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…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
Numerous players have made a nice jump in our recent player rankings for their respective classes over the spring and summer, and one prospect that has made one of the biggest jumps in recent Arizona Hoop Review Scouting Report that goes out to college coaches is Bella Vista Prep’s talented and athletic 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior guard Nicolas Elame. Elame is among the best overall players in Arizona’s 2019 Class, and while he has (5) offers for himself currently, he is one prospect definitely on the rise. While Elame is receiving some attention from college coaches currently, he is actually better…
Arizona Preps is very pleased to announce that one of the nation’s top prep school programs, and a member of the national Grind Session, Lincoln Academy (GA) will be attending this year’s 20th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase. Lincoln Academy is absolutely loaded with division-I talent and looks to make this year’s event one to remember. Lincoln Academy head coach Bryan Lippman, one of the top up-and-coming young coaches in America, and his basketball staff have quickly developed Lincoln into one of the nation’s elite prep programs. Founded in 2017, the basketball program has competed against some of the best…
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, and present awards…
After deciding to leave Desert Vista High School recently for his senior season, and to go the prep school route for his final year, 6-foot-2 senior talented point guard Tyrek Chambers has landed at a prep program in the valley, after deciding to take his game to Bella Vista Prep. Chambers will provide the Bella Vista program with a gifted point guard prospect for the season, after the recent departure of senior point guard Julian Dozier, who returned home to his native home of Michigan for his senior season. Chambers is a superb talent that ventured to the state of Arizona via Brooklyn,…
The Southwest Showcase Discovery Camp, organized by valley basketball aficionado Ron Coleman, will be held this Sunday, October 7th from 10AM to 5PM for incoming freshmen and invited 8th graders. The event will be held at The KROC Rec Center in South Phoenix. Arizona Preps will be on hand for this weekend’s event to bring you our top overall prospects and performers from this weekend’s event. Here is some more information on this weekend’s event . . . Cost: $60 Camp Schedule 10AM – Camp Registration 10:30AM – Opening Discussion 10:45AM – Skills Stations 12:00PM – Lunch 12:30PM – Guest Speakers…
Arizona’s 2020 Class of college prospects is absolutely loaded with division-I talent for the future, and many college programs are now taking a strong focus on individual prospects in the group. Tri-City Christian High School’s 6-foot-11 junior post Fallou Diagne emerged in the state last season, and his potential to play the game became imminent and glaring among college coaches. This weekend, Niang received a huge division-I offer for himself early in the recruiting process. I have always stated that this young man would garner high-major division-I interest for himself over time, and now an elite division-I program in the country has…
Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-4 sophomore guard Dimitrios Stragalinos has been regarded among the elite 2021 prospects in the West. As a result of his early potential as a college prospect, the gifted young guard prospect has received two different division-I offers for himself early in the recruiting process. As a result of his tremendous potential for the future, two different division-I programs have stepped up early in the young man’s recruiting process and extended scholarship offers to him. The University of Wyoming was the first college program to provide an offer for Stragalinos. Recently, Bradley University would also offer him, giving…