The top available prospect still undecided in Arizona’s loaded 2014 class is Westview High School’s superb 6-foot-9 senior post prospect Andre Adams. Considered as the top available unsigned post prospect in the country by many national scouting services and media outlets across the country, Adams took his time in reaching a decision for his future. While looking over his recruiting options and awaiting a report on his academic progress, Adams has made his decision for the immediate future – deciding on attending an elite-level prep school in Florida. This week, after careful consideration on many different possibilities and being recruited by numerous top-rated junior…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the top overall girls prospects in the state is Boulder Creek High School’s talented and gifted 5-foot-10 rising senior guard Darian Slaga. After a strong junior season and a high school career, Slaga has seen her share of college recruitment from division-I college programs across the country. While her college recruitment is still fully developing, Slaga has a true leader in her college recruitment early. I caught up with Slaga recently while watching her perform in last weekend’s Memorial Day Magic girl’s basketball tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. In the event, Slaga played for…
The Memorial Day Magic girl’s basketball tournament took place last weekend in sunny and exciting Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. The set up of this year’s event was one of a kind as the event was held inside two ballrooms of the hotel, adjacent to the hotel living quarters – providing for an easy commute for the girls participants, fans and media. This year’s event was loaded with more than 200 total teams for the event, and included many girl’s teams from the state of Arizona. With Team Bibby Girlz, many teams from the Arizona Rebels, the Arizona Magic Elite…
With Arizona’s 2014 class being so loaded with top-notch talent for college programs, many top-rated prospects in the class soared well below the recruiting radar and became steals for smaller college programs. One prospect that exemplified this fact was Desert Ridge High School’s 6-foot-8 senior forward Cameron Chatwin. A rapidly-developing wing prospect that emerged on the recruiting scene this high school season, Chatwin blossomed into a serious division-I prospect with loads of upside and a wide array of skills. This week, Chatwin decided to end his college recruitment, rather than wait for a division-I program to offer him a scholarship, although he is a solid mid-major…
One of the elite prospects still available in Arizona’s super-loaded 2014 class was Cesar Chavez High School’s gifted and athletic 6-foot-5 senior forward Pablo Rivas. While still remaining on the recruiting board for some time and looking to qualify academically, Rivas has decided to end his college recruitment and decide on a nationally rated junior college program. After considering numerous junior college programs, Rivas has decided to sign with Sheridan Junior College in Wyoming. While waiting to receive NCAA clearance for division-I athletics, Rivas received numerous phone calls from top-rated junior college programs across the country before electing for Sheridan…
One of the top 2014 sleeper prospects in the state this high school season was 5 senior forward Parker Anderson. Anderson was one of the better unsigned recruiting targets in Arizona’s loaded 2014 class, and is now officially off the recruiting board after signing a national letter of intent with a nice division-II program located in Minnesota. After mulling over his recruiting options for some time, Anderson has decided to sign a national letter of intent with Minnesota State University-Moorhead and head coach Chad Walthall and his coaching staff. Anderson considered many options during his senior season, as many schools considered the athletically gifted shooting…
It was a terrific junior college season for one and a solid season for the other, but in the end both top-rated Arizona junior college prospects found themselves signing with the same division-II program. Phoenix College talented 6-foot-4 sophomore combo-forward Brandon Pineda-Morales helped lead his junior college program to a Division-II National Championship this season, after putting up consistent numbers throughout the season. Pineda missed the start to the 2013-2014 junior college season after overcoming a bad ankle injury early on in the pre-season. He would return to average 13.8 points and 6.1 rebounds, while shooting 49% from the field for…
The annual selections for this year’s prestigious 2014 Reebok Breakout Camp, held in Philadelphia, PA from July 8-11, during the NCAA certified NCAA Evaluation period, took place this weekend after the action at this year’s 2014 Reebok Arizona Open Run. While many of the state’s top performers did not attend this weekend’s exciting tryout, there were many top-prospects in attendance, including prospects from the state’s of New Mexico, Washington, Colorado and California. The Reebok staff in attendance, led by myself as Tournament Director, evaluated the players in attendance thoroughly in an attempt to select the top overall prospects from the day to advance to…
The annual Southwest Showcase Summer Championships took place this past weekend at the Avondale Sports Complex. Organized by Ron Coleman, this event brought out more than 80 different teams from age groups 15U through 17, and was a very exciting event with many Arizona basketball enthusiasts in attendance. With a loaded field of local teams in this year’s event, the Arizona Magic Elite would win this year’s 17U Tournament Championship behind the well balanced play of a strong, athletic team. Coached by local basketball aficionado’s Kenny Mullins and Gino Crump, who have been developing some of the state’s best basketball talent for many…
One of the top overall junior college prospects still available this spring is Glendale Junior College’s 6-foot-9, 215-pound sophomore post Jordan Didier. A division-I transfer from Texas A&M Corpus Christie this past season, Didier proved to be a consistent double-double performer down the stretch for Glendale JC head coach Damin Lopez this season. Still available late this spring, Didier is a nice recruiting target for a college program in search of immediate production from the four position. Didier’s best asset as a low-post prospect is his tremendous versatility as a face-up four-man, and a nice ability to stretch the defense out…