Tucson Rincon High School’s 6-foot-11, 220-pound rising senior post Brendan Rumel was one of my clear favorite surprise performers of the spring, and he has continued his strong play this summer – leading his Arizona Power Tucson club team in the Double Pump Best of Summer tournament in Anaheim, CA. With numerous low to mid-major college programs following Rumel around in the event, he recently received a scholarship offer from Portland State University. This afternoon, Rumel decided to end his college recruitment early – pulling the trigger with the Big Sky program. Rumel is a true post talent with excellent…
Author: Anthony Ray
Vista Grande High School is not widely known for producing top-rated basketball talent in the state, but 5-foot-11 rising junior guard Jeovany Cruz is quickly trying to change that. This young guard prospect is working extremely hard on his craft daily to perfect his fundamentals in preparation for a big junior season for himself. I became very familiar with Cruz in our Arizona Preps Recruiting Academy recently, and was extremely impressed at his tremendous work ethic. Cruz was the hardest worker at the camp by far and was almost perfect in his approach to the game. He has tremendous work…
While Arizona seems to be loaded these days with developing college prospects that are gaining serious attention with college coaches, two young Arizona prospects stand above the rest of the pack. Both are high school teammates and had amazing success together this high school season, but have chosen different paths this spring and summer. Corona Del Sol’s 6-foot-11 rising sophomore post Marvin Bagley and 6-foot-1 rising junior guard Alex Barcello are making serious noise nationally, as they travel the country and participate in some of the country’s biggest exposure events of the club season. No prospect in the country, at…
The new Indihoops national and regional club team rankings have been released, and in the 16U West rankings two of Arizona’s 16U programs make the cut. The Arizona D1 Nation Ambassadors and the Arizona Magic Elite both have been ranked among the top 10 teams in the West, after terrific spring performances and also strong performances already this July. Here are the regional rankings, and also the rest of the club team rankings by Indihoops . . . Indihoops National Rankings Join the Forum discussion on this post
The 3rd Annual Ballislife Jr. All-American Camp The Nation’s Premier Elite Middle School Camp The Ballislife Jr. All-American Camp is an invite only event that will bring together many of the nation’s top youth stars to compete in a highly competitive and organized environment featuring the best coaches and trainers from across the West Coast! DATE July 31 – August 2, 2015 2nd-8th Grade 275+ players already registered STRUCTURE Advanced Skill Development Stations Plyometric and Performance Training 5-on-5 Games Showcase Games FEATURES Media Coverage Online Player Profiles Customized Ballislife Uniforms and Socks MVP and Top Performers Awards If you feel…
One of the top guard prospects in Arizona’s 2017 class is 6-foot-1 rising junior guard Treyvon McCray. McCray has been tearing up the hardwood for several years within the state, and this weekend he put it all together and had a very strong performance at the Pangos Summer Sweet 16 event in Los Angeles, CA. McCray raised some eyebrows with his play this weekend, and proved why our staff regards him as one of the best guard prospects in the class. While playing for his talented club program, the Arizona Magic Elite 16U, McCray helped lead the team to a…
Arizona Preps is proud to announce that we will be releasing our new player rankings for boys and girls basketball in the state in August – following the July NCAA evaluation period. When we release our new rankings for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 classes next month, for boys and girls, there will be some serious movement in the classes from our last release of our player rankings. Since our last rankings release, many prospects have emerged and even improved, while some others have been passed up. We will begin our new player rankings with the release of the 2016…
It was a very busy weekend for Arizona prospects, as many teams hit the road to take part in NCAA evaluation period events. There were several other prospects that had big weekends as well. Here are my other top-rated prospects that performed at a high level this weekend . Brock Gardner 6-7 SR SF Tri-Christian City Academy – 2016 – Brock Gardner has many skills to like and college coaches are showing their appreciation of this talented wing prospect. He has tremendous versatility combined with very good size and is able to make plays for himself or others. He has…
This weekend was a big one for club teammates, Elijah Thomas and Chris Bowling. While soaring under the recruiting radar during the spring, both prospects would benefit themselves nicely in Los Angeles this weekend while leading their club program, the Arizona Magic Elite, to a 17U tournament championship at the Pangos Summer Sweet 16 event. No prospect in the event raised more eyebrows than Sunrise Mountain HS talented 6-foot-6 rising senior wing Elijah Thomas this weekend, as he absolutely blew up in this event. Thomas had coaches at all levels intrigued by his raw talent and versatility. This event was…
How sweet it is. With the the recent rise of interest into the state of Arizona by college coaches around the country, the state is quickly becoming known for a hotbed for untapped basketball talent. Many lesser known prospects this club season have received division-I scholarship offers. This weekend, a group of talented but underrecruited prospects came together to win their second consecutive tournament of the summer, as the Arizona Magic Elite did what it took to win the Pangos Summer Sweet 16 event in Los, Angeles, CA. The championship victory was one of redemption for this group, as the…