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…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
Glendale Junior College 6-foot-9 sophomore post Jordan Didier is among the top available junior college prospects still available in the state of Arizona this spring. Didier, a division-I transfer from Texas A&M Corpus Christie, had a good season for Glendale JC head coach Damin Lopez this season. Didier developed and grew as a college prospect this season – showing a good level of consistency as a double-double performer and providing good scoring and rebounding depth for Glendale. Here is a highlight video of some of Didier’s season highlights, proving that this talented four-man prospect has good overall versatility as a stretch-four…
One of the better sleeper guard prospects in the state is now officially off the recruiting board, after Queen Creek High School’s talented 6-foot-1 senior guard prospect Blake Williams decided to end his college recruitment and sign with an in-state junior college program. After giving careful consideration to his college recruitment, Williams has decided to accept a scholarship offer from Pima Junior College and head coach Brian Peabody and his basketball staff. Queen Creek was playing their best basketball of the season early during the season, before they lost Williams, their starting senior combo-guard, to an injury. After losing Williams, the team…
With the spring evaluation period still upon us for girls basketball prospects in the state, many of the state’s top girls prospects are looking to raise the attention of college coaches across the country. Some younger prospects have proven themselves this spring, and proven that the 2016 class in the state for girls is very strong. One prospect that has proven herself a great deal this spring is Valley Vista High School’s gifted 5-foot-8 sophomore guard prospect Jordenn Reible. After a solid showing during her sophomore season at Valley Vista HS under the quality leadership of head coach Rachel Matakas, Reible…
While the majority of top-rated talent in Arizona’s superb 2014 class is off the books, already having signed with division-I college programs, there are still a few top-rated prospects still hanging around this spring. The top-rated prospect still available this spring among Arizona’s elite 2014 prospects is Westview High School’s talented 6-foot-9 senior post 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 is still considering his options for the future. Adams is a tremendous talent normally would not be in this position. As a national Top 100…
While Arizona’s 2015 class of prospects does not look to be anywhere near as strong as the predecessor, 2014 class, there are numerous prospects this spring that have emerged as strong prospects in the class. One emerging prospect in the class is Tucson product, Catalina Foothills High School 6-foot-3, 190-pound guard prospect Dakota Kordsiemon. After a strong junior season this year, Kordsiemon has emerged as one of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2015 rising senior class. Kordsiemon helped lead Catalina Foothills HS this season to a strong 23-7 overall record on the season, before losing by a narrow margin to eventual state champion Shadow Mountain…
With the spring evaluation period being late in the game, there are still many college programs in search of top-rated unsigned talent, as many college coaches around the country are scouring the nation in search of the top available high school and junior college prospects still available. While he had considered making a jump to the 2015 class and attending post-graduate next season, Westwind Prep Academy’s 6-foot senior point guard prospect Ny Redding is now officially off the recruiting board – deciding to jump on a high-major division-I college program in the PAC-12 Conference. A native of Ohio, Redding ventured to the state of Arizona this season…
Arizona’s 2015 class of prospects is talented in the state, but seems to be comprised of a lot less overall talented prospects in comparison to this year’s 2014 class. One of the elite prospects in the class that has quickly become one of the hottest 2015 prospects in the state is Chaparral High School’s talented 6-foot-4 junior guard Kenzo Nudo. While hearing from numerous college programs as of late, Nudo seems to like two particular college programs currently in his college recruitment. Nudo has had a very good spring showing for himself thus far while playing for his club program,…