No Illinois team before or since has ever done it better. They also won the Class 4A championship four times; 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 (which tied Manual High School for the longest Illinois state championship title run). "I was in shop class and it was a four-period class and somebody said, 'Hey man, Ben just got shot' and I said, 'What? Hambric told the Tribune in February he didn't think Simeon was getting the attention it deserved. He was named first team All-NBA in 1997 and his career averageof 8.2 assists per game is the twelfth best mark in NBA history. Hambric's first full season ended with a 59-58 loss to Westinghouse in the Public League semifinals. 10. That is the challenge that confronts Simeon this season. Welcome! Famous alumni include Derrick Rose, Kendrick Nunn, Jabari Parker, Bobby Simmons, Talen Horton-Tucker, and others. High school: Westinghouse College: Bradley Career highlights: 1988 NCAA AP Player of the Year, 1991 NBA All-StarHawkins played four years at Bradley University, where he won back-to-backMissouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Awards and averaged an NCAADivision I-leading 36.3 points per game his senior year. The Throne National Championship Field of Teams Announced. One incident tells you all you need to know about the Thornridge team: During a team meeting prior to the start of the season, Ferguson was listing his team's goals on a chalkboard. In 1996, Walker led UK to the NCAAChampionship before turning pro. Big night for UA Elite 24 alumni. The 53-year-old says he knew Wilson and Melvin Nunn in high school but was even more proud to see Kendrick Nunn succeed. Buckner stood up and said to his coach and the other players: "If we win all of our games, we will accomplish all of our goals." A lot of people in town call us the Duke of Illinois, cause we have a family like atmosphere. Simeon assistant coach Maurice Jones, left, helps with a framed portrait of Ben Wilson during a ceremony where the basketball team was being honored for their fourth consecutive Class 4A IHSA championship at Simeon High School in Chicago on March 20, 2013. But not all high schools are created equal, and most of them are lucky to have a single player make it to the NBA. A player must have been named on two ballots to receive honorable mention. There were no unanimous selections (players named on every ballot). The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Illinois High Schools