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…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
The Fullcourt Press Diamond in the Rough Unsigned Senior Showcase, presented by Pangos, will be held Saturday, December 12th (Site to be determined). The event will be designed for and limited to 100 of the top unsigned seniors (Class of 2020). Arizona Preps will be in attendance to cover the top performers from this event. Here is some more information on this event, as designed by Full Court Press and Pangos . . . Fullcourt Press Diamond in the Rough Unsigned Senior Showcase presented by Pangos Saturday December 12, 2020 site TBA (Phoenix AZ) Participation Fee: $150.00 Limited to 100 top…
The West Coast Elite Unsigned JUCO Showcase will take place @ The PHHACILITY on November 19 – 20th, 2020. The event will be designed for unsigned prospects. Arizona Preps will be in attendance to bring you our top individual performers from the event. Here is some more information on this event . . . https://www.westcoastelitebasketball.com/jucounsigned
The exciting West Coast Elite 100 will take place for boys and girls between November 20 – 22nd @ The PHHACILITY and @ The Kroc Center and will be loaded with prospects from all classes. The event for boys and girls will take place over (3) days and will be organized by the West Coast Elite Basketball Organization, one of the elite organizers of events in the country. Arizona Preps will be in attendance for each of these events, to bring you our top performers from the weekend. Here is some more information on this event . . . https://www.westcoastelitebasketball.com/elite100
While it looks as if high school varsity level basketball in the state of Arizona will get back to playing, sooner than later, the 2020-2021 junior college season by the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is still hanging in the balance. While still under review by the county officials, it is still unclear as to whether the season will begin late, or whether there will be a season at all. Due to the growing COVID-19 pandemic nationally and locally, the normal junior college season has been postponed. In a normal year, the junior college season would now be underway.…
The Arizona Preps Basketball/Recruiting Academy (Featuring Arizona Preps Basketball Scout Anthony Ray) will start up again around the valley @ local high schools, beginning on Saturday, November 7th, 2020 from 10AM to 12PM @ 9030 Florentine Road, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 @ Canyon View Prep Academy (changed venue from the Boys and Girls Club). This weekend’s Guest Speaker will be former Boise State University Head Coach and longtime Division-I coach Greg Graham. The Basketball Academy will be provided for individual prospects (Boys & Girls), and will be limited to 50 Prospects per/session for boys and girls (Ages 13 to 18). The Basketball Academy is the first academy of it’s kind in the state – designed to provide players…
The exciting Pangos Premier 80 Showcase took place last weekend on the campus of AZ Compass Prep, and was absolutely loaded with talent. Tournament Director and top-rated national basketball scout Dinos Trigonis continues to bring his amazing exposure events to the state of Arizona, and our Arizona Preps’ staff was on hand to catch much of the action this weekend. There were numerous breakout performances from the event, and here are my top individual performers from the event (In no particular order) . . . Xavier Edmonds 6-8 SOPH PF Bishop Montgomery HS (CA) – 2023 Class A big and…
The exciting Pangos Premier 80 Showcase took place last weekend on the campus of AZ Compass Prep, and was absolutely loaded with talent. Tournament Director and top-rated national basketball scout Dinos Trigonis continues to bring his amazing exposure events to the state of Arizona, and our Arizona Preps’ staff was on hand to catch much of the action this weekend. There were numerous breakout performances from the event, and here are my top individual performers from the event (In no particular order) . . . Aiden Shaw 6-8 JR PF Blue Valley HS (KS) – 2022 Class Shaw was one…