The majority of Arizona’s top prospects in the 2016 class are now off the recruiting board, but one top-rated prospect, while receiving loads of college interest currently, has decided to go the prep school route for next fall. While he is still undecided as to which prep school he will attend, Dysart High School’s 6-foot-10 senior post Malik Ondigo has really impressed this spring during the NCAA Evaluation Period. Ondigo has blossomed this spring, after a spring and summer (2015) last year where he struggled somewhat due to tendinitis in his knees, as a result of his immense physical growth. …
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the better sleeper prospects that I witnessed this spring during the NCAA Evaluation Period was Chaparral High School’s very talented 6-foot-7, 205-pound junior forward Kai Fletcher. Fletcher impressed me with his play this spring, and has quickly become oneof the better 2017 prospects in the class. Chaparral High School is coming off a disappointing season in 2015-2016, but is absolutely loaded with talent for next season. In fact, Chaparral is one of my favorites next season to compete for the Division-I state title – becoming one of the most improved teams in the state. There are numerous players…
Desert Ridge High School’s 6-foot-5, 205-pound sophomore wing Timmy Allen is the state’s top overall prospect in Arizona’s 2018 class, and it is quickly becoming more and more evident as Allen has received some serious division-I offers recently. After recently receiving a couple more offers for himself, Allen has now received two more big PAC-12 offers from UCLA and USC. Recently, Allen received offers from Fresno State and Cal State Northridge. Allen also currently holds offers from Arizona State, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Portland State and Grand Canyon. Allen is coming off a tremendous sophomore season, although his high school…
Eastern Arizona Junior College 6-foot-6 sophomore forward Jaraan Lands was one of the top overall performers in the ACCAC this past season, and after going through his sophomore season with very little recruiting attention, Lands has landed at a solid mid-major division-I college program. Lands has signed a national letter of intent with the University of Albany and terrific head coach Will Brown and his staff – one of the better mid-major college programs in the country. Lands chose Albany over offers from Southern Utah, Texas State and Loyola-Chicago. Lands was among the league leaders in the ACCAC this season…
South Mountain Junior College talented 6-foot-4, 195-pound freshman forward Terrence Johnson helped lead his program to an ACCAC Division-II Conference Title this season, and, as a result, gave himself many options to consider. Johnson could return next season for South Mountain, or accept one of the many offers that were thrown his way this spring. Recently, Johnson chose to sign a national letter of intent with James Madison University and head coach Louis Rowe and his coaching staff. “We’re very excited to welcome Terrence to our men’s basketball team and to the JMU family,” Rowe said. “Terrence provides a great…
Arizona’s 2018 class of prospects is absolutely loaded with talent for the future, and many of the prospects in the class are already generating loads of college interest. One prospect in the class that is getting good attention early is Cesar Chavez High School’s talented 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Dischon Thomas. Thomas moved to the state of Arizona from North Carolina just two years ago and immediately became one of the top prospects in the class as a result. After a solid sophomore season for Cesar Chavez HS, Thomas played very well this spring on the club circuit with the Powerhouse…
Salpointe Catholic 6-foot-5 superb freshman wing prospect Majok Deng has quickly developed this spring into one of the elite frosh prospects in the West. As a result of Deng’s performance this spring, many college coaches, scouts and media are quickly taking strong notice of him as a big-time talent for the future. Last week, after previously receiving division-I scholarship offers for himself, Deng received another big offer. While his terrific Powerhouse 15U club team took a trip to the Grand Canyon University campus last week, Deng would receive a scholarship offer from Dan Majerle and his basketball staff. Deng previously…
After an injury to his hand recently and seeing a couple players leave the team, the Powerhouse Hoops 17U Black team looked like they would need a major boost in production from their bench in last weekend’s West Coast Elite Spring Classic in Las Vegas. Rather than get it from another player on the team, Powerhouse would get an epic effort in the tournament from Corona Del Sol High School’s superb 6-foot-1 junior guard Saben Lee. Lee went into the spring evaluation period possessing an amazing 16 different scholarship offers already, and was regarded as one of the better prospects…
The Arizona Power Prospects coached by former college standout Mark Brown have quickly developed into one of the state’s premier teams and also one of the top 16U teams in the West. After falling to another Arizona Power 16U team in Los Angeles a week before, the team would regroup and come together in a big way in Las Vegas a week later – winning this year’s West Coast Elite Spring Classic. Led by the strong leadership of Mark Brown, a former basketball standout at Michigan State and a terrific coach of youth basketball, this very talented group of sophomores…
Basketball in the state of Arizona has gotten much better these days with so many more kids playing the game much younger and at a high level. This spring proved just how good Arizona prospects are, as the Powerhouse Hoops 15U team, led by loads of talented young prospects, including possibly the top freshman in the West, Salpointe Catholic High School’s 6-foot-5 ultra-high wired freshman prospect Majok Deng. This team is now considered the top 15U team in the West, after a spring performance that dominated their competition. Powerhouse won most of their games by large amounts of double digit…