One of the elite prospects still available this spring is Brophy Prep High School’s 6-foot-4 unsigned senior guard Ian Burke. Burke is one of the top available guard prospects in the West and now the time has come for him to make a college decision. Recently, Burke decided to make his college decision with a program in the West. This week Burke decided on a program that needed a point guard late – Seattle University and head coach Jim Hayford and his basketball staff. Burke had recently received an offer from Air Force, and was thought to be headed there…
Author: Anthony Ray
With the late spring signing period upon us, there are numerous junior college prospects still available for college programs to take a hard look at over the next couple months. While some of these prospects may already be off the recruiting board, here are my top overall sophomore prospects still available late (in no particular order) . . . Rashaad Goolsby 6-6 SOPH SF/PF Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ) Goolsby is a very long and rangy prospect that has an ability to score around the basket and from mid-range. He is a left handed performer, which makes him a very intriguing…
It was too good of an opportunity to pass up for former Mesa High School head coach Shane Burcar. After a very impressive Arizona high school coaching career where he led the Mesa basketball program for 12 seasons, Burcar has decided to leave the program for the division-I ranks – accepting an assistant coaching position at Northern Arizona University. Burcar has always aspired to be a division-I college coach. His coaching style has always been in the college mode, and now, after many years of hard work and preparation for this opportunity, Burcar will get his chance to be major part…
Recently, Arizona’s top-rated unsigned senior prospect, AZ Compass Prep’s 6-foot-6 combo-guard prospect Both Gach, received a passing test score and looks to be an NCAA academic qualifier. As a result, the recruitment of Gach is seriously heating up. Recently, he received an offer from a program in the West Coast Conference. While many schools have waited to get serious for Gach throughout the high school season, waiting to see if he would qualify academically, Loyola Marymount University head coach Mike Dunlap and his staff have stepped up their recruitment of Gach – enough to extend the skilled and talented guard prospect an…
The Pima Junior College men’s basketball program brought a lot of respect to the state of Arizona this season, after coming up just short of winning the Division-II National Championsip. The #2 overall seed of the national tournament, Pima more than lived up to their billing and finished as the runner-up for the national championship, falling at the hands of #1 seeded Triton College (IL) 89-85. The Pima team saved their best performance for the right time of the season, and played their best basketball of the year in the national tournament. In the championship game, Pima went on a…
This weekend, Higley High School’s rising superstar 6-foot-10 sophomore forward Shon Robinson took center stage in the exciting Main Event tournament. While leading his team, Jamar Murray Elite, to the championship of the 16U Division in the tournament, Robinson proved to be the top overall player and prospect in the tournament. When we last spoke of Robinson, he was just getting his feet wet in the state and also looking to make a name for himself. Now the gifted and tall prospect has more then done that, and this weekend the large crowd in attendance got to catch a good…
The Southwest Showcase Main Event took place this weekend – kicking off the start to the 2018 club season in fine fashion, once again. With the majority of the state’s top club programs in participation this weekend, from many different age groups, and also many teams from outside of the state, this year’s event was very exciting for players, fans, scouts and media to attend. Hard-working and focused Tournament Director Ron Coleman has been putting on major club events for many years, for both boys and girls, and this event may have been his best ever, as it was comprised…
There are numerous unsigned prospects still available in the state this spring, and, interestingly enough, there are a some true low-post prospects still available as well. One of the top available overall prospects in the state and definitely one of the top available true low-post prospects is Texas native, 6-foot-9, 225-pound senior post Barrett Keith. Keith recently moved to the state of Arizona to pick up his game and recruitment this season at AZ Compass Prep in Chandler, Arizona, and competed very well for the program this high school season – providing depth in the low-post and giving the program a low-post scoring…
One of the top overall unsigned prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class is Desert Vista High School’s long and athletic 6-foot-8, 195 pound senior post Christian Anigwe. Anigwe is an athletic and lengthy post prospect with nice upside for the future. This week, Anigwe received an offer from a local division-I program. This week, Northern Arizona head coach Jack Murphy made the trip down the hill to the valley to watch Anigwe work out, and, as a result, extended an offer to Anigwe. Previously, Anigwe had received scholarship offers from Cal Poly and Central Arkansas, and has received strong interest from such schools as Davidson, Montana State…
Cochise College 6-foot-6 sophomore do-it-all forward Chaz Mack had a terrific season for Cochise head coach Jerry Carrillo and his staff, and now he has capped it off and years of hard work – giving a verbal commitment to a program in the Ivy League. Recently, Mack gave a verbal pledge to Cornell University – a major commitment for one prospect that has worked very hard throughout his basketball career, and is well deserving of the opportunity. This season as a sophomore, Mack was extremely productive in the ACCAC – ranking among the league leaders in scoring and rebounding. Mack…