Lately, the state of Arizona’s best basketball prospects have seen scholarship offers begin to pour in for numerous different student-athletes – suggesting basketball has definitely improved in the state. One recipient is top-rated Corona Del Sol’s 6-foot-3, 170-pound junior guard Tyrell Henderson. Henderson recently received a scholarship offer and decided to jump on it, giving a verbal pledge to a rising program in the Big Sky Conference. Recently, the Portland State basketball staff has shown their commitment to Arizona basketball prospects by extending scholarship offers to many prospects in the state. Well, hook and sinker. The program made an offer…
Author: Anthony Ray
Phoenix College has landed one of the most explosive scorers of the basketball in the state – signing Independence High School’s athletically gifted and high-scoring 6-foot-3 senior guard Kaveon Moore of Independence High School. Moore is one of the most unheralded prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class, as he put up very impressive overall numbers this season, but received very little college recruiting interest. As a result, Moore has decided to head the junior college route for next season, where he will spend atleast a year and maybe two seasons developing his skillset and improving his college recruitment. At Phoenix College,…
Arcadia High School’s 6-foot-5 senior forward Connor Nichols is coming off a terrific senior season where he put up some serious scoring numbers, and also led his high school program to a Division-II state runner-up finish. As a result, Nichols received a lot of college interest, but he did not get the division-I interest that he had desired. After mulling over his options for next year, Nichols made his decision this week. Nichols has decided to accept a scholarship to play for Colorado Mesa University, where he will play for head coach Andy Shantz. Nichols is the second Arizona prospect…
Shoe companies have now officially taken over the spring and summer AAU/club circuit with major shoe-sponsored events around the country – allowing only club programs that are sponsored by the shoe giants such as Nike, Adidas and Under Armour. If you are not a heavily sponsored shoe team with an invite and financially capable of making the trip, then, like many other club teams, you made the treck to Las Vegas, Nevada or Los Angeles, CA last weekend to compete in the Double Pump or Pangos events, which have become common place now for all the rest of the teams. As a…
The state of Arizona received a nice boost in our basketball reputation this weekend with the superb success of prospects from the 2017 class. With the combined success of the D-1 Nation 16U squad and also the Arizona Magic 16U team, both teams have steamrolled their competition on the AAU/club circuit and should garner much recruiting interest for the state. This weekend, after recently winning the last Pangos Spring Spectacular event in Vegas, the Arizona Magic Elite 16U team, coached by Kenny Mullins was back at it again this weekend, but this time in Los Angeles, CA. His team went…
The state of Arizona received a nice boost in our basketball reputation this weekend with the superb success of prospects from the 2017 class. The Arizona D-1 Nation 16U squad is one of the best teams of their age group in the West, and they have steamrolled through their competition recently – wining their last 3 tournaments they have played in. Led by terrific head coach Glenn Mayberry, this group is very talented, cohesive and well coached. Mayberry, also a tournament organizer and very accomlished basketball referee, organized this group and has been able to keep much of the team together for several…
The state of Arizona has never been known for the sport of basketball and Arizona State University has not done much over the past 30 years to change that fact. Mediocrity in the sport has been good enough for Arizona State basketball fans, while just miles down the road, the University of Arizona has flourished – reaching Final-Fours and ultimately winning a national championship. While the University of Arizona has created numerous NBA players and all-stars, Arizona State has been lucky to have players continue playing after their college careers. While the University of Arizona has consistently sold out their…
Three visists have now been scheduled for 6-foot-3 senior combo-guard Sammy Barnes-Thompkins. After recently re-opening his college recruitment from a former commitment to St. John’s University, Thompkins’ phone has been ringing off the hook. ince Thompkins changed his mind, college programs have been in hot pursuit of Thompkins. Since Thompkins released the news of his de-commitment, he has heard from numerous college programs. I caught up with Thompkins this week and he advised me that he has scheduled three visits for himself, and plans to decide from these three programs. Thompkins will visit Kansas State, USC and Nevada. He is…
This is not the nationally recognized and top-30 nationally ranked performer Elijah Thomas from the state of Texas, but instead this talented Arizona prospect is quickly making a name of his own. Sunrise Mountain High School’s athletically gifted 6-foot-5, 200-pound junior wing prospect Elijah Thomas is a player in his own right, and he proved it recently in the Pangos Spring Spectacular in Las Vegas, Nevada. While I had not seen much of this young budding star prospect, he more than made up for lost time, as Thomas played inspired basketball and helped lead his Arizona Magic ballclub to a…
Elite 1 Academy 6-foot-5, 205-pound prep guard/forward Leo Goodman has been his program’s top prospect all season long, and one of the state’s most unheralded wing prospects. Recently, Goodman took part in the NCAA certified Las Vegas Shootout held in Las Vegas, Nevada, for unsigned junior college and high school prospects in the West. Organized by legendary top-rated national basketball scout Jerry Mullen and Area Codes’ organizer Chad Groth, this event was very good and involved many unheralded prospects that helped themselves over the weekend. Each of the prospects in attendance improved their college recruitment on the day, and earned…