Author: Anthony Ray

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…

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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…

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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…

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(Current Kansas Jayhawk Mitch Lightfoot gave his verbal commitment @ the 17th annual Fall Showcase).  The amazing 19th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held on Saturday, October 21st, 2017 at AZ Compass Prep – located in Chandler, Arizona (2020 North Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85225).  The event will be for ALL high school and junior high school aged boys (7th & 8th grade). This is the most exciting showcase event of the year.  This event will, once again, be attended by some of the top national and regional basketball scouting services in the…

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Desert Vista High School’s gifted 6-foot-2 junior point guard prospect Tyrek Chambers is a superb talent that recently ventured to the state of Arizona via Brooklyn, New York, where he attended acclaimed Christ the King High School.  Since moving to the state of Arizona, Chambers has quickly blossomed into one of the state’s unique talents and among the elite overall prospects in the state, regardless of class. Chambers recently was regarded as the top overall performer from the recent West Coast Elite Showcase organized by Ryan Silver and his staff. Chambers is a budding star prospect that is a big-time…

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This weekend, the Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp took place @ Cerritos College (CA) over Saturday and Sunday.  Some top-rated Arizona basketball prospects from the state of Arizona were in participation for this year’s event.  One prospect that emerged this weekend and made a splash in the event was AZ Compass Prep 6-foot-1 sophomore guard Jalin Anderson. While our staff was not in attendance for this weekend’s event, it was reported by numerous scouts in attendance that Anderson was among the elite performers this weekend, and had an excellent showing in the event.  Anderson ranked among the top overall guard prospects…

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The G-20 Showcase event was developed and organized this weekend by the CGM Prep Academy basketball staff, and was held at Inspire Courts.  I attended the event and observed several games, including the final Top 20 All-Star game at the conclusion of the event. There weren’t any rosters for me to evaluate players for the event, so I was unable to follow/evaluate many of the prospects many prospects that I particularly liked.  Here are several prospects that caught my attention with their play on the day . . . Abdou Ndiaye  6-9  Prep PF  CGM Prep Academy – 2018 Class…

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Anthem Prep High School’s 6-foot-9, 190-pound athletic senior post Trey Wood has been a very underrated prospect in Arizona’s 2018 class, but, as of late, Wood is beginning to heat up in his college recruitment.  This fall, Wood has received two different scholarship offers for himself. This week, Wood received an offer from head coach Barrett Peery and his staff at Portland State University.  He also recently received a scholarship offer from UMASS-Lowell. Wood recently took an official recruiting visit to UMASS-Lowell, so an official recruiting visit should be scheduled to Portland State as well by him very soon. With…

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There is another top-rated middle school phenom coming up the basketball ranks, and like other past elite middle school prospects, 6-foot-9 8th grader Dylan Anderson is generating and serious buzz as of late, which is now resulting in a big PAC-12 offer very early in the recruiting process.  With one offer already under his belt, Anderson has now received a scholarship offer from head coach Bobby Hurley and the Arizona State Sun Devils. Hurley and his staff are making it widely known that they are on board to recruit and eventually land Anderson, one of the elite middle school prospects…

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Tucson’s Amphitheater High School’s 6-foot-3 junior guard prospect Jackson Ruai is one of the state’s most athletically gifted talents in the 2019 class.  Ruai is heating up in his college recruitment this fall, as he has received numerous college visitors to his high school program.  As a result, Ruai has earned numerous scholarship offers for himself and now possesses more than 5 different division-I scholarship offers. After recently picking up offers from Grand Canyon University and Houston Baptist, Ruai has now also reeled in offers from Nevada, UC-Davis, Portland State and NAU – making Ruai definitely among the top overall…

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