We continue our new Fall Player Rankings with our next release – the 2017 class fall player rankings for post players – completing our rankings for the 2017 class. Post players for the 2017 class looks to be strong as well, although not as deep as the point guards or small forward positions in the class. There are however numerous division-I prospects in this position as well – with many prospects that have potential to help college programs in the future. Leading the way for our post player rankings, which include power forwards and centers in the 2017 class, is…
Author: Anthony Ray
We continue our new Fall Player Rankings with our next release – the 2017 class fall player rankings for small forwards. This position among the 2017 class is also an ultra-loaded position for the class. If not for the star power in the point guard position amongst the class, this would definitely be the best position in the group. There are numerous division-I prospects in this position, and the position is absolutely filled with college prospects from top to bottom. Leading the way for small forwards in the class is Desert Vista High School’s talented 6-foot-6 junior wing Caleb Simmons. …
We continue our new Fall Player Rankings with our next release – the 2017 class fall player rankings for shooting guards. This position among the 2017 class is missing any true star power, and does not have many division-I prospects at the position. Rather, this position is filled with many division-II and division-III prospects for the class. The top spot at this position is held by Shadow Mountain High School’s athletically gifted 6-foot-3 junior guard Darion Spottsville. Spottsville is a strong and well-built young prospect that has a good body and a nice motor. He is a very good scorer…
We continue our new Fall Player Rankings with our next release – the 2017 class fall player rankings for point guards. This position among the 2017 class is absolutely loaded with talented prospects, and is the most loaded position in the class. Some of the top overall prospects in the class are ranked at this position, as the class is filled with some very talented prospects and led by numerous division-I prospects. The top spot at this position and the top overall player in the class is Corona Del Sol High School’s skilled 6-foot-2 junior guard Alex Barcello. Barcello is…
The fall NCAA signing period, which is also referred to as the “early” signing period, began this week. The period which began on Wednesday, November 11th, will run for a full week, until November 18th. There are numerous Arizona prospects, members of the 2016 class, that will be expected to sign national letters of intent with the college programs of their choice this week. The long list of this year’s fall signees include Gilbert Christian’s Mitch Lightfoot (University of Kansas), Sunrise Mountain’s Elijah Thomas (Saint Mary’s College), Gilbert Christian’s Cameron Satterwhite (University of Loyola-Chicago), William Field’s Wyatt Lowell (Utah Valley…
No one’s stock in the state of Arizona rose more during the 2015 spring and summer evaluation periods than top-rated 2017 prospect 6-foot junior guard Saben Lee. As a result, Lee reeled in numerous scholarship offers from many different college programs. This week, Lee received his biggest scholarship offer yet – an offer from a surging program in the Big-10 Conference. University of Nebraska assistant coach Phil Beckner is a native of the valley, and is coming off a short stint in the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Beckner recently took a job back in the college ranks and…
Hillcrest Academy has received a lot of attention as of late regarding their tremendous level of talent on their roster, but lately, the program also received attention from the NCAA regarding the accredidation at their school. On Wednesday, Arizona Preps learned that superstar 6-foot-11 sophomore post Marvin Bagley and his younger brother, 8th grader Marcus Bagley, have left the Hillcrest program. Marvin Bagley Sr., an assistant coach at Hillcrest, will be leaving the program as well. Bagley is coming off an amazing 52-point performance last week in a win over Just Hoops by Hillcrest, but now the Bagley family will be…
Williams Field High School 6-foot-9 senior forward Wyatt Lowell waited until the early NCAA signing period to make his college decision. The period which begins on Wednesday, November 11th, will run for a full week, until November 18th. With many options on the table for himself, Lowell has made his college decision, and will sign a national letter of intent this week with a college program in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Lowell has decided to sign this week with Utah Valley State and first year head coach Mark Pope and his basketball staff. Utah Valley will make it their…
Another player that emerged from this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase was Mountain Pointe High School’s 6-foot-4 junior wing prospect Logan Matulis. An unknown prospect before his participation in this year’s event, Matulis is definitely one player to watch this season. While he is a major sleeper prospect for Arizona’s 2017 class of junior prospects in the state, Matulis is a very talented performer with a nice offensive skillset and an ability to make plays with an excellent feel for the game. He is a very unassuming offensive performer with very deceiving athleticism in the open floor. He has a…
The Arizona Preps Fall Showcase recently took place on the campus of Glendale Community College, and this year’s Showcase was as exciting as ever with many top performances from numerous prospects in the event. This year’s event also included some younger prospects that showed very well in the event – prospects that we would like to feature as some of the top young performers to watch for in the future. Three more young performers that I was impressed with in this year’s event were each mere 7th graders – Ty Ali a 5-foot 7th Grader from Odyssey Prep, a member…