposure for Illinois Hoopers. 🏀🍦

 In the Gym , IL
Joined December 2019
Congrats to @AyoDos_11 on winning the ILL Hoops Scoops 🏀🍦🏆Best Illinois HS player the last 10 years tournament. The Illini and Morgan Park fans showed up and showed out , that’s for sure. Thanks to everyone for voting and be on the look out for the next possible bracket.
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Congrats to the Four State Champs 1A Hope 2A Dyett 3A DePaul 4A Benet Another year in the books ! Thanks for following along all season and the hospitality shown across the state all season long. 🏀🍦
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Congrats to all the athletes who made the 3A @ibcacoaches All State Teams
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Congrats to all the @ibcacoaches 3A All-State Team Members
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2024 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Guards. Players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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🚨🚨Breaking: St Rita is expected to hire Jim Sexton as Head Boys Basketball coach. Former Evergreen Park and St. Laurence coach brings a ton of CCL experience as a player and coach to the Mustangs. Recently led Evergreen Park to their first regional title since 1973. Would be a Big time hire for @StRitaAthletics. @Tim_OBrien10 @mikeclarkpreps @Millar_S @joehoopsreport @michaelsobrien
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Congrats to all the athletes who made the 2A @ibcacoaches All State Teams
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Congrats to all the @ibcacoaches 4A All-State Team Members
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2024 6”10 Morez Johnson @morezjohnsonJr is an athletic freak. Oozing with upside the #Illini got a good one. Just scratching the surface of his potential. Great court vision for a big. Starting to come alive in the final quarter. @sritabasketball @MeanstreetsEYB
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Congrats to all the athletes who made the 1A @ibcacoaches All State Teams
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2025 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Guards. Some players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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2025 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned list 6”7 Dietrich Richardson @DietrichR_11 stays home and commits to Bradley. Super versatile jumbo size guard, has so much upside in his game. Brings a whole toolbox of talent to the MVC. Will be a fun one to watch progress over the coming years. Joins @MidProAcademy teammate Matthew Zobrist @matthew_zobrist in what is a really nice recruiting haul for the Braves. @PeoriaManual
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🏀🍦Class 3A State Title Odds Depaul +325 St. Laurence +575 Br. Rice +650 Kankakee +750 Peoria +800 Mt. Carmel +850 Morton +950 Centralia +1000 Decatur MacArthur +1200 Metamora +1250 Kaneland +1400 Fenwick +1500 Mt. Zion +1500 Lemont +1600 Mt. Vernon +1700 Crystal Lake South +1800 Marion +2300 St Pats +2500 Marian Catholic +3000 Lake Forest +3000 Lanphier +3500 Lincoln +3800 Deerfield +4200 Hillcrest +5000 Contrary to popular belief @NestoHoops is not booking action on any title odds.
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Congrats to all the @ibcacoaches 2A All-State Team Members
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Congrats to Illinois Native Jeremiah Fears @jeremiahfears2 getting selected 7th overall by the New Orleans Pelicans. All the hard work paying off in a big way.
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Illinois Boys Class 3A AP Poll 1/29
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2025 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of wings and forwards. Some players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 2/16
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 1/4
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Illinois Class 3A AP Rankings 2/8
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Early Hoops Scoops 2022 Underrated and Unsigned List Wings & Forwards
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🏀🍦 Updated 4A Title Odds Benet +375 Moline +400 Kenwood +450 Young +475 NT +500 Hinsdale Central +525 J. West +575 Curie +600 R. Meadows +600 Lyons +650 St. Rita +675 Palatine +700 Brook +700 Quincy +725 DGN +725 LVille +750 OFallon +750 Oswego E +775
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2024 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Wings and Forwards. Players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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Illinois Class 4A AP Poll 1/17
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Congrats to all the athletes who made the 4A @ibcacoaches All State Teams
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2026 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Guards. Some players who we feel are a little underrated heading into the school year.
