The time has arrived after 20 years of events, the amazing 20th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 20th and 21st, 2018 and will be making it’s return to the very nice venue – Inspire Courts, located at 1090 North Fiesta Blvd, Gilbert, Arizona 85233. This year’s event will include a celebration of the event’s history, as many of the past top performers and MVP’s will be in the building. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will highlight the efforts of the past 20 years of top performers and players from this historic tournament. This year’s historic 20th…
Author: Anthony Ray
The Mullen’s Prep Showcase in the Desert took place in exciting fashion this weekend at the PHHacility in South Phoenix, and featured some of the top prep programs in the West and also a loaded Arizona Western Junior College team that proved how good they will be in the ACCAC this junior college season. Organized by the nation’s premier junior college scout Jerry Mullen, one of the nicest and high-character people in the business, this event was loaded with division-I college coaches at this year’s event – making for an exciting atmosphere for players and teams in participation. I was…
The 20th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will take place on October 20th and 21st and will provide maximum exposure opportunities once again for each of the participants. This year’s event will be played on two main courts for maximum exposure for each of the players, scouts, media and event fans. This year’s event will be a loaded event with top-rated talent from the state. The Fall Showcase has helped to bring maximum exposure to the state over the past two decades (20 years), and has included thousands of participants over it’s 20-year span. The event annually has…
Hillcrest Prep Academy had a big night this Sunday evening, as they decided to retire the jersey (#0) of current #1 overall NBA draft pick, and current Phoenix Suns’ player DeAndre Ayton at Inspire Courts in Gilbert, Arizona. Ayton played two full seasons for Hillcrest Prep and was on hand to see his number retired, while Phoenix Suns’ announcer Tom Leander, the Suns’ cheerleaders and also the Suns’ Gorilla were all in attendance for the festivities. Here is a video by AZ Finest Mixtape of this weekend’s event . . . Join the Forum discussion on this post
In case you missed it, Central Arizona Junior College 7-foot, 220-pound sophomore post Trever Irish is now off the recruiting board, as he has given a verbal commitment and will sign this fall with a member of the Big West Conference. Recently, Irish gave a verbal commitment to Long Beach State University head coach Dan Munson and his basketball staff. Irish is among the best low-post prospects returning in the NJCAA ranks this junior college season, and definitely among the top overall returning prospects in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC). Irish chose Long Beach State over offers from Kent State and Florida A&M. He was set to…
The recruiting process is now over for gifted Mountain Pointe High School 6-foot-9 senior post Jalen Graham. Graham went into the summer with no offers, and quickly became a hot commodity for many college programs around the country. Recently, he decided to end his college recruitment and give an early verbal pledge to a program in the West Coast Conference (WCC). Rather than accept one of the bigger Division-I offers that he had on his list of schools, Graham chose to give a big commitment to Santa Clara University head coach Herb Sendek and his coaching staff – an excellent get for…
Arizona Preps is proud to announce that current college coach, Lucas Archuletta, a current assistant coach for South Mountain Junior College, has joined the Arizona Preps’ basketball staff. Archuletta brings loads of basketball experience to our organization, and also excellent experience as a evaluator of basketball talent, which will raise the level of coverage of Arizona high school, prep school and junior college basketball in the state. Lucas is originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico but moved on to and graduated high school from Rio Rancho High School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. After high school he attended and played…
The AZ Finest Showcase took place this weekend at Inspire Courts and featured some of the state’s top prospects on the day. Organized by Tournament Director Michael Clark of AZ Finest Mixtape, this event annually has always been very good and consistently has showcased some of the state’s top talent. The event featured showcase games and an all-star game at the end of the event. I was on hand for much of the action on Saturday and was very impressed with some of the featured prospects in the event. Here are my top performers from the day (in no particular…
AZ Compass Prep is making excellent strides in year two of the program’s mission to develop an excellent basketball program in the valley that will be filled with serious player development, on and off the basketball floor. The school’s leadership has made a tremendous commitment to the basketball program. The basketball program, led by former NBA/Euro Pro guard Ray Weathers and his wife Angela Weathers, a top-rated Southwest Region trainer, is now on the rise a great deal in year two of the program’s national program. The Weathers’ family has an extreme commitment to their faith in the Lord, and has brought that dedication and disciplined commitment…
The Hillcrest Prep program is already loaded with some top-rated national talent and now this year’s program has gone to another level with the addition of transfer, 6-foot-11, 250-pound 4-star power forward Antwan January. January recently transferred from Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles, CA, and now will anchor a loaded lineup at Hillcrest this season. January is a load and one of the top post prospects in the country – possessing numerous high-major division-I offers already for himself. He will add some serious size and toughness to a Hillcrest Prep team that already has some of the top…