The Pangos All-American Festival recently took place on the campus of AZ Compass Prep in Chandler, Arizona. Organized again by top-rated West Coast scout Dinos Trigonis, who has almost become a resident in the state lately with his numerous exposure events, this installment of the prestigious annual Pangos event was different, as it included one main court for maximum exposure and was hosted in Arizona, rather than the normal home of Los Angeles, California. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many California events have been moved to the state by Trigonis and other West Coast scouts, and the addition of this…
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The Arizona Preps Diamond Discovery event returns to the state of Arizona, after the event first was introduced in 2000, and was in operation until 2010. The Arizona Preps’ staff has decided to bring this event back to the state, especially now at a time when the state specially needs it. Due to the growing COVID pandemic, the majority of Arizona’s best basketball talent has gone unnoticed by college coaches, scouts and media. The Diamond Discovery event is designed to help our staff discover Arizona’s untapped talent, in an attempt to give exposure to all interested prospects. This event is…
The Arizona Preps Basketball / Recruiting Academy (Featuring Arizona Preps Basketball Scout Anthony Ray) was a huge success in Prescott Valley, Arizona, earlier this month. The Academy will be making it’s return to Prescott Valley again on Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 1PM to 3PM @ 9030 Florentine Road, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 @ Canyon View Prep Academy. There will also be an amazing Guest Speaker for this Academy, that you will not want to miss! We will announce the Featured Guest Speaker (College Coach) for this Academy in the next coming weeks. The Basketball Academy will be provided for individual prospects (Boys &…
The West Coast Elite Basketball organization had a big week and weekend in the state of Arizona. With the growing COVID pandemic shutting down any form of basketball in California, the organization decided to move each of their events to the state of Arizona. The busy week of events began with the West Coast Elite JUCO Unsigned event @ The PHHACILITY. I was on hand for some of the event, and here are my top individual JUCO and unsigned prospects that I witnessed . . . 2021 Class Top Prospects Shemar Morrow 6-4 Post-Graduate SG/SF PHH Prep (AZ) After deciding…
Former Millennium High School transfer guard, Eduprize Prep 6-foot-1 senior guard Justus Jackson is rated among the top overall prospects in the state of Arizona, and a top-rated guard prospect in Arizona’s 2021 Class. The talented guard prospect is off to a big start to the prep school season on the Grind Session, and has not missed a beat in his performance since deciding to change schools before the start to his final senior season. In fact, Jackson has gone to another level in his play under the direction of new Eduprize Head Coach Christian Polk. For new Eduprize Head…
The state of Arizona is officially loaded with many top-rated basketball prospects these days for college coaches to recruit and even marvel at. With so many very good potential prospects now in the state to recruit, for some prospects, it takes a little longer to see their college recruitment begin to soar. Dream City Christian Prep’s talented 6-foot-3 senior point guard Jayden Nunn saw his college recruitment take off slowly, before now picking up at an extreme level. The tough and talented guard prospect is now receiving high-major Division-I college recruitment, and has become one of the hottest guard prospects…
In very nice fashion and in one of the most amazing stories you will see or hear about, Hillcrest Prep’s very explosive and athletically gifted 6-foot-6 senior guard Jamiyah Neal has pulled the trigger on his college recruitment during the NCAA’s Early Signing Period – signing a national letter of intent with a PAC-12 program. While this summer and fall it had looked as if Neal was headed in one direction, his terrific performances this fall opened doors, and led him in a completely different direction. This is a terrific story at a time where there are not many stories…
It is that time of the year when some of the nation’s top-rated basketball prospects are falling off the recruiting board, during the early signing period. Even with the growing COVID-19 pandemic, some of the top prospects in America’s 2021 Class are pulling the trigger on their college recruitment. On Sunday evening, with many people in the basketball community waiting to see where he would land, AZ Compass Prep’s star 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard Ty Ty Washington decided to end his college recruitment – giving a commitment and signing a national letter of intent with Creighton University. Washington has been…
With the consistent COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Arizona, and the uncertainty around the start to the 2020-2021 high school basketball season, many Arizona prospects are mulling over their immediate futures. As a result, some prospects are looking to move to prep programs, which have already began their high school seasons, and in fine fashion. The latest prospect to change high schools is a big one, as Desert Vista High School’s talented and explosive 6-foot, 165-pound junior guard Daean Lecque has changed high school programs, and will now team up with Mike Foster and a talented group of prospects…
Dream City Christian Prep is one of the elite prep programs in the country, and 6-foot-7 senior forward Arthur Kaluma has been a major reason for the program’s success over the past two seasons. Kaluma is rated as one of the elite prospects in America’s 2021 Class, and has received his large share of high-major Division-I college recruitment, as a result. This week, Kaluma decided to pull the trigger for the early fall signing period – giving a big commitment to the UNLV men’s basketball program. Kaluma had numerous high-major offers for himself and had trimmed his list of schools…