The IHSA boys basketball season begins Thanksgiving week as the state of Illinois will once again be loaded with talented players. NBC Sports Chicago presents the Chicagoland area's top 50 players to watch this season as the group features numerous Division I talents and exciting players.
For more information on each player, click on the hyperlink on their name, as we've tweeted about all 50 players during the week on our @NBCSPreps Twitter account. Be sure to check out many of these players this season on High School Lites as we switch from football to basketball beginning with the Nov. 30th episode.
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Rashaun Agee, Bogan
Myles Baker, Whitney Young
Ciaran Brayboy, New Trier (Harvard)
Bryant Brown, Waukegan
Trey Calvin, St. Viator (Wright State)
Fred Cleveland Jr., Leo (North Carolina A&T)
Tyler Cochran, Bolingbrook (Northern Illinois)
Keenon Cole, Streamwood (Northern Illinois)
Perry Cowan, DePaul Prep (Brown)
RayJ Dennis, Oswego East (Boise State)
Dashon Enoch, Oak Park-River Forest
DaJuan Gordon, Curie (Kansas State)
Semaj Henderson, Downers North
Jeremiah Hernandez, St. Viator (Kent State)
Markese Jacobs, Uplift (DePaul)
Lance Jones, Evanston (Southern Illinois)
Marquise Kennedy, Brother Rice (Loyola)
Taeyon Neal, Providence-St. Mel (UIC)
Isaac Stanback, Homewood-Flossmoor
Aaron Strong, Farragut
Evan Taylor, Glenbard West (Southern Illinois)
Alex Timmerman, Crystal Lake Central (Bucknell)
Tom Welch, Naperville North (Loyola)
T.J. Wicks, Kankakee
Tujautae Williams, Orr
Joseph Yesufu, Bolingbrook (Drake)
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