Recently, the state of Arizona’s level of basketball talent received a shot in the arm when one of the nation’s top 2022 prospects, Devontes Cobbs, a 6-foot-4 freshman prospect and stud prospect, moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and enrolled at Arizona power Shadow Mountain High School. This past weekend, Cobbs showcased his superior young talent and skills at the illustrious Pangos Frosh/Soph Camp in Los Angeles, CA. The Pangos Frosh/Soph All-West Camp, organized by one of the nation’s elite scouts Dinos Trigonis, has been the proving ground for the top young prospects in the West for many years. Annually, this event proves the West’s…
Author: Anthony Ray
The annual Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Junior College Jamboree is set to take place on Saturday, October 13th on the campus of Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Here is the complete game schedule for the day, as each program is scheduled to play one game on the day. Our staff from Arizona Preps will be in full attendance for the event, and will bring you complete coverage of the event’s top performers from the day . . . ACCAC JUCO Jamboree Game Schedule 12:00 PM Chandler-Gilbert CC VS South Mountain CC 1:30 PM Eastern Arizona College VS Glendale CC 3:00 PM Cochise…
AZ Compass Prep continues to develop as a national prep program – bringing in loads of serious talent for their second true season of having a national prep program. After recently acquiring the nation’s former #1 ranked 2019 national prospect, Chol Marial, to their program, Compass Prep has recently been bringing other top-rated national talent to go with him. One of these top prospects that has ventured to the program this season, and will provide a nice boost to the program’s overall level of talent will be 6-foot-4 junior guard Xavier Dusell. Dusell recently decided to transfer to the Compass…
The state of Arizona’s rapidly developing basketball culture has completely gone to another level recently, and has been changed forever as a result of the emergence of many new prep schools in the valley. The program that started it all, of course, was Hillcrest Prep. Organized by basketball aficionado Nick Weaver and Matt Allen, the basketball program has changed the basketball landscape in the state through producing consistent high-major division-I basketball talent, and also bringing major national attention to the state through such national prospects as this year’s #1 NBA Draft Pick DeAndre Ayton (Phoenix Suns). Program Director Matt Allen and…
And then there were (4) schools, as Bella Vista Prep’s ultra-talented 6-foot-7, 175-pound senior wing Terry Armstrong has now narrowed his list of college suitors down to his final four. Armstrong is our top true 2019 prospect in the class (excluding Nico Mannion-Arizona commit). The athletic wing has generated loads of division-I interest for himself over the past year, and recently he narrowed down his once long recruiting list. Once having an extremely long list of potential college suitors, Armstrong is now narrowing his college decision for the fall. Armstrong is now focusing on four schools – Arizona, Oklahoma, Oregon and New…
After what seemed like a long college recruitment, although it was actually a year sooner than it would have been, the exciting college recruitment of Pinnacle High School’s superstar 6-foot-3 senior guard Nico Mannion has come to an end, after the gifted guard prospect selected the University of Arizona and head coach Sean Miller and his staff on Friday. While it was an exciting recruitment for Mannion, he decided to pull the trigger very early in the recruiting process – giving his verbal pledge a year earlier than expected and in the early fall recruiting period. Recently, Mannion had narrowed down his list of schools to two…
It has been a very interesting and difficult road, but it is headed to end in fine fashion for Hillcrest Prep’s 6-foot-7, 225-pound senior forward Stephan Gabriel. After playing very well in several events this summer and raising his recruiting stock a great deal, and after taking a couple recruiting visits, Gabriel has decided to end his college recruitment – giving a verbal commitment to Bradley University in Illinois, and a member of the very competitive Missouri Valley Conference. Gabriel took an official recruiting visit to Montana State recently, before visiting Bradley last weekend. Gabriel also received offers from Montana, Fairleigh Dickinson, Wagner and Maine…
Central Arizona Junior College 7-foot, 220-pound sophomore post Trever 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) this up-and-coming junior college season. Irish is set to take an official recruiting visit to a school from the Big-West Conference this weekend. Currently, Irish has several division-I offers on the table for himself, as he has received scholarship offers thus far from Long Beach State, Kent State and Florida A&M. This weekend, Irish will take an official recruiting visit to Long Beach State. Long Beach State assistant…
The Area Codes Frosh/Soph Camp took place this past weekend, and, again, featured many of the state’s top overall underclassmen prospects from the state of Arizona. Organized by Tournament Director Chad Groth, the event is always exciting as it gives our staff a good idea of who to watch for in the future. I was on hand for the full day’s events, and came away impressed with numerous prospects in the event. Here are the top overall young prospects that caught my attention on the day (In no particular order) . . . Top 2021 Sophomore Prospects Carter Van Hammond …
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 the biggest celebration in 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…