One of the better incoming young freshman prospects in the state is Deer Valley High School’s 5-foot-7 guard Jalen James. While small in stature currently, James is a very skilled and sharp-shooting young prospect with loads of potential for the future. The son of former Arizona high school and junior college standout performer Tarik James, this younger version of the James’ family has excellent promise as a 2020 performer. Arizona’s 2020 class is absolutely loaded with very good prospects across the state. While several of the prospects in the class are already getting serious division-I attention, James has time for…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 18th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, was held this past weekend on the campus of American Indian Indian College (SAGU University). The event was held on Saturday and Sunday for high school and junior high aged boys. This year’s Fall Showcase event included each of the top scouts / writers in the state, and also very influential, top-rated national scout Jerry Mullens. The event also included top-rated writers Gregg Rosenberg (Rivals.com), Chad Groth (Area Codes Basketball), Ron Coleman (Southwest Showcase & Rivals.com), Dee Coleman, many other writers from the Arizona Preps Staff and numerous…
The 18th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, was held this past weekend on the campus of American Indian Indian College (SAGU University). The event was held on Saturday and Sunday for high school and junior high aged boys. This year’s historic event went back to a multiple day format, adding skill and drill work and also spoofing up the guest speakers in the event. Once again, the event also included some of the top scouts in the business – creating amazing potential scholarship opportunities for each player involved. This year’s Fall Showcase event included each…
The amazing 18th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held October 29th – 30th, 2016 at American Indian Indian College (SAGU University). The event will be held on Saturday, October 29th and Sunday October 30th for high school and junior high boys (7th & 8th grade). Here are the team rosters and the complete game schedule for this weekend’s event . . . 18th ANNUAL ARIZONA PREPS FALL SHOWCASE EVENT SCHEDULE Saturday, October 29th 9AM – 10AM – Player Check-In / Registration (Mandatory) 10AM – 10:45AM – Opening Announcements (Special Guest Speaker former Oregon…
The amazing 18th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held October 29th – 30th, 2016 at American Indian Indian College (SAGU University). The event will be held on Saturday, October 29th and Sunday October 30th for high school and junior high boys (7th & 8th grade). This is the most exciting exposure event of the year. This event will, once again, be attended by some of the top national and regional basketball scouting services in the country, and will be open to all high school and junior high aged boys players in the state.…
Jay Green is a 6-foot-6 prep guard/forward for Hillcrest Prep Academy’s post-graduate team. Green played last season as a senior for Mountain Ridge High School. He is a very long and athletic performer with very good versatility as a player. He has the ability to get to the basket and finish above defenders, almost at will. He has a great feel for the game and can really make shots. He is a lock down defender and plays multiple positions, but gives smaller guards problems with his length and athleticism. Jay has flourished in the classroom – finishing up his senior…
In case you missed it, Hillcrest Prep Academy 6-foot-9 prep forward Cameron Benford has given a verbal pledge to play for IPFW next fall. At IPFW, Benford will play for head coach Jason Gardner, a former standout performer for the University of Arizona. A native of Seattle, Washington where he attended Skyline High School, Benford journeyed to the state of Arizona this season to play for Hillcrest Prep’s post-graduate team, in an attempt to improve his college recruitment and develop for the collegiate level. Benford recently became Hillcrest’s first post-grad prospect to give a verbal commitment this season. Benford is…
One prospect that has emerged a great deal over the past year has been Brophy Prep High School’s 6-foot-9 senior post Sean Dunn. Dunn emerged as the top post prospect in Arizona’s 2017 class over the last year, and while he did not see his college recruitment soar as expected heading into the club season, this week Dunn gave a verbal commitment to a strong division-II program located in southern California. After mulling over his options for the future, this week Dunn decided to end his college recruitment – electing for Point Loma Nazarene University and head coach Ryan Looney…
After we had just released that Mountain Ridge High School’s 6-foot-7 senior forward Jared Rodriguez might wait late, until the spring to make his college decision, the very athletic wing prospect with good length and a very versatile skillset, decided to pull the trigger early with a program in the Big Sky Conference. This week, after recently receiving a division-I offer from the University of Idaho, Rodriguez, whom had not seen his college recruitment take off as of yet, decided that a bird in the hand was worth more than two in the bush – giving a verbal commitment to…
Arizona State University college basketball game analyst Tom Kuyper will be instructing participants from this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase on the first day of the event, Saturday, October 29th. Kuyper is currently the head coach of Sagu University, a new NAIA program in the valley. Fall Showcase participants will get instruction from a college head coach in this years’ event. Kuyper will be speaking and instructing the Showcase players after Phoenix Suns’announcer and commentator Eddie Johnson makes his return to this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase. Johnson is the featured guest speaker for this year’s event. The amazing…