Darius Smith of Chicago Marshall




Brandon Paul of Warren Township




Jack Cooley of Glenbrook South




John Taylor of Chicago North Lawndale




Diamond Taylor of Bolingbrook











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Core 1 Training Presents The ChicagoHoops.com Top Illinois Class of 2009 Basketball Prospects


Chicago Hoops
Updated January 14, 2009

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Rank Player Height Position School
1. Brandon Paul 6-4 Shooting Guard Warren Township
1. Darius Smith 6-2 Guard Chicago Marshall
3. Jack Cooley 6-8 Forward/Center Glenbrook South
4. Matt Vogrich 6-4 Shooting Guard Lake Forest
5. Angus Brandt 6-9 Center Lake Forest Academy
6. John Taylor 5-11 Point Guard Chicago North Lawndale
7. Chris Colvin 6-3 Point Guard Chicago Whitney Young
8. Drew Crawford 6-5 Shooting Guard Naperville Central
9. Diamond Taylor 6-3 Shooting Guard Bolingbrook
10. Jon Mills 6-5 Power Forward Chicago North Lawndale
11. Michael Haynes 6-6 Power Forward Chicago Fenger
12. D.J. Cooper 5-9 Point Guard Seton Academy
13. Nik Garcia 6-6 Shooting Guard Evanston
14. David Brown 6-3 Guard/Forward Rockton Hononegah
15. Marcus Jordan 6-3 Shooting Guard Chicago Whitney Young
16. Joseph Bertrand 6-5 Shooting Guard Sterling
17. Tony Nixon 6-4 Guard/Forward Seton Academy
18. Colin Nickerson 6-3 Shooting Guard Waukegan
19. Jordan Prosser 6-8 Power Forward Eureka
20. Derek Needham 6-0 Point Guard Chicago De La Salle
21. Cully Payne 6-0 Point Guard Schaumburg
22. Terrance Johnson 5-11 Point Guard Chicago North Lawndale
23. Shaun Pratl 6-8 Power Forward Richards
24. Dyricus Simms-Edwards 6-1 Point Guard Washington
25. Malcolm Griffin 6-3 Shooting Guard Chicago Hyde Park
26. Zeke Upshaw 6-5 Guard/Forward Chicago Lab School
27. Troy Snyder 6-5 Forward Bolingbrook
28. Jeremy Jones 6-1 Shooting Guard Chicago Simeon
29. D'Mitri Riggs 6-2 Point Guard Bloomington
30. David Smith 6-2 Guard Lake Forest Academy
31. James Kinney 6-0 Point Guard Champaign Centennial
32. Jordan Walker 6-6 Forward Seton Academy
33. Chris Eversley 6-6 Forward Chicago Walter Payton
34. Tim Traversa 6-3 Point Guard Chicago St. Patrick
35. Brock VonNordeck 6-9 Power Forward Decatur Eisenhower
36. Kyle Cain 6-7 Power Forward Thornton Fractional North
37. Eriq Harris 6-5 Forward Chicago Marshall
38. Malcolm Herron 6-4 Shooting Guard Downers Grove South
39. Seth Evans 5-10 Point Guard Seneca
40. Aaron Nelson 6-6 Power Forward Bloom
40. Robert Covington 6-7 Forward Proviso West
40. Luke Scarlatta 6-7 Power Forward Morton