The Gilbert Christian High School program is loaded with basketball talent and has quickly built a basketball dynasty of their own in recent years – much like that of state power Corona Del Sol. While Corona has absolutely dominated the Division-I ranks, Gilbert Christian has done very much of the same in the lower divisions – first 3A, and now Division-II. Gilbert Christian is coming off another impressive state championship season this year after finishing 25-6 on the season, and the team will return every major piece to this year’s team next season. While everyone already knows about star 6-foot-9…
Author: Anthony Ray
It has now finally come to an end in a long, winding recruiting bonanza for gifted 6-foot-3 senior combo-guard Sammy Barnes-Thompkins. After first verbally committing to St. John’s University this spring, and then deciding to re-open his college recruitment after a coaching change, Thompkins has found a new home for himself and it is another big one – this time in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Thompkins took an official recruiting visit to Saint Mary’s College this past weekend, one of the nation’s premier programs for producing quality guards, and while it looked as though Thompkins was headed to play…
The Team Bibby club program had a huge weekend in this year’s Southwest Showcase Summer Championships – winning numerous tournament championships for boys and girls and at many different levels. In the girl’s 17U division of the event, Team Bibby 17U proved to be the class of the event – winning the tournament championship. After finishing second in their pool (1-1), the team put it all together win it counted and defeated a strong Arizona Magic Elite team, 50-48, in the tournament semi-finals. They then held on in fine fashion to win the tournament title with a 41-38 championship win…
Team Bibby has been the class of the 17U club teams in the state this spring, as the team has rolled through the state’s top club competition. This weekend, Team Bibby, coached by Arizona legendary basketball product Mike Bibby, would win this year’s Southwest Showcase Summer Championships. After first going undefeated in pool play (2-0), Team Bibby 17U would defeat Amp’d Elite 67-61, before winning the championship of the event with a big 62-44 blowout victory over the Arizona Magic Elite in the championship game. In the 16U Gold Division of the tournament, the Arizona Power Black would also win…
Central Arizona Junior College 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Brandon Rosser was ranked as our #2 overall prospect in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) this season, and, as a result, he saw his share of division-I college recruitment this season. Recently, after mulling over his recruitment options for next fall, Rosser decided on a division-I program in the Northeast Conference. Rosser has verballed to Wagner University and head coach Bashir Mason and his men’s basketball staff. Rosser had many scholarship offers to choose from this spring, but chose Wagner as a result of the tremendous time that the Wagner staff…
It has beena very long and wild recruiting process for top-rated 6-foot-3 senior combo-guard Sammy Barnes-Thompkins, who has had to change his mind numerous times regarding his commitment to a college program. After first verbally committing to St. John’s University this spring, Thompkins decided to re-open his college recruitment. After recently re-opening his college recruitment, Thompkins’ phone has been ringing off the hook. Since Thompkins changed his mind, college programs have been in hot pursuit of Thompkins. Thompkins had planned to visit Kansas State, USC and Nevada., but then had a change of plans and took an official recruiting visit…
Arizona’s 2017 class of prospects is loaded with talent, but with the recent transfers of Perry High School’s superstar guard Markus Howard (Findlay Prep) and St. Mary’s star guard Marcus Shavers (Texas), the class has taken a major hit. As a result, other top-rated prospects in the class will quickly see a rise to the top of the class rankings. One of these prospects is Basha High School’s talented and promising 6-foot-5, 195-pound sophomore wing Gabe McGlothan. McGlothan has quickly emerged this spring as one of the elite prospects in the class. After leading his club program, Arizona D1 Nation…
The Southwest Summer Championships, organized by Ron Coleman and Southwest Showcase, will be held this weekend at the Avondale Sports Complex and surroundng high schools, and will feature more than 135 different club teams in the event. Arizona Preps will be on hand this weekend to catch some of the action. Here is some more information o nthsi weekend’s exciting event . . . SWS Summer Championships May 15 @ 6:00 pm – May 17 @ 6:00 pm Ages: Boys: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 15U, 16U, 17U Girls: Gold, Silver (No Seniors), Bronze (No Juniors), 7th/8th Cost: $295 (3…
Arizona’s 2017 class of prospects is loaded with top-notch talent for the future, and looks to be one of the better classes the state has seen. One of the top overall prospects in the class is Tri-City Christian High School’s 6-foot-8 sophomore post Nigel Shadd. Shadd has quickly emerged among the top prospects in the class, and also is among the top overall performers in the state. For his efforts, Shadd recently received his first of many scholarship offers that he should receive in the future. Grand Canyon University was impressed enough by the talented prospect to offer him a…
The Nick Johnson Elite High School Camp will be held June 26-27th @ Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona. The camp will feature current NBA guard (Houston Rockets) and former University of Arizona star guard Nick Johnson – a native of Arizona. For more information about this year’s camp, please visit Nick’s website – Nickjohnson3.com Join the Forum discussion on this post