After going throughout much of the spring and summer’s NCAA evaluation period with relatively very little recruiting attention or atleast any scholarship offers, Bella Vista Prep 6-foot-10, 265-pound senior post Emmanuel Tshimanga saw his college recruitment change in a major way last week, when he received an offer from a top-rated Atlantic-10 program and took an official recruiting visit for himself. Last week, after having a strong performance for himself this summer while playing for Billups Elite (CO), Tshimanga received an offer from the University of Dayton and took an official recruiting visit to the school. Billups Elite is a club program organized…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the top prospects to watch in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) this fall is Arizona Western Junior College 6-foot-8 sophomore combo-forward Andre Allen. One of the top returning prospects in the conference, Allen is coming off a strong summer performance in two different juco events held by national junior college scout Jerry Mullen. I caught Allen in action in the recent All-American JUCO Showcase Elite 80 event in Las Vegas, the last weekend of the NCAA evaluation period. Allen was among the standout performers in the event, after also having a strong performance for himself in…
One junior college prospect that will look to have a big sophomore season for himself is Cochise College’s returning 6-foot-8, 220-pound sophomore forward Justus Rainwater. Rainwater played very well recently in Las Vegas at the All-American JUCO Showcase Elite 80, a high-level junior college event organized by basketball aficionado Jerry Mullen. At the event, Rainwater was among the top overall prospects that I observed. In an event where the majority of players in the competition look to score the basketball, Rainwater played extremely hard on both ends of the floor and showed an excellent motor. He rebounded hard, ran the…
One prospect that took full advantage of the summer NCAA evaluation period was Scottsdale Christian Academy 6-foot-7, 215-pound senior post Ethan Spry. Spry is a talented post prospect with excellent versatility and a nice overall skill level. As a result of his play this spring and summer, Spry has generated numerous suitors for himself. Spry’s development as a player and as a college prospect is a testament to his consistency and hard work as a player. While playing for the Alvin Gentry Elite club program throughout his entire high school career, and staying with one program through his club career, Spry has…
6-foot-7 senior wing Karon Bailey has been one of the more underrated prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class for some time. A native of New York, Bailey moved to the state of Arizona this high school season to pick up his career at the surging prep program, AZ Compass Prep in Chandler. After going unsigned throughout the spring and summer evaluation period, Bailey has now signed with a junior college program in California. This week, after considering Glendale JC and Ventura Junior College in California, Bailey decided to accept an invitation to play for Ventura Junior College in California. Ventura JC assistant coach Lester Neal…
Many Arizona prospects gained maximum exposure to college coaches last week in Las Vegas – the end of the recruiting window for high school prospects across the country. One prospect that definitely raised his recruiting stock this summer was Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-7, 225-pound senior forward Stephan Gabriel. Gabriel showed off a versatile and athletic playing style that brought him a lot of attention from numerous college programs. While playing in Las Vegas for a team called the Arizona Monsoon, which included Pinnacle High School’s sharp-shooting guard Trent Brown, Gabriel played numerous positions and showed excellent versatility. Gabriel handled the basketball in the open floor…
Many prospects in the state of Arizona seem to be hot as of late, but, here we go again – very few prospects in the state, at any class, have seen their recruiting stock take off more this summer than Arcadia High School’s 6-foot-4 sharp-shooting guard prospect Carter Murphy. Murphy is one of the best shooters of the basketball around, and, as a result, has seen his recruiting interest pick up at a rate seldom seen for a rising senior prospect. The past year has been a rocky one for Murphy though, as he left Arcadia High School after his…
Introducing one of the hottest young and developing prospects in the state, Desert Vista High School’s gifted and aspiring 6-foot-9 rising junior forward Osasere Ighodaro. Well, he really needs no introduction these days, as this young man has become one of the hottest young prospects in the state, and, possibly the West now. After the end to his sophomore season and upon entering the 2018 club season, Osasere Ighodaro held no scholarship offers for himself, and was a rather unknown prospect in the state, and definitely outside of Arizona. Since then, well, he has absolutely blown up on the recruiting radar, as…
One of the top overall prospects in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) just a year ago was then Mesa Junior College 7-foot-1 sophomore post James Hampshire. Regarded as one of the top returning prospects in the conference last season, Hampshire instead decided to leave the Mesa program and sit the year out due to personal issues. He has now resurfaced and will look to pick up his sophomore season at Casper Junior College in Wyoming. Here is a recent highlight video of the new and improve James Hampshire – showing why I believe him to be a high-major division-I juco prospect . .…
One of the top overall prospects in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) just a year ago was then Mesa Junior College 7-foot-1 sophomore post James Hampshire. Regarded as one of the top returning prospects in the conference last season, Hampshire instead decided to leave the Mesa program and sit the year out due to personal issues. He has now resurfaced and will look to pick up his sophomore season at Casper Junior College in Wyoming. It is still unclear as to what was bothering Hampshire and forced him to sit out last season, but after spending a year…