With the spring evaluation period upon us, and college programs still in pursuit of top available prospects around the country, there are still numerous prospects still available in Arizona’s 2019 Class. With so many unsigned and uncommitted prospects still available in the state, here are my top available prospects still on board for the spring for college coaches to take a very hard look at (in no particular order) . . . Chol Marial 7-3 SR C AZ Compass Prep Chol was once regarded as the nation’s top overall 2019 prospect, after quickly emerging on the national basketball scene as…
Author: Anthony Ray
The exciting annual Southwest Showcase Main Event will take place next weekend, March 29 – 31st at several different venues across the state. Organized again by local basketball aficionado Ron Coleman of the Southwest Showcase, this annual event kicks off the spring club season in the state annually, and is always super exciting as it features all of the state’s top club teams in action. Each season this event does a lot to give Arizona basketball enthusiasts a glimpse into who the state’s top teams and players will be for the up-and-coming club season. I caught up with tournament organizer Ron Coleman…
The annual March Madfest All-Star game held at the Westgate Entertainment District has now become an annual event that basketball enthusiasts in the state mark on their calendars in the state of Arizona. Organized by local basketball products Gary Smith and Kenny Dobbs and the Relentless Basketball family, the event has become an annual event that is exciting and features many of the state’s top basketball performers in action. This year’s event was again very exciting again, after an inaugural event last year that was one to remember. The event featured an all-star game for some of the top high…
There are still numerous prospects still available this spring for division-I college programs to take a hard look. One of the very best overall prospects that college programs will be taking a very hard look at over the next month is Hillcrest Prep’s 6-foot-10, 250-pound talented and physically gifted senior post Carl Lewis. Once a prospect with a very troubled past, the gifted post talent is working hard to put himself in a strong position to get recruited by college programs looking to fill a void in their frontcourt. Lewis moved to the state of Arizona to attend Hillcrest Prep…
It has been a long road for Planet Athlete’s talented 6-foot-6 senior forward Walter Talley. After receiving loads of college interest as a mere freshman and being regarded as one of the state’s top up-and-coming prospects, some poor decisions and life challenges caused Talley to transfer schools and even consider no longer playing basketball. After some serious hard work, on and off the court, this young man has now returned to form, and has given himself a future in college basketball. What is most impressive about Talley is that he kept up his academic performance throughout his situation, and, as…
It was a very good season for Eduprize High School’ 6-foot-3, 170-pound junior guard Isaiah Floyd. After helping his new program to their first ever CAA Division-I title and a terrific 26-1 overall record on the season, Floyd raised his overall level of play throughout the high school season. He is now ready and taking his game to new heights in preparation for the spring and summer, and should raise many eyebrows with his overall play and approach to the game. I had gone through much of the beginning of the season without knowing Floyd very well as a player…
It has been a terrific run by the Bella Vista Prep program as of late, for their players and coaches. While winning this year’s Grind Session National Championship this weekend, also 7-foot, 290-pound senior post Jimmy Bell recently decided to end his college recruitment, and decided to pull the trigger with a college program in the Atlantic-10 Conference. Recently, Bell decided to end his long recruiting process and give a verbal commitment to Head Coach Travis Ford and the Saint Louis Billikens. Bell had decided to pass up on the fall signing period, and wait for the spring signing period to make…
Grind Session National Champion Bella Vista Prep is absolutely loaded with top-rated talent, and has been for the past two seasons, since the program’s origination in 2017 as a prep program. But after having numerous different guard prospects play the point guard role over the past two seasons, the program entered the second half of their prep season still looking for a point guard to emerge to lead the program and raise the overall level of play of the Bella Vista team. After the departure of their starting point guard from last season, 5-foot-9 senior guard Julian Dozier, who came to the…
It was a big weekend for Bella Vista Prep talented 6-foot-3 junior guard Jeron Artest, as he helped lead his program to a National Championship victory in the Grind Session’s National Tournament held in Kentucky over the weekend. After a superb tournament performance, in which he played excellent defense and also scored the basketball nicely in the biggest games of the event, Artest has received another offer to his credit. This weekend, Artest received an offer from UT-Martin after his strong performance in the event. Artest already possesses offers from the University of Wyoming and also St. John’s University. Artest has not indicated…
It was a huge weekend for Bella Vista Prep and Arizona basketball, as Bella Vista would join Hillcrest Prep as winners of the Grind Session’s National Championship, after the program got their revenge and defeated top-rated Spire Academy (OH) by a narrow margin this weekend, 96-94, in front of a large crowd in Kentucky – an amazing accomplishment for Head Coach Kyle Weaver, his staff and his team of talented prospects. Over the weekend, Bella Vista Prep would win (4) games to win the tournament, including a big semi-final victory over Prolific Prep (CA), in which 6-foot-3 junior guard Jeron…