March Madness Record Book

2003 Class AA Boys Summary

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Peoria (H.S.)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Evanston (Twp.) 65, Chicago (Hubbard) 61
Belleville (West) 39, Troy (Triad) 34
Chicago (Von Steuben) 65, Chicago (Brother Rice) 56
Peoria (H.S.) 67, Lincoln 41
Downers Grove (South) 67, Batavia 49
South Holland (Thornwood) 76, Burbank (St. Laurence) 70
Johnsburg 51, East Moline (United) 22
Northbrook (Glenbrook North) 71, Zion (Z.-Benton) 55
Quarterfinals
Evanston (Twp.) 58, Belleville (West) 50
Peoria (H.S.) 63, Chicago (Von Steuben) 43
South Holland (Thornwood) 46, Downers Grove (South) 44
Northbrook (Glenbrook North) 47, Johnsburg 24
Semifinals
Peoria (H.S.) 58, Evanston (Twp.) 48
South Holland (Thornwood) 40, Northbrook (Glenbrook North) 39
Third Place
Northbrook (Glenbrook North) 73, Evanston (Twp.) 65
Final
Peoria (H.S.) 45, South Holland (Thornwood) 43

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Peoria (H.S.)               Chuck Buescher           31-1    906
2  South Holland (Thornwood)   Bob Curran               27-6   2572
3  Northbrook (Glenbrook North David Weber              24-9   2060
4  Evanston (Twp.)             Paul Pryma               22-9   3004
   Belleville (West)           Bill Schmidt             27-6   2106
   Chicago (Von Steuben)       Vince Carter             22-9   1400
   Downers Grove (South)       Paul Runyon              24-7   3054
   Johnsburg                   Ed Sennett               30-2    781
   Batavia                     Jim Roberts                     1640
   Burbank (St. Laurence)      Tom Pallardy                    1552
   Chicago (Brother Rice)      Pat Richardson                  2362
   Chicago (Hubbard)           Calvin Holiday                  1641
   East Moline (United)        Steve Yount                     1854
   Lincoln                     Neil Alexander                   993
   Troy (Triad)                Todd Grigg                      1246
   Zion (Z.-Benton)            Don Kloth                       2190

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Eytan Azaria, Northbrook (Glenbrook North)      4  34  11   6  85
Mike McKinney, Evanston (Twp.)                  4  25   2  12  64
Jon Scheyer, Northbrook (Glenbrook North)       4  15   6  21  57
Brandon Lee, Peoria (H.S.)                      4  20   3  13  56
Shaun Livingston, Peoria (H.S.)                 4  13   0  25  51
Brendan Mullins, Downers Grove (South)          2  17   4   9  47
Eric Gray, South Holland (Thornwood)            4  14   9   8  45
Quovadis Harper, Evanston (Twp.)                4  14   0  15  43
Daniel Ruffin, Peoria (H.S.)                    4  14   2  12  42
Geremie Allison, South Holland (Thornwood)      4  11   7   9  38
Gordon Watt, Evanston (Twp.)                    4  16   0   6  38

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Eytan Azaria, Northbrook (Glenbrook North)   6-6    Jr.    
Shaun Livingston, Peoria (H.S.)              6-6    So.    
Mike McKinney, Evanston (Twp.)               6-3    Jr.    
Brendan Mullins, Downers Grove (South)       6-1    Jr.    
Daniel Ruffin, Peoria (H.S.)                 5-10   Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Aurora (West)                           22-2
 2  Peoria (H.S.)                           21-1
 3  Chicago (Crane)                         25-0
 4  Country Club Hills (Hillcrest)          23-1
 5  Springfield (Southeast)                 24-3
 6  Bartonville (Limestone)                 23-1
 7  Lincoln                                 26-2
 8  Maywood (Proviso East)                  21-3
 9  Chicago (Whitney Young)                 22-3
10  Oak Park (Fenwick)                      20-3
11  Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)            23-3
12  Carbondale                              21-5
13  Chicago (Curie)                         22-6
14  South Holland (Thornwood)               18-5
15  Belleville (West)                       21-5
16  Aurora (East)                           19-4