AZ Compass Prep has quickly developed into one of the nation’s premier prep programs, as they are coming off their best season to date. The Compass Prep basketball program is absolutely loaded with talent and continues to bring in more and more top-rated talent each season. The program has really help to vault Arizona basketball to a new level in America. Here is a highlight video of one of the program’s blowout victories this past high school season by BALLISLIFE.com . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Rk1gE2hZw
Author: Anthony Ray
The Hillcrest Prep basketball program has produced numerous top-rated prospects for college programs over the years, and consistently brings in some of the nation’s elite talent each year. The basketball program has grown nationally and internationally over the years, and is responsible for helping develop the prep school domination in the state, which has raised the level of basketball and recruiting in Arizona. Here is a superb documentary of the Hillcrest Prep basketball program – an inside look into of the nation’s elite prep programs . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqYWIBv82Cg
Hillcrest Prep turned things around in a major way this past season – wining several major tournaments to finish the season, after adding the services of future NBA draft pick, 7-foot, 2365-pound senior post Makur Maker. Maker was awesome in his performance with a loaded Hillcrest Prep program. Maker has put him name in the 2020 NBA Draft and is expected to be a first round selection. Here is a highlight video of Makur and the Hillcrest Prep program in their tournament championship performance @ the Chick-Fil-a Classic, held in South Carolina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iOC_qgL62U
Hillcrest Prep has done it again – landing one of the nation’s top overall prospects to their program. Hillcrest Prep has announced the addition of 6-foot-8 freshman wing Omaha Biliew, a native of West Des Moines, Iowa. Biliew is currently rated as the nation’s top overall prospect in the 2023 Class, and will now team up with a loaded group at Hillcrest that includes 6-foot-8 junior forward Michael Foster and 6-foot-7 junior Keon Edwards (DePaul commit). Biliew is a tremendous physical talent for a 2023 prospect, as he possesses excellent size, length and athleticism combined with a serious skill level…
The 2020 McClintock Holiday Shootout will be held in late December, and again will be filled with a loaded field of high school teams from the state of Arizona. This exciting event will feature many of the state’s top teams. Here is the field of teams expected for the 2020 annual event . . . 2020 McClintock Holiday Shootout – Field of Teams Apollo, Arcadia, Basha, Brophy Prep, Casteel, Desert Mountain, Desert Ridge, Gilbert Highland, Ironwood, McClintock, Mountain Pointe, Paradise Valley, Saguaro and Tempe. The Arizona Preps’ staff will look to completely cover this year’s exciting event, once again. Last…
The 2020 Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge will take place December 19 – 23rd, 2020, again @ Mesa Mountain View High School, and will be loaded once again with numerous top teams from Arizona and around the West. This week, the tournament announced this year’s field of teams for this exciting event. Here is the list of teams that will be participating in this year’s event, at the end of the year – just before Christmas . . . 2020 Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge – List of Teams Mountain View (AZ), Red Mountain (AZ), Sunnyslope (AZ), Perry (AZ), Salpointe Catholic (AZ),…
The game of basketball is consistently changing at all levels, as players are training more and harder than ever before, and looking for ways to gain an advantage on the competition. For the elite prospects across the country, the margins are very small, but the desire to play in the NBA continues to grow and the elite prospects are looking to get there sooner and stay there. As a result, options are developing quickly around the world to give the best basketball talent more options for their futures. If you had not heard of the name Chameleon BX, you may…
The long wait is finally over for former stud 2020 Class guard prospect Kyree Walker. After staying very quiet about his plans for the future for some time, this past weekend, the 6-foot-5, 205-pound senior guard Kyree Walker announced that he would skip going to normal college route for his future, and, instead, train for a year with the well-known Chameleon BX Training in California, in an attempt to prepare for the 2021 NBA Draft. Chameleon BX is the ultimate training platform for elite high school basketball players to get prepared for the NBA. Founded by Frank Matrisciano, players work out hard…
In very surprising fashion this week, one of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2021 Class decided to pull the trigger early and give a nice verbal commitment to a college program. Sunnyslope High School’s 6-foot-10, 220-pound junior post Carson Basham, while having a laundry list of offers for himself, decided to end his college recruitment and give a verbal pledge to Pepperdine University and Head Coach Lorenzo Romar and his strong basketball staff. While the previous plan might have been to play through the spring and summer months before making his college decision, the COVID-19 pandemic may have seriously changed the…
With the basketball world being put on a halt with the global epidemic known as the Corona Virus (COVID-19), us hoop junkies have seem to run out of luck as NBA, Collegiate and AAU/club basketball play have all been cancelled or suspended. Hopefully all of this passes and kids will have the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of college coaches sooner rather than later. In the meantime, here are some of the state’s elite small forward prospects to watch for once play resumes – in all classes (In no particular order). In this Third Edition of “We Miss…