Rarely do girls or boys basketball prospects get so much attention early on their college recruitment, but for Xavier Prep’s gifted 6-foot-1 rising sophomore guard/forward Mia Davis that is not the case. The skilled young prospect emerged as an elite prospect early on in her development, and is currently rated among the nation’s elite 2023 prospects by ESPN. Davis is the daughter of former Arizona basketball star guard Prileu Davis who destroyed the ACCAC while playing for Phoenix College, and landed a big-time college basketball scholarship to Louisville. Prileu Davis is also among the state’s top coaches and trainers as…
Author: Anthony Ray
Girls basketball in the state of Arizona is on the rise again in the state, as many more opportunities have recently developed for top girl’s prospects in the state to gain maximum recruiting exposure to college programs across the country. One of the state’s elite overall prospects and the top overall girls prospect in Arizona’s 2022 Class is Pinnacle High School’s lengthy and talented 6-foot-7 rising junior post Kennedy Basham. Basham is currently rated among the nation’s elite prospects in America’s 2022 Class, and she is absolutely blowing up as a result. Basham is a unicorn for the state of…
While Arizona’s 2022 Class is loaded with gifted prospects, Arizona’s 2021 Class is also very talented. PHHoenix Prep 6-foot-4 rising senior guard prospect Brett Hardt is one of the elite shooters of the basketball in the class, and has seen his share of college recruitment as a result. On Thursday afternoon, in very surprising fashion, Hardt decided to end his college recruitment and give a verbal commitment to DePaul University, a member of one of the nation’s top college basketball conferences, The Big East. Hardt received an offer from DePaul University last weekend, in what also was a nice surprise…
St. Mary’s High School is absolutely loaded with Division-I talent for the future, as Head Coach Damin Lopez has built a strong basketball program in Arizona in a short period of time. The Knights’ program is on the rise and another major reason for the improvement of the program is the development of 6-foot-10 rising junior post Jeremiah “Bear” Cherry. The younger brother of current Arizona State junior forward Taeshon Cherry, Bear Cherry is now coming into his own as a college prospect. Cherry and his family moved to Arizona to be closer to Taeshon, via San Diego, California, just a…
Arizona’s 2022 Class of prospects is absolutely loaded, and another top-rated prospect in the class is St. Mary’s High School’s talented and very athletic 6-foot-6 rising junior wing prospect Garrison Phelps. Phelps is coming off a nice breakout sophomore season for himself, and now is looking to become a household name in the state as a junior, whether there is a high school season this year or not. The son of longtime Division-I college coach Dionne Phelps, who is currently the Director of Operations for the also loaded Dream City Christian Prep basketball program in Arizona, Garrison comes from excellent…
The Arizona Community College Athletic Association (ACCAC) just got better, as former 2019 Apollo High School graduate, Cal State Fullerton 6-foot-7, 190-pound Division-I transfer Emmanuel Taban has decided to transfer to Phoenix College. After spending his freshman season playing for Cal State Fullerton, Taban recently decided to transfer college programs, and has now landed in the ACCAC. In high school, after a terrific career at Apollo under the strong leadership of Head Coach Jacob Marin, Taban found his college fit with Head Coach Dedrique Taylor and his Cal-State Fullerton program, where he would spend his freshman season. Taban received his share of college recruitment in…
While we continue to go through these very difficult times in our nation’s history, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused many members of the Arizona basketball community to miss out on gaining exposure to college coaches around the country this spring and summer. I wanted to write this for all of those that have felt that they are suffering in their college recruitment, and the many possible opportunities that the spring and summer evaluation period could have brought through playing with your respective club teams/programs, and also with your high school programs during a normal evaluation…
Even with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on recruiting and the evaluation of the state’s top basketball prospects of the 2021 rising senior class, many of the state’s top prospects are still getting it done, as several prospects in the class have now given commitments to college programs. Last last week, Ironwood High School’s talented 6-foot-4 rising senior guard Bailon Black became the next in line – giving a big verbal commitment to a member of the Big Sky Conference. Northern Colorado just hired new Head Coach Steve Smiley to replace previous successful Head Coach Jeff Lindner, who took…
AZ Compass Prep surging 6-foot-11 rising junior post Adrame Diongue is a big-time talent that the nation does not yet clearly know about yet, but they are learning fast after the young man’s recent performance in last month’s Pangos Best of Arizona League. In the league, Diongue showed off his serious upside, length and athleticism – leading to a recent offer from a program in the BIG-12 Conference. After college coaches around the country observed the talented prospect in action on Ballertv.com during the event, Diongue, who did not then have any scholarship offers to his credit, received an offer from Texas Christian University (TCU) and their basketball…
Over the past month, the Arizona Preps’ staff has grown a great deal as the group has added some serious talent to an already very talented staff of writers, scouts and interns. As part of the group’s development and new focus on covering the state’s best girl’s basketball talent, we are proud to announce the addition of Travis Armstrong to our staff. A former high school Head Coach for girl’s basketball at Florence High School, Travis Armstrong will join the Arizona Preps’ staff as the organization’s lead girl’s basketball scout – covering girls basketball in the state, high school and junior college. Armstrong will join…