After several years of hard work on his body and game, Bella Vista Prep 6-foot-10, 264-pound junior post Emmanuel Kabasele Tshimanga has improved a great deal, and is now looking to have a strong junior season for head coach Kyle Weaver and his newly developed program. Tshimanga has dropped 30 pounds over the last year, and now, much quicker and more agile for his size, he is beginning to come into his own as a college prospect. This season looks to be a breakout season for the hard-working Tshimanga, as he will look to showcase his new body and skillset…
Author: Anthony Ray
Pinnacle High School’s 6-foot-6 talented senior forward Mason Johnson has made his decision for college next fall. After a lot of hard work and a solid spring and summer for himself, Johnson has decided on a division-III school in Atlanta, Georgia. Johnson will attend Emory College next fall – one of the top overall smaller college programs in the country academically, and also in the sport of basketball. Emory College has won 23 NCAA titles. Johnson chose Emory over recruiting interest from Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Army. Johnson is set to have a strong senior season after working very hard…
Rancho Solano Prep’s 6-foot-8, 195-pound senior forward Nikc Jackson is one of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class, but was a very underrated prospect in the class. While I believed that Jackson should have received much more recruiting attention for himself, rather than wait for the late signing period, Jackson decided to pull the trigger early – giving a verbal commitment to a program in the Mountain West Conference. This weekend, after taking an official recruiting visit to the program, Jackson decided on Air Force – giving head coach Dave Pilipovich and his staff a verbal commitment. Jackson…
Another gifted and ultra-talented young prospect has emerged in the state of Arizona, as 6-foot-9 sophomore post Fallou Diagne has surfaced at Tri-City Christian High School in Chandler, Arizona. A native of Senegal, Diagne is another big-time young talent that has just made Arizona’s loaded 2020 class even much stronger for college programs to now assess. Diagne is a rare find in the state of Arizona, so he will immediately stick out in the class, and become one of the top recruiting targets in the West and, most likely, the country over time. At 6-9 in height already, Diagne is a…
Arizona’s 2020 class is absolutely loaded with top-rated national talent already, and the class looks to have just gotten much stronger and deeper with the transfer of 6-foot-9 sophomore Shon Robinson to the state. After emerging as a top-rated national prospect last season in Chicago, Illinois, Robinson now resides in Arizona at Higley High School and immediately becomes one of the elite young prospects in the West. Robinson played at Morgan Park High School in Chicago last season, before moving to the state of Arizona recently. He now joins an already loaded class of young prospects, while also joining top-rated…
The 19th annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase took place this past weekend on the campus of AZ Compass Prep and was filled with many talented prospects for this year’s event – of all ages (high school and middle school). The event was loaded with up-and-coming basketball talent for the state, and there were many top performers on the day. Here are the top overall performers that I witnessed from this year’s event, from the 2018, 2019 & 2020 classes (In no particular order) . . . Top Fall Showcase Performers – 2018 Class Amari Hudson 6-1 SR PG Skyline Prep…
After traveling to the Arizona Preps Fall Showcase as a mere 7th grader in 2012 from Chicago, Illinois, talented 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior guard Jaylin Fleming, now of Arcadia High School, returned to this year’s event to complete the journey. Like he did as a mere youngster, Fleming returned to action in this year’s event and impressed scouts in attendance with his superior strength and ability to attack the basket and finish strong at the rim. While we have had other prospects play in the Arizona Preps Fall Showcase from such a young age and participate throughout their high school careers,…
The Southwest Showcase Holiday Classic is scheduled for December 2nd – 3rd, 2017 and will be held @ the American Sports Center and the KROC Rec Center. Local high schools may also be used. Th event is expecting teams from California, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada as well as the top programs in Arizona. This event will sell out at 108 teams. Divisions Boys: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Silver, 5th Grade Gold, 6th Grade Silver, 6th Grade Gold, 7th Grade Silver, 7th Grade Gold, 8th Grade Silver, 8th Grade Gold Girls: 5th/6th, 6th/7th, 7th/8th To register for this…
The 19th annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase took place this past weekend on the campus of AZ Compass Prep and was filled with many talented prospects for this year’s event – of all ages (high school and middle school). The event was loaded with up-and-coming basketball talent for the state, and there were many top performers on the day. After the completion of the event, our staff selected different individuals in the event for their efforts, and the “Top Surprise Performer” from this year’s event was Buckeye High School’s 6-foot-1 sophomore guard Ty Bootheman. The “Top Surprise Performer” goes to…
The 19th annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase took place this past weekend on the campus of AZ Compass Prep and was filled with many talented prospects for this year’s event – of all ages (high school and middle school). The event was loaded with up-and-coming basketball talent for the state, and there were many top performers on the day. After the completion of the event, our staff selected different individuals in the event for their efforts, and the “Top Sleeper Prospect” from this year’s event was Peoria High School’s 6-foot-5 senior forward Khot Anyieth. The “Top Sleeper Prospect” goes to…