Rarely are top-rated Arizona basketball prospects given the honor of being recognized by national media, boys or girls. Being ranked among the top prospects in the country is one honor every top prospect strives for. Recently, ESPN released their 2021 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings for the ESPN Women’s Top 100. With (4) different Arizona girls prospects making the cut, one new prospect to make the list of Top 100 prospects is Chaparral High School’s talented 5-foot-10 senior guard Jess Finney (University of Washington commit). Finney is a unique prospect on the basketball court, so it is only fair that she be…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona Preps has covered Arizona’s top prospects in the state of Arizona now since 1999, and has been the leader in publishing stories and articles regarding Arizona’s top basketball prospects, for boys and girls. Recently, the website decided to pick back up our coverage of girl’s high school basketball in the state, and now to complete our basketball coverage in the state, the website now will be offering Team Rankings for the top teams in the state, and Player Rankings for the state’s best basketball prospects in each class. Arizona Preps will begin these new rankings with our Pre-Season Team…
Arizona Preps is proud to announce a NEW Partnership with Zipps Sports Grill in Arizona. The local growing chain of Sports Restaurants has partnered with Arizona Preps to provide awards and scholarship opportunities for Arizona’s top boys and girls student-athletes throughout the state annually. Zipps Sports Grill is one of the state’s premier and most popular sports grills, and combines homemade food, friendly service and drinks, with top-notch entertainment in your neighborhood. The chain has (14) different locations in the valley, and we encourage the entire Arizona basketball community to visit their locations today! Zipps will be supporting the Arizona…
Eduprize High School’s talented and physical 6-foot-10, 250-pound senior post Duke Brennan is definitely a prospect on the rise in Arizona’s 2021 Class. After receiving several offers this spring, but missing out on a big spring and summer that would have impacted his college recruitment a great deal, Brennan continues to soar – proving he is worthy of much more college recruitment. While already possessing offers for himself, Brennan’s strong performance in last weekend’s End of Summer Showcase legitimized his campaign for much more recruiting interest. Brennan received several offers this spring, suggesting that he would have a big summer…
Arizona’s 2021 Class of prospects missed out a great deal on the impact of a spring and summer NCAA Evaluation Period (2020) that would have benefited many college prospects, but instead was taken away by the COVID-19 pandemic. We have addressed many of these prospects on Arizona Preps. Another prospect in the class that would have benefited a great deal from the exposure to college coaches is Paradise Valley High School’s 6-foot-6 senior forward Moses Demalek. Demalek is a skilled and lengthy wing prospect that can play multiple positions on the floor, and has already received some college interest, but…
Arizona’s 2022 Class of prospects is absolutely loaded with talent for college programs to take a hard look at. As a result, many college programs are already positioning themselves early with prospects in the class. PHHoenix Prep 6-foot-4 junior sharp-shooting guard Dominic Capriotti has raised eyebrows early in the recruiting process with his ability to shoot the basketball with unlimited range. This week, Capriotti decided to position himself with one of the college programs already pursuing him – giving a college pledge to a member of the Big Sky Conference. This week, in very surprising fashion, Capriotti decided to end…
Glendale Junior College (GCC) is coming off a strong junior college season last year (2019-2020), after winning last year’s ACCAC Conference Title. Unfortunately for Glendale JC, the NJCAA Division-II National Tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic – ending Glendale’s hopes and chances of a national championship, or even continuing their strong season. A major reason for GCC’s strong season last year, was the strong play of 6-foot-8 rising sophomore forward Adam Hamilton. A graduate of Buckeye High School (2019), Hamilton is coming off a strong freshman campaign for himself, and now is one of the top returning…
It is still early for Arizona’s 2023 Class of prospects, but one prospect has already risen to the top of the class. Millennium High School’s promising 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Isaac Hymes is among the elite overall talents in the class, and is a budding young prospect in the state. The younger brother of Hillcrest Prep product and University of Nevada forward KJ Hymes, Isaac Hymes is one young prospect in the state that college programs will soon be positioning themselves to recruit. I recently saw and wrote about the promising talent of Hymes, after his strong performance in the Future…
The time has arrived after 20 years of events and 20 years of operations for the Arizona Preps website (www.arizonapreps.com), the amazing 22nd Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be continuing a new era for our website and this annual event going forward, as we continue the Arizona Preps Fall Showcase Top 25 Invitational. The NEW format of the annual event will invite (25) of the state’s top high school varsity teams (boys and girls) to participate in two games on Saturday, October 31st, 2020. The event again will be making it’s return to the very nice…
While the 2021 Class across the country was and will not be permitted to benefit from the NCAA Evaluation Period in 2020, many of the prospects in the class have gone unnoticed by college programs. One prospect in Arizona’s 2021 Class that is worthy of much higher college recruitment is Mountain Pointe High School’s talented 6-foot, 160-pound senior point guard Jason Kimbrough. After a strong junior season where he led his high school program to a 6A State Championship runner-up finish, Kimbrough looks prepared to have a big senior season, when one takes place. Kimbrough is one of the state’s…