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Updated 🏀🍦 4A State Title Odds Benet +275 Moline +300 Kenwood +325 WY +400 NT +425 Hinsdale C +425 Joliet W +500 R. Meadows +525 LT +525 St. Rita +575 Brook +600 Oswego E +625 Quincy +650 Br. Rice +700 LVille +700 Downers N +725 O’Fallon +800
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 12/13
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🏀🍦 4A Super Sectionals 3/7 🏀🍦 @ UIC Young (24-9) vs Kenwood (26-8) @ NIU Glenbard West (34-1) vs Larkin (31-3) @ Forest View Educational Center Barrington (27-4) vs Glenbrook South (33-2) @ ISU Quincy (28-5) vs Bolingbrook (28-6)
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2025 6”3 Dom Clay @_domclay30 commits to North Dakota St. Knockdown shooter from outside , the @QHSBASKETBALL uber athletic senior dosent remain off the board for long. @MPJelite
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Congrats to all the @ibcacoaches 1A All-State Team Members
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3A Friday Sectional Championships (In Bracket Order)
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2027 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Guards. A few players headed into the season, who we feel are a little underrated at this point.🏀🍦
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Illinois Boys Class 3A AP Poll 1/8
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Congrats to the 3A IBCA @ibcacoaches All-State Team members and Special mentions
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Illinois AP Class 4A All State Team
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Illinois Class 3A AP Rankings 1/11
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Congrats to the 1A IBCA @ibcacoaches All-State Team members and Special mentions
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🏀🍦 Class 2A State Title Odds Althoff +500 Auburn +625 Dyett +700 Manual +725 Benton +725 Bismarck – Henning +800 Breese Central +800 Leo +900 Columbia +900 Williamsville +925 Pinckneyville +1000 Crane +1150 West Hancock +1200 Warrensburg-Latham +1300 Rockford Christian +1300 Sherrard +1350 Christ the King +1400 Montini +1500 Tolono Unity +1600 St. Joes Ogden +1650 Northridge Prep +1700 Bishop Mac +2800 Fieldcrest +3000 Rockridge +3000 Byron +3500 Murphysboro +4500 Contrary to popular belief @NestoHoops is not booking action on any title odds.
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Class 4A Final Four Matchups (🏀🍦Opening Round Odds) Benet (+1250) Vs Evanston (+725) Rich Township (+1300) vs Warren (+1150)
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🏀🍦 4A State Title Odds Kenwood +525 Quincy +575 Evanston +725 Bolingbrook +800 HF +900 Hinsdale Central +950 Waubonsie Valley +1000 Glenbard West +1100 Warren +1150 Fremd +1200 Benet +1250 Rolling Meadows +1250 Normal +1200 Marist +1250 Rich Township +1300 Edwardsville +1300 Lincoln Park +1400 Waukegan +1400 Niles North +1450 Guilford +1600 Moline +1850 Rock Island +2000 Loyola +2500 Stevenson +3000 Simeon +3800 Curie +4000 DeKalb +5000 Geneva +5000 Contrary to popular belief @NestoHoops is not booking action on any title odds.
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2026 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Wings and Forwards. Some players who we feel are a little underrated heading into the school year. 🏀🍦
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2023 6”6 #UCONN commit Stephon Castle @StephonCastle is super mature player for his age. Great IQ. Super tough off the dribble coming downhill. One of the better players we have seen today. @AtlXpress @UANextBHoops
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 1/5
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 1/3
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Class4A Friday Sectional Championships (In Bracket Order)
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Congrats to the 4A IBCA @ibcacoaches All-State Team members and Special mentions.
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Updated 🏀🍦 2A State Title Odds U-High +275 PCentral +300 DePaul +300 Breese C +325 Princeton +375 Teutopolis +400 Phillips +425 Perp.Leadership +450 PVille +450 Pontiac +500 R. Lutheran +500 Rockridge +525 M. County +525 SJO +575 P.Plains +600 BCC +650 Northridge P +750
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2027 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Wings. A few players headed into the season, who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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Illinois Boys Class 3A AP Poll 2/5
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Illinois Class 2A AP Rankings 2/2
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Congrats to the IBCA 4A All State Team Members
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Class 4A Sectional Seed Predictions UIC Super Sectional Proviso West Sectional 1. Curie 2. Whitney Young 3. Riverside Brookfield 4. Lyons 5. Proviso E 6. OPRF Thornwood Sectional 1. Kenwood 2. Homewood Flossmoor 3. Br. Rice 4. St. Rita 5. Bloom 6. Oak Lawn
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🏀🍦”24 Unsigned Spotlight Jaylan McElroy @JaylanMcelroy 6”7 H.S. DePaul @DePaulPrepMBB AAU: @WolvesILL
Hoop Highlights
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2025 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Big Men. Some players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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Early 2023 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Guards. Players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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Best of Luck to all schools starting the journey to Champaign tonight. 🏀🍦
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Illinois Class 1A AP Rankings 12/1
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Illinois AP Class 3A All State Team
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Early Hoops Scoops 2022 Underrated and Unsigned List Guards
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4A Sec. Championships 3/3 LVille (28-5) vs Prospect (20-12) NT (30-4) vs GBN (28-4) Benet (32-1) vs Geneva (25-9) St. Charles E (18-6) vs Auburn (22-12) Kenwood (29-6) vs Br. Rice (30-4) DGN (30-3) vs HC (31-3) J. West (28-5) vs Oswego E (28-5) Moline (31-3) vs OF (25-7)
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🏀🍦”24 Unsigned Spotlight RJ Mckinnie @loadedlefty 6”2 H.S. Simeon @SimeonNation AAU: @YnRbball
rashad mckinnie jr
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 1/19
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Illinois Class 2A AP Rankings 1/4
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Illinois Boys Class 3A AP Poll 2/12
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Illinois Class 2A AP Rankings 2/8
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 1/25
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FINAL 4A AP Rankings 2/19
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2023 @lemontbasketba1 Guards Rokas @castillo_rokas and Matas @_matascastillo Castillo commit to UW-Parkside. Such energetic guards , a ton of fun to watch. @FPbasketball
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Illinois Boys Class 3A AP Poll 1/15
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FINAL 3A AP Rankings 2/19
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Illinois Class 1A AP Rankings 12/13
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2027 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Bigs/Forwards. A few players headed into the season, who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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FINAL OT: Metamora 65 Kankakee 63 MHS: Jonah Funk 22 Ashton Grieves 19 Matthew Zobrist 14 KAYS: Jordan Davis 17 Myair Thompson 16 Lincoln Williams 13 @NestoHoops @mikeclarkpreps @PatrickMcCabeTV @KMTGMEDIA @MSchweizerTDJS @pmc3_83 @KurtPegler @scottybscout @AdamDuvall @MichaelSavoie12 @joehoopsreport
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IBCA 3A 1st Team All-State @ibcacoaches
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Illinois Class 1A AP Rankings 1/4
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Illinois Class 3A AP Rankings 2/15
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Illinois Class 3A AP Rankings
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Great Event Saturday at @DePaulPrepMBB to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Some really nice matchups in Roscoe Village for the Coach Steve Pappas Shootout.
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🏀🍦 “23 Unsigned Spotlight Tyson Swanson @TysonSwanson4 6”3 H.S. Metamora @MetamoraBBB AAU: @MidProAcademy
Hoop Highlights
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🏀🍦”25 Unsigned Spotlight Antonio Munoz @Munoz2135 6”6 H.S. @YoungBBCoach AAU: @MeanstreetsEYB
Scott/Ballislife
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🏀🍦 Updated 2A Title Odds U-High +325 Prairie C +325 DePaul +375 Breese C +400 Teutopolis +425 Princeton +450 Phillips +525 Columbia +525 Perp. Lead. +550 Pontiac +550 R. Christian +575 Rockridge +575 SJO +600 P. Plains +625 R. Lutheran +625 PVille +650
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Illinois Class 4A AP Rankings 2/2
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FINAL 2OT : East Peoria 71 Peoria 66 EP: Cole DuBois 33 Quinton Kitt 18 Jackson Ahrens 14 Peoria: Leshawn Stowers 18 TJ Sturdivant 17 Orlando Edwards Jr 14 @NestoHoops @AdamDuvall @hoijim @PatrickMcCabeTV @KMTGMEDIA @pmc3_83 @KurtPegler @scottybscout @joehoopsreport @HardwoodPrepsIL
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Illinois Class 2A AP Rankings 2/1
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Early 2023 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Wings and Forwards. Players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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🏀🍦 Updated 3A Title Odds Simeon +200 Metamora +250 SHG +275 Hillcrest +300 ESL +325 Lake Forest +450 De La Salle +500 Lincoln +550 M. Catholic +600 SICP +625 D-Mac +625 Richwoods +650 Mt. Carmel +675 Hyde Park +675 Central +700 *Just for Fun @NestoHoops not taking bets.
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2022 5”9 Peter Kanellos @PeterKanellos doing a great job locking up on the defensive end. Tough lead guard does a great job of running the point for the Trevians. @NewTrierBBB
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Illinois Class 2A AP Rankings 1/18
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Best of luck to all schools across the state as they start the playoffs !!
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2024 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned List of Big Men. Players who we feel are a little underrated at this point.
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🏀🍦”24 Unsigned Spotlight Darshan Thomas @Darshanthomas0 6”6 H.S. Marist @MaristBoysHoops AAU: @_gpaschaumburg
Ms. Tee Davis
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Illinois Class 2A AP Rankings 1/11
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Early Hoops Scoops 2022 Underrated and Unsigned List Wings & Big Men
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Congrats to the 2A IBCA @ibcacoaches All-State Team members and Special mentions
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Illinois Class 1A AP Rankings 1/3
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2024 Hoops Scoops Underrated and Unsigned list guard Cale Cosme @CaleCosme picks up a D2 offer from #Lewis. All the little bulldog guard has done is produce. True crafty lead guard . @BR_Hoops @ET21Buckeyes
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🏀🍦 Updated Class 1A Title Odds New Berlin +475 Routt +500 Pecatonica +500 CORL +525 Marshall +575 D. Lutheran +575 Manley +600 C.P. Central +600 Illini Bluffs +625 Gibault +625 St.Teresa +625 Altamont +625 Salt Fork +650 Scales Mound +675 Serena +700 Nokomis +725
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Illinois Class 3A AP Rankings 2/1
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