After spending a season in the division-I ranks at North Carolina A&T, former Empire High School 2015 graduate, 6-foot-8, 220-pound transfer forward Deion James recently decided to end his career at the program and transfer schools. After mulling over many options for the fall, James recently decided to sign a national letter of intent with Pima Junior College and head coach Brian Peabody. James played sparingly at North Carolina A&T last season, but will look to pick up his career this fall at Pima, where he will look to rank among the top overall prospects in the ACCAC conference next…
Author: Anthony Ray
With the majority of Arizona’s top prospects in the 2016 class off the recruiting board, one lesser known but top-rated prospect decided to play through the summer months, indicating that he would go the prep school route. While receiving loads of college interest during the spring months, Dysart High School’s 2016 graduate, 6-foot-10 post Malik Ondigo decided to play through the summer and benefited a great deal. While playing for the Arizona Power-Factory 17U team coached by Desert Vista HS head coach Gino Crump, Ondigo blossomed and caught the eye of numerous college coaches with his play. As a result,…
Tucked away next to the campus of Arizona State University lies a hidden gem in the desert that athletes, namely amateur to professional basketball players, flock to throughout the year to take their games to the next level. Throughout the year, athletes spend valuable time breaking down the intricacies of their sport including movements, situations, and physical assessments that allow for maximal improvements in multiple areas in a very short period. In terms of basketball, this involves not only the highly coveted increases in vertical leaping ability and raw athleticism every athlete chases, but also the finer position-specific details of…
Contrary to what people may think, Hillcrest Prep is flourishing and representing Arizona like no one ever has before. Hillcrest Preps is the first prep school from Arizona to play on the national stage, competing for a Grind Session National title and playing in the national Hoop Hall West event. Hillcrest Prep is led by ESPN’s top nationally rated high school boys basketball prospect, 7-foot-1 rising senior post Deandre Ayton. A future NBA lottery draft pick, Ayton helped lead Hillcrest to securing a multi-year Nike shoe contract. No other school or club program in the state of Arizona has been…
Pangos Arizona Showcase Saturday August 6, 2016 Desert Edge HS (Goodyear AZ) 15778 West Yuma Road, Goodyear AZ 85338 Participation Fee: $60.00 Limited to 120 top Arizona players Arizona’s #1 summer individual exposure event provides all participating players an opportunity to demonstrate their skills to all the NCAA Division II, III, NAIA and JUCO coaches, scouts and media expected to attend. ** Play Top Arizona Competition** **Get Evaluated by the West’s and the Nation’s Top Scouts Like Dinos Trigonis (Fullcourt Press & Nothing But Net Magazine), Frank Burlison (BurlisonOnBasketball.com), Chad Groth (AreaCodes), Ronnie Flores (Student-Sports), Van Coleman (The Basketball Channel), Greg Rosenberg (Arizona Rivals), Matt Rodriguez (BallisLife.com) **Each Player Plays in…
Former St. Mary’s High School basketball star guard Marcus Shaver is back in the state of Arizona. Shaver moved away from the state of Arizona after his sophomore season for the Knights – leaving the state for another school. After a stint in the state of Texas where he played at a high-profile prep program, Shaver has decided to return Arizona, and for one of the state’s elite programs. Recently, it was announced that Shaver had decided to return to the state of Arizona, but rather than come back to Saint Mary’s High School, instead Shaver chose to return to…
The West Coast Summer Exposure Showcase will take place this weekend on the campus of Arizona Christian University, on Sunday, June 26th for ages 6th grade through 12th grade. The event will, once again, be hosted by Area Codes Basketball.com Here is some more information on this weekend’s event . . . ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 2625 E. Cactus Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85032 Sunday – June 26, 2016 Check-in @ 8 am for all players (Showcase runs 9 am to 3 pm) $60.00 Participation Fee (On or Before June 19). $80 (After June 19 or at the door) For an Additional…
Saguaro High School’s 6-foot-5 rising junior guard Jared Martin has become one of the state’s better prospects in the 2018 class. Martin utilized this spring evaluation period to make a name for himself on the aau/club circuit, and as a result, he is now hearing from numerous college programs. This week, Martin took an unofficial recruiting visit to a local Big Sky program, as he visited the NAU Lumberjacks. Northern Arizona has expressed considerable interest in Martin early, and he showed them some love this week by visited the school’s campus. Martin played this spring with a new local club…
After a period of time where his college recruitment began to slow down, his college recruitment has now picked up a great deal again as of late, as Corona Del Sol High School’s superstar 6-foot-2 rising senior guard Alex Barcello has began to pick up numerous scholarship offers as of late. After recently receiving offers from Butler, Georgia Tech and Tulane University, today Barcello picked up another offer from Baylor University. Barcello is already among the highest recruited 2017 guards in the country, possessing a large number of offers already from the University of Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Creighton, DePaul,…
The new Indi Hoops Regional Rankings have been released and the state of Arizona is very well represented. The new rankings list the top club programs in the West for the 17U, 16U and 15U levels. The Powerhouse Hoops program is in their first year of operation, but this program has made major headway fast – quickly becoming one of the hottest club programs in the West. The program’s 17U team had an excellent spring – finishing runner-up for the tournament championship in Vegas in the spring, and receiving several division-I player commitments as a result. The program’s 16U team…