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Here is the Illinois Class 4A boys basketball all-state team, as voted on by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters and compiled by Steve Tappa of The Moline Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus. A total of 22 votes were cast. Only Chicago Simeon’s Jabari Parker earned unanimous approval. First-place votes worth 5 points; second-place votes worth 3 points. At least two votes were required for honorable mention. Two others received one second-team vote.
4A first team
Name, School (Ht., Yr., Pos.) Total
Jabari Parker, Simeon (6-9, Sr., F) 110
Jahlil Okafor, Young (6-11, Jr., C) 100
Malcolm Hill, Belleville East (6-7, Sr., G/F) 77
Cliff Alexander, Curie (6-9, Jr., C) 72
Sterling Brown, Proviso East (6-5, Sr., F/G) 62
4A second team
Kendrick Nunn, Simeon (6-2, Sr., G) 52
Tyler Ulis, Chicago Heights Marian (5-8, Jr., G) 44
Garret Covington, Edwardsville (6-5, Sr., G) 41
Jalen Brunson, Stevenson (6-1, Soph., G) 34
Alvin Ellis, Chicago De La Salle (6-3, Sr., G) 26
4A honorable mention
Jaylon Tate, Simeon (6-2, Sr., G) 23
Milik Yarbrough, Zion-Benton (6-6, Jr., F) 22
Paul White, Young (6-9, Jr., F) 22
Sean O’Mara, Benet (6-9, Jr., C) 14
Paris Lee, Proviso East (5-10, Sr., G) 11
Miles Simelton, Oswego (6-1, Sr., G) 9
Tre’ Harris, Edwardsville (6-3, Sr., G) 9
Alex Majewski, Brother Rice (6-7, Sr., F) 8
C.J. Carr, Rock Island (5-7, Jr., G) 8
Jabari Sandifer, Neuqua Valley (6-1, Sr., G) 8
L.J. McIntosh, Marist (6-1, Sr., G) 8
Lance Whitaker, Bartlett (6-3, Sr., G) 8
Matt Mooney, Notre Dame (6-4, Sr., G/F) 8
Steven Cook, Winnetka New Trier (6-4, Sr., F) 8
Ben Moore, Bolingbrook (6-8, Sr., F) 6
Brandon Rodriguez, Dundee-Crown (6-1, Sr., G) 6
Brock Stull, Rockford Boylan (6-4, Jr., G) 6
Corban Murphy, Crystal Lake Central (6-3, Sr., G) 6
Jared Brownridge, Waubonsie Valley (6-2, Sr., G) 6
David Cohn, Elmhurst York (6-2, Sr., G) 6
Denzel Smith, Danville (6-6, Jr., C) 6
Elliott McGaughy, Oswego (6-3, Sr., G) 6
Erick Locke, Oak Park River Forest (6-0, Jr., G) 6
Isaiah Box, Rockford East (6-1, Sr., G) 6
Jontrel Walker, West Aurora (6-0, Jr., G) 6
Nathan Taphorn, Pekin (6-7, Sr., F) 6
Ore Arogundade, St. Viator (6-3, Jr., G) 6
Quentin Payne, St. Charles North (6-4, Sr., G) 6
Sean O’Brien, Mundelein (6-7, Sr., F) 6
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