One of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2020 Class has been considered as one of the elite prospects in the class for some time, since entering the high school ranks. As a result, Salpointe Catholic High School’s 6-foot-2, 155-pound senior point guard prospect Evan Nelson saw his college recruitment take off early in the recruiting process when he received his first division-I offer as a mere freshman. Currently, Nelson has received a long list of college offers to his credit, and he continues to pick up recruiting steam with strong performances this spring and summer. As a result, Nelson has…
Author: Anthony Ray
This week will begin a new era in NCAA men’s basketball recruiting as the NCAA has instituted new legislation, and will comprise (4) different Basketball Academies throughout the United States, during the NCAA July Evaluation Period for Division-I college coaches to evaluate top-rated basketball talent. As a result, more than 300 different college prospects from around the country will organize at Grand Canyon University this week to take part in the West Regional Academy. For whatever strange reason, there will not be many Arizona prospects actually in participation for the GCU West Academy. There are only (12) total Arizona prospects…
It took some time for for Hillcrest Prep’s ultra athletic and gifted 6-foot-6, 215-pound graduating senior wing prospect Devan Cambridge to make his college decision. While mulling over his options and also looking to build his college recruitment, Cambridge waited patiently before making his final decision. This week, Cambridge receive two more big Division-I scholarship offers for himself, and, on Wednesday afternoon, he decided to pull the trigger with a program in the SEC Conference. With an offer already on the table for himself from West Virginia, this week Cambridge received two more big offers from Oregon and Auburn. With…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2020 Class is setting himself up to make his college decision this fall. After a very busy spring where he received numerous scholarship offers for himself, and became one of the hottest prospects in the West, Desert Vista High School’s 6-foot-9, 185-pound senior post Osasere Ighodaro has now trimmed his recruiting list to four schools. With more than (20) different scholarship offers on the table for himself, Ighodaro has now decided to focus on (4) different schools for himself. He will take official recruiting visits Marquette, Vanderbilt, Texas and Stanford (in no…
Another one of the better sleeper prospects in Arizona’s very talented 2020 Class of prospects is Rancho Solano Prep’s 6-foot-9, 225-pound senior post Hunter Ruck. Highly regarded as a college prospect throughout his high school career and early in the recruiting process, Ruck has yet to receive bigger scholarship offers for himself. As a result, he has turned up his performance as of late, and is coming off a big Elite Camp Most Valuable Player performance at the recent Stanford Elite Camp. Ruck’s Elite Camp MVP performance recently capped off a strong spring performance and an excellent start to his…
One of the better prospects in Arizona’s 2020 Class of prospects in the state is Shadow Ridge High Schoolskilled 6-foot-7, 185-pound senior forward Anthony Garza. Garza is having a very good spring and summer performance for himself, and, as a result, he has garnered some good recruiting attention. Now with (2) different offers on the table for himself, Garza prepares for a big July. I had an opportunity to watch Garza in action this weekend at the West Coast Elite Summer-Tip-Off event in Phoenix, and was very impressed with his development and the strides that he has made since I…
It has been difficult to keep up with the major roster additions this off-season for local prep power Hillcrest Prep. While other prep programs in the state are developing and some prep programs are changing, it has been an historic spring and summer for Hillcrest, as the program has flexed their muscles – adding numerous elite national prospects to a program that is no stranger to having pros on their roster. Their latest addition to an historic toster for next season at Hillcrest Prep, Top-20 national ranked 6-foot-7, 175-pound rising junior wing prospect Keon Edwards. Edwards is currently ranked among…
It has been difficult to keep up with the major roster additions this off-season for local prep power Hillcrest Prep. While other prep programs in the state are developing and some prep programs are changing, it has been an historic spring and summer for Hillcrest, as the program has flexed their muscles – adding numerous elite national prospects to a program that is no stranger to having pros on their roster. Their latest addition to an historic toster for next season at Hillcrest Prep, Top-20 national ranked 6-foot-7, 175-pound rising junior wing prospect Keon Edwards. Edwards is currently ranked among…
The state of Arizona’s already talented 2021 Class of prospects received a nice shot in the arm recently when former Somerset Academy (NV) 6-foot-7 rising junior wing prospect Maxwell Lewis decided to transfer schools, and landed at AZ Compass Prep in Chandler, Arizona. Lewis is a serious recruiting target for high-major division-I programs in the West, and he will be making a nice introduction into our new rankings for the class. Since moving to the state, many college programs have been in contact with our staff about their strong interest in the gifted wing prospect. Lewis is coming off a…
Skyline High School’s 6-foot-2 senior guard Dayton Harris is one of the state’s top prospects in the 2020 Class, and was receiving a lot of college interest until he decided to pull the trigger this week and give an early verbal commitment to Northern Arizona University and Head Coach Shane Burcar. The decision was a big one for Harris, and the commitment was an even bigger one for Northern Arizona. Northern Arizona recently changed head coaches when former NAU head coach Jack Murphy accepted an assistant coaching position with his former program, the University of Arizona. The move resulted in…