Day two of this year’s Reebok Breakout Camp was a good one on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA. With a large amount of division-I college coaches in attendance for the entire day, camp participants played at a high level throughout the day – playing in three games and showing some fatigue toward the evening. With several Arizona participants in action on the day, the performances of Poston Butte High School 6-foot-2 rising senior guard Jalen Richard and Chaparral HS 6-foot-8 rising senior post Joe Boyd highlighted the day’s action. Chaparral HS 6-foot-8 rising senior post Joe Boyd has…
Author: Anthony Ray
Day one of this year’s Reebok Breakout Camp is now officially in the books, and it was an exciting day of action on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA. With more than 400 division-I college coaches in attendance on the evening, it made for an exciting environment as many head coaches and their staffs were in he gymnasium observing the loads of talent in display on the evening. With games getting underway at 5PM (EST) due to NCAA rules not permitting division-I coaches to view college prospects until then, the action was exciting from start to…
On Wednesday evening, here in Philadelphia, PA, this year’s exciting annual Reebok Breakout Camp will get underway officially at 5PM (EST). I am here in Philadelphia getting set to catch a glimpse of the first day of action on the campus of the University of Philadelphia. Camp action began this morning with workouts and drills by the players, as well as getting situated in their dorm rooms and taking individual player photos. This year’s camp is absolutely loaded with top-rated national talent and reminds me of the days of ABCD Camp in the past, as there are numerous big post players,…
We continue our new Summer Player Rankings with our next release – the 2014 class summer player rankings for centers. This post position is also absolutely loaded with talented prospects, and has numerous high-major division-I prospects at the position. The center position is the top-rated position for the 2014 class, as several prospects at the position are high-major division-I prospects – a rare fact among Arizona post prospects historically. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings at the position is Mesa Mountain View’s 6-foot-10, 225-pound rising junior post Payton Dastrup. Dastrup is a sheer force in the state among post players, and, after a very…
We continue our new Summer Player Rankings with our next release – the 2014 class summer player rankings for post players – beginning with the power forwards. This post position is solid with talented prospects and has several division-I prospects at the position. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings at the position is Westwind Prep Academy’s 6-foot-9 rising junior post Connor McDougall. MacDougall recently advised us that he has decided to transfer schools and attend Westwind Prep Academy this fall. MacDougall has developed quickly since the high school season, and is coming off an excellent spring performance for himself – now clearly ranked…
We continue our new Summer Player Rankings with our next release – the 2014 class summer player rankings for small forwards. This position is absolutely loaded with talented prospects, and has numerous division-I prospects at the position. This is among the most talented positions of prospects for the 2014 class, as the majority of prospects at the position are possible divison-I prospects. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings at the position is Westwind Prep Academy’s 6-foot-7 rising junior forward Zylan Cheatham. Cheatham recently advised us that he has decided to transfer schools and attend Westwind Prep Academy this fall. Cheatham is among the top…
We continue our new Summer Player Rankings with our next release – the 2014 class summer player rankings for shooting guards. This position is also fairly loaded with some talented prospects, and has numerous division-I prospects at the position. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings at the position is Pinnacle High School’s 6-foot-4 rising junior guard Dorian Pickens. Pickens is among the top prospects in the country at his position after a strong spring performance on the club circuit. As a result of his spring performance, Pickens is now regarded among the top 50 players in the country in the 2014 class…
The two top prospects in Arizona’s 2013 class of girl’s prospects have made their college decisions, as twin sisters, Dominique and Danielle Williams, will head different directions for their collegiate futures. While it had been rumored that both St. Mary’s High School 5-foot-9 rising senior girls prospects would soon make their decisions, it was thought that both would end up at the same college program. Not so, as the twin duo will split up for college. Monday evening, the pair of twins advised me that they both decided on high-major division-I programs. The decisions came on Sunday when the dynamic duo decided…
Another prospect from Arizona’s 2013 class of girls prospects is off the recruiting board. After a terrific junior season where she led her Flowing Wells High School basketball program to a strong 27-4 record on the season, 6-foot-2 rising senior post Lyndsay Leikem has given a verbal commitment to Ole Miss. Leikem’s club coach, St. Mary’s HS head coach and also head coach of the Arizona Warriors, Curtis Ekmark, advised me that Leikem is the first commitment in the 2013 class by Ole Miss. Leikem played for Ekmark at St. Mary’s High School during her freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Flowing…
St. Mary’s High School head coach Curtis Ekmark has changed the basketball landscape for girls basketball in the state of Arizona in a big way. After posting a perfect 30-0 record during the 2011-2012 high school basketball season, winning this year’s prestigious Nike Tournament of Champions, winning the Division-I state championship for a second year in a row and, ultimately, winning a national championship with the St. Mary’s Knights, Ekmark has raised the bar for the level of basketball played in the state of Arizona. If that wasn’t already enough, Ekmark also coaches a club basketball program known as the Arizona Warriors – one…