This year’s Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Junior College Jamboree is scheduled for Saturday, October 14th @ Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Each of the conference’s teams will be in action on the day, and our Arizona Preps’ staff will be there the entire day to bring you updates of top performers. Different this year, each member insititution of the ACCAC will play one scheduled game in the event (changed from 2 games in the past). Each game in the event will include a stopped clock format. This is an NCAA, NJCAA Certified Event and will be permitted for college coaches…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona’s 2019 class is again already very loaded and seems to keep getting better. Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-8 junior post JB Mukeba recently enrolled at the school. A native of Africa, Mukeba is a long and athletic post talent that has a high motor. With the recent loss of two top-rated prospects at Hillcrest Prep, Mukeba will look to help anchor the program’s National Team this high school season. The Hillcrest Prep National Team will look to repeat as national champions of the Grind Session this season, but they will have to do it without the services of two top-rated 2019…
The state of Arizona now seems to be loaded with top-rated basketball talent, as more and more prospects are moving to the state of Arizona as of late. Another gifted prospect from America’s 2019 class has now relocated to the state, as 6-foot-7, 175-pound junior wing Terry Armstrong has emerged at Bella Vista Prep. Bella Vista Prep Academy is on the rise. A charter school in the Northeast valley, Bella Vista Prep hired former Hillcrest Prep Academy head coach Kyle Weaver in the spring, and since then, Weaver has brought in loads of new top-rated talent to the basketball program. …
After recently moving to the state of Arizona, Arizona’s 2018 class of prospects has improved a great deal with the addition of 6-foot-8, 225-pound senior forward Stephan Gabriel. A native of New Jersey, Gabriel moved to the state of Arizona this high school season to play for AZ Compass Prep and their national team, and to ultimately improve his college recruitment. Gabriel came to the state possessing offers already from Wagner, Fairleigh Dickinson and Maine. He has already received serious interest from Arizona State, UNLV and Western Kentucky since moving to the state. Gabriel will be a spring signee, so…
After playing for state champion Basha High School last season, and being part of a winning team, 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior point guard Amari Hudson has returned back to his former program Skyline Prep in South Phoenix for his senior season. Hudson saw limited playing time for Basha last season, but will now look to return to form this high school season under his former head coach Jace Romero. Hudson last competed for Skyline Prep as a sophomore, and during that season he averaged impressive numbers – 23.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 3.2 steals per game. He also had…
Shadow Mountain High School is absolutely loaded again this high school season, after winning the 4A state championship last season, and going undefeated throughout their regular season. Shadow would eventually fall to top-ranked Montverde (FL) in their final game of the season in the Dick’s Sporting Goods National Tournament – finishing with a 27-1 overall record on the season. Shadow Mountain has been the class for basketball in the state of Arizona for numerous years now, literally dominating the state’s basketball competition. After winning consecutive state titles, the Matadors are back for the 2017-2018 high school season bigger and better,…
Salpointe Catholic High School’s talented 6-foot-5 junior wing prospect Majok Deng is among the elite prospects in the West for the 2019 class. Deng has received loads of college recruitment already throughout his young career, and this weekend he decided to take an unofficial recruiting visit to one of the top basketball programs in America – Duke University. Deng and members of the Powerhouse Hoops program visited the Duke campus, and had an amazing opportunity to see the Blue Devils’ first practice, and spend some time with the Duke coaching staff. They also had an opportunity to tour the Duke…
Montana State University has completed the trifecta, as their coaching staff has received verbal commitments from three different Arizona prospects this fall. The latest to give a verbal commitment to head coach Brian Fish and his staff is Liberty High School’s 6-foot-5 senior wing prospect Quentin Guliford. Guliford gave his pledge on Saturday evening to the Big Sky program. Guliford is one of the better sleeper prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class and had a very good showing for himself this spring and summer. As a result of his recent success on the club circuit, Guliford received loads of interest from…
Portland State University head coach Barrett Peery and his staff are getting a steal, after receiving a verbal commitment from Anthem Prep High School’s 6-foot-9, 190-pound athletic senior post Trey Wood. Wood has been a very underrated prospect in Arizona’s 2018 class for some time, and after receiving an offer from the Big Sky program recently, Wood decided to pull the trigger. Wood decided to verbal to Portland State over another offer from UMASS-Lowell, so it doesn’t look like much of a steal for Portland State, but it is. Wood is a very underrated college prospect that I really like…
The 19th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will take place on October 21st and will provide maximum exposure opportunities once again for each of the participants. This year’s event will be played on one main court for maximum exposure for each of the players to scouts, media and event fans. The event will include no more than 100 participants and 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 (almost 20 years), and has included thousands